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if you didn't know this, you've been under a rock. welders, deckhands, commercial fishermen (deadliest catch anyone?), etc., have always gotten 6 figure salaries because they're skilled labor and their jobs are high risk. the downside is the hours are awful, you sometimes have to work in undesirable parts of the world (imagine fishing in 30 degree water in the dead of winter in the North Pacific, not exactly dreamy), and those jobs take a toll on your body. I'm sure @"DickFuld" is in good shape even in his 50s and will probably stay that way until his later years, but I would be willing to be that someone taking one of those jobs has a broken back by age 50.

I think it's a fine way to make a living if the corporate thing isn't your cup of tea, but make no mistake, it's not easy. went to high school with a guy who's a welder on ships, regularly works 100 hour weeks, rain, shine, 100 degree heat, snow, whatever. sure he doesn't pay student loans, but it doesn't mean he's on the beach sipping margaritas while you're in the office.

OP, sorry I went on a bit of a rant there, and I'm sure some monkeys didn't know that manual labor can pay as well/better than banking, but seriously, who cares?

 

Dude there are so many jobs out there that pay more than you can imagine....a friend of mine is trying to become security on an oil rig - a lot of the guys are ex military and make IB MD money...no joke.

People who work in mining (in a range of roles) also will make more than entry level IB and more senior guys will make associate/VP level pay (in some parts of the world, eg Australia).

I'm sure there are many more examples also

 

Yea this all sounds fun and dandy until you realize you're a brick mason and just got assigned to build 30 20x20x20 cells in a plant that is around 130 degrees for 12 hours a day.

Seriously, I watched these guys for like 20 minutes the other day and I was sweating through my shirt. They sat there, lathering 10 bricks a minute and placing them into formation. Not only super repetitive, but physically exhausting.

 

Underwater welders do quite well too.

As for working in "management" - I'm not sure why that's held out like it's a good thing.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

Different strokes. I grew up with a guy who moved to Alaska and works in the oil fields on the North Slope and is a crabber/fisherman. The oil gig is something like work 2/3 weeks, off for 3/4 weeks. He then goes out a few times a year on the boats. Combined he makes over $200k (maybe even more, he mentioned that number probably 10 years ago) and he loves his life. Cool house outside of Anchorage, hot wife, good kids and he likes his life. Not my bag but the more power to him.

 

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