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If you had a chance to triple what you currently make but it meant working some difficult manual labor intensive job would you do it? Such as a lumberjack, picking cotton like in the old days for several hours a day, oil rig worker, Alaskan crab fishing, Ironworker etc.
I left a well paying relatively easy job in SW WA for a gig in the Tejas oilfields. Yes, I made a substantially large amount of money at the expense of my health. My lower back was already shot before coming on down. It's gotten worse and not to mention the near constant exposure to H2S gas I was subjected to. There's no telling what kind impact that exposure is going to have on me in the coming years. Was it worth it? Hell no! I wish I would have stayed in beautiful Washington.
Maybe if you're a young kid. Sure you can make a quick buck but what people don't seem to comprehend once you hit you're 40s you're in for major physical problems doing that type of work every day 30-40 years worth of joint pain back pain isn't worth it
I can do my current job for another 20-30 years if I want to do so.
Some of the jobs you mention can destroy your body in just a few years, then you have to live with the pain and injury for a few decades.
Yeah but think of the cash.
Tripling my income would give me an extra $200k/year to work with. It would be hard to resist the temptation to do this for at least one year - I could knock out my student loans, put a down payment on my dream home and turbo-charge my kids' college funds, then go back to my cushy office career on track to retire at least 5 years earlier.
I have only had difficult manual labor intensive jobs. I was paid far less than I do now. I currently make minimum wage (7.25) part time. If I could get a job (oil rig worker, Alaskan crab fishing, Ironworker) I would, most likely, tredecuple my income.
In short, yes.
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