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The Lineman Paycheck Is Real and So Is the Price

Six figures without a student loan, a Class A CDL, 7,000 hours of apprenticeship, and a job that will absolutely kill a careless man.

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The first year with your name on the van

Most new trades businesses don't fold because the work was bad. They fold because of cash timing, one ugly job, and a rate set by guesswork.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Buying crypto every month versus all at once

The arithmetic favours one answer. Your stomach usually favours the other. How to decide before the market decides for you.

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Trades6 min read

Price the Job So You Actually Keep the Money

Busy and broke is a pricing problem, not a work problem. Do the overhead math, use the divisor, and stop bidding against the cheapest guy in town.

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Hiring your first employee without blowing up your business

The real cost of employee number one, when you can actually afford them, and the mistakes that sink most first hires inside a year.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Stop a SIM swap before it empties your crypto account

Your phone number is the weakest password you own. Here's the order to fix it in, starting with an eleven-minute call to your carrier.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideTradesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Which Kind of Carpenter to Be and What Each One Pays

Framing, finish and cabinetry share a name and almost nothing else. Pick the lane before you spend a dollar on tools.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The hourly number you need before you quote another job

Most small service businesses price off what the guy down the road charges. Do the arithmetic on your own costs first, then decide what to do about the market.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Most altcoins die quietly, and the signs show up early

Before you look at the chart, look at the unlock schedule, the holder list and whether anyone pays to use the thing.

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GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 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.

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

What the trades shortage numbers actually say

The headline figures come from trade associations with an interest in the answer. The government data tells a slower, more useful story.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Have the crypto talk before the group chat does it for you

Your teenager will hear about a coin from a friend with a screenshot long before they hear about it from you. Get there first, and get it right.

GuideTradesDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Become a Diesel Mechanic and What It Really Pays

The licensing, the apprenticeship routes, the tools worth buying first, and the hazards that put techs in the hospital.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Why small towns are growing again, and which ones aren't

The rural population decline of the 2010s reversed after 2020. The reasons are mostly boring, and they tell you exactly which towns to bet on.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Crypto6 min

Multisig in plain language, for a family that holds bitcoin

Trades6 min

HVAC Work Doesn't Stop When the Economy Does

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The birth rate numbers, and what they change in your house

The US fertility rate is sitting near 1.6. Most of what that means for your family shows up in elder care, not in a headline about population collapse.