@hobbsyoyo Oh, I searched rocket propulsion jobs and got this: https://www.indeed.com/q-Rocket-Propulsion-jobs.html
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It took me a few minutes to figure that out. Nothing in the preceding posts had any such reference. And then it hit me....
When I opened this thread in 2011, as an effort to help folks ask and answer questions about getting hired, it seemed clear to me that there were posters who really didn't want to actually get a job and so by including things to do, they could avoid those and stay unemployed. That option was included in the thread title so they would know that they could benefit from reading the thread.
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It took me a few minutes to figure that out. Nothing in the preceding posts had any such reference. And then it hit me....
When I opened this thread in 2011, as an effort to help folks ask and answer questions about getting hired, it seemed clear to me that there were posters who really didn't want to actually get a job and so by including things to do, they could avoid those and stay unemployed. That option was included in the thread title so they would know that they could benefit from reading the thread.
Got it, but that aspect has been sorely neglected. I've worked three days a week or more for the past four weeks, I just got another bid that looks like four days next week, and by the time that is done the second phase of the job I've been working is probably going to clear plan check and I will have to go back to working that.
The floor is open to such a conversation!
That is certainly true if you do any kind of contract work. Also, firing bad customers can be therapeutic and allow you more time for your best customers or new ones.
If you charge $60 per hour, you will have $60 per hour customers. If you charge $100 per hour, you will have $100 per hour customers. You just have to provide a $100 per hour experience.
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I already fired all my bad customers. I pretty much only do work for my friends, which is really the problem because it is hard to say "no, go pay a contractor through the nose so I can hang out and play games all day." I've just been making too many friends lately. Maybe I need to be more of a jerk...
Back when I was actually in business I used to absolutely delight in firing bad customers, so you definitely have that "therapeutic" right.
You could still raise your rates a bit and have either more time or more money. You could tell some friends that the demands of being "domesticated" mean you need to be at home more or fill up your Fridays if you want a 4 day workweek.
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You could still raise your rates a bit and have either more time or more money. You could tell some friends that the demands of being "domesticated" mean you need to be at home more or fill up your Fridays if you want a 4 day workweek.
LOL...my friends already know I don't work Fridays, basically ever. Unfortunately they also know that I really don't need the money so they would recognize a "raised rates" as a mostly "I really don't want to help you with this." I really need to just quit making friends.
I'm whining right now mostly because I made friends with the woman who owns the rental house across the street just in time for the HVAC unit to blow up its control circuits so I have ANOTHER job on my plate. I could have just given a standoffish nod from across the street, but noooooooo, I had to go over and meet the new tenants, chat with the owner, act like a nice guy...
Yeah, personal issues can make being efficient very difficult. But it can be good karma.LOL...my friends already know I don't work Fridays, basically ever. Unfortunately they also know that I really don't need the money so they would recognize a "raised rates" as a mostly "I really don't want to help you with this." I really need to just quit making friends.
I'm whining right now mostly because I made friends with the woman who owns the rental house across the street just in time for the HVAC unit to blow up its control circuits so I have ANOTHER job on my plate. I could have just given a standoffish nod from across the street, but noooooooo, I had to go over and meet the new tenants, chat with the owner, act like a nice guy...
Do you do landscaping? What's your rate?
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Yeah, personal issues can make being efficient very difficult. But it can be good karma.
Do you do landscaping? What's your rate?
Not if I can help it, and landscaping is one thing I'm pretty good at avoiding. I have a really close friend, who is conveniently also a friend of almost everyone I know, who is a landscaper. It's pretty easy to pass anything of the landscaping genre off onto him.
When I was younger and I saw a neighbor doing something around the house that he looked not quite up to the challenge, I'd usually go over and offer to help and get sucked in. It was always good for building up a good neighborhood spirit. It's good when people look out for your stuff when you're away and such.
But now that I'm older, it's harder to handle the physical aspects of most construction projects.
But now that I'm older, it's harder to handle the physical aspects of most construction projects.
Oh so very yes.
Do you want to live in Japan?
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Is this a trick question?
Why, do you have a trick answer?
Not at all. That same site has a listing of jobs in Japan for non Japanese speakers that they seem to update weekly.https://blog.gaijinpot.com/top-jobs-in-japan-with-no-japanese-required-week-32-2019/
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You were thinking he might be suggesting you take up as a cup model?
:reading:
https://blog.gaijinpot.com/top-jobs-in-japan-with-no-japanese-required-week-32-2019/
You know, I'd just been reading about George Takei and my first reaction to reading this was ‘Oh my!’.
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