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People of Lemmy who have either "reinvented themselves" or gone through a mid/quarter-life crisis, where did you start off and where did you end up? (lemmy.world)

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[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I was a factory worker, warehouse worker, and machinist for most of my adult life. I learned a lot of really cool things in those industries, but I never made much money.

So I took some classes, taught myself Autocad, and somehow talked myself into a CAD position at a precast concrete company. And the difference between then and now is amazing from both a financial standpoint and a quality of life standpoint. Of course there are valid arguments that having enough money is a quality of life issue.

Even when things went wrong and the precast company started to spiral the drain, I went to find another job... and in two days I had to turn down four job offers.

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023

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