Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Damon Cassidy" channel.

  1. Work is compensated suffering.
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  2. The reason one is paid to work is because work inherently sux. The goal of work is banking enough NOT to work, period full stop. There is no reward for serfdom.
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  3. The lesson is avoid those careers completely. You're competing in a ferocious bucket of crabs which is a bad idea vs choosing a specialty that's necessary to civilization, widely ignored (most of the public are ignorant so take full advantage), mobile and which rewards real experience not HRs BS. Unless you are amazing, why even bother with tech since you can be outsourced anywhere and will never, ever, ever be valued as human.
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  4. Depends on what you do. If what you want to do doesn't pay off, want something which does. BTW one way to get a job is take community college trade courses, volunteer (they can always use volunteers) to help out then get hired as an adjunct. CC schedules are normally four day weeks which is sweet and the school experience is a good way to build a human network. I did that for fun money in retirement then got my bro in who replaced me and is loving it. Social interaction opens doors.
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  5. If everyone wanted to get into the trades that competition would depress wages. Labor scarcity is the main driver of compensation.
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  6. As a happy USAF retiree I applaud your choice. It's an instant career with ample opportunity for advancement and vesting in only 20 years (don't forget to use your TSP!) with the option to work longer for the pay bumps. Choosing the Navy (or AF, or Space Force or Coast Guard) serves the nation while limiting personal exposure to national strategic mistakes.
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  7.  @johnbernal8308  You will notquickly make a competitive medical or retirement package on the outside in most cases because you'd still start on the bottom. (I've done industrial maintenance and its fun but the economy is feast or famine so I enlisted.) The smart play would be crosstraining to a larger AFSC to make rank because 20 years hits surprisingly fast. I enlisted during a recession and never felt one since. Crosstraining is fun and goes easy (I enjoyed avionics but crosstrained to escape Moody) and you can already shoot wires. If you get out after four or six the remaining years to 20 are trivial though mid-career it doesn't feel like that. I switched to F-16 engines (which I enjoyed but I love technology) but today I'd try to get into the drone world where my retired avionics bros make serious (as in north of 200K, I've known them for decades) and get stationed in good locations like Europe. If you're a CE electrician than industrial is usually the most money but that job stays on the road. The cake local jobs tend to pay less like most trades. Measure everything with money!
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