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What It Actually Takes to Become a Plumber

GuideTradesAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

What It Actually Takes to Become a Plumber

Four or five years of logged hours, a state exam, and work nobody can ship overseas. The honest version, including the parts that stink.

The trades that pay best and what the first two years cost you

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

The trades that pay best and what the first two years cost you

Which trades actually pay, how to get in, and an honest account of the two years most people quit in.

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How To Get Into A Trade Nobody Else Is Entering

GuideSkillsSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

How To Get Into A Trade Nobody Else Is Entering

The shortage is real, but it doesn't pay you anything until you're the one they can't afford to lose. Start to finish, in the order it's done.

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HVAC Work Doesn't Stop When the Economy Does

Trades6 min read

HVAC Work Doesn't Stop When the Economy Does

Furnaces don't check the stock market before they quit in January. Here's how the licensing, the pay and the on-call nights actually work.

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Some jobs teach you, the rest just pay you

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

Some jobs teach you, the rest just pay you

How to tell within two weeks whether a job is building you or just renting your hours, and what to do either way.

What to charge when you start consulting on what you know

GuideBRO SeniorsSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

What to charge when you start consulting on what you know

You spent thirty years learning something other people still need. Pricing it's the part nobody prepares you for.

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Welding Pays Well If You Chase the Right Certifications

GuideTradesAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

Welding Pays Well If You Chase the Right Certifications

The test that separates a $22-an-hour shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours and most guys fail it the first time.</title> <dek>The test that separates a shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours, and most guys fail it the first time.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

The apprenticeships worth applying for and how they get filled

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

The apprenticeships worth applying for and how they get filled

The posted application is the smallest door into a trade. Most people who get in walked through one of the others.

The second career that pays for what you already know

GuideBRO SeniorsSam OrtizSep 22, 20265 min

The second career that pays for what you already know

At sixty-two, a whole category of work opens up that wants your judgment more than your hours — and almost nobody tells you it exists.

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How to Land a Trade Apprenticeship and Get Paid to Learn

GuideTradesAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

How to Land a Trade Apprenticeship and Get Paid to Learn

The application window, the aptitude test, the panel interview, and the six things that sink most candidates before they ever pick up a tool.

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The two questions that decide if a degree pays off

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

The two questions that decide if a degree pays off

Some majors clear their own cost in a few years. Some never do. The difference isn't prestige, it's price and whether the diploma is a gate.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

The raise conversation goes better with a spreadsheet

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

The raise conversation goes better with a spreadsheet

Build the document first, pick one number, say it out loud without softening it. Then sit still while someone else does the thinking.

How to answer the first interview question in ninety seconds

GuideSkillsMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

How to answer the first interview question in ninety seconds

"Tell me about yourself" isn't small talk. It's the only part of the interview you fully control, and most people waste it.

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What trade school and university actually cost you

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

What trade school and university actually cost you

Four numbers decide this, and almost nobody at eighteen has been shown how to find them.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Managing people who have been doing this longer than you

Managing people who have been doing this longer than you

How to Read the Money in a Job Posting

How to Read the Money in a Job Posting

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Ask for twenty minutes, not a mentorship

GuideYoung MenAde FisherSep 22, 20265 min

Ask for twenty minutes, not a mentorship

The word itself is what makes it awkward. Small, specific asks and honest follow-up build the same relationship, faster.

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Quit when the work is already there, not before

Startups6 min read

Quit when the work is already there, not before

The honest test for leaving a paycheck to run your own service business, and the seasons when staying put is the braver call.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?