I'm wondering, based on that money making thread....

[archcommus]

For those 23 or older ONLY, did you go to college or a tech school or no?

No need to be ashamed.

 

[sonz70]

<--20, going to Univeristy, did all my certs around 17 though.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I went to college for two years and then dropped out. 25 years old, have a decent job, don't plan on going back to school.

 

[hypn0tik]

19 and will be starting my 3rd year of Engineering in September.

 

[jcovercash]

No College/Tech School Anything... Just a high school diploma and making 50k+ a year. In 5 years it will be 100k+

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: AMDman12GHz
No College/Tech School Anything... Just a high school diploma and making 50k+ a year. In 5 years it will be 100k+

What do you do?

 

[Otaking]

Almost 27. Stopped going to college after 2 (?) years, worked full-time for 3 years, went back, finished in another 2.5 years.

 

[jcovercash]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: AMDman12GHz
No College/Tech School Anything... Just a high school diploma and making 50k+ a year. In 5 years it will be 100k+

What do you do?

Conductor for the Railroad. In Aprox. 5 years time I will get to go to enginnering school (aprox. 4 weeks long) and be making 100k+/- when I get out of it.

 

[Otaking]

Originally posted by: AMDman12GHz

Conductor for the Railroad. In Aprox. 5 years time I will get to go to enginnering school (aprox. 4 weeks long) and be making 100k+/- when I get out of it.

I heard that getting a job as a Conductor is pretty difficult. The latest ad I saw in the paper required an Engineering degree from college. How'd you get the job without that?

 

[Zenmervolt]

23 and went to college. A good friend of mine is 21 and has been out of college well over a year now.

ZV

 

[Engineer]

University of Kentucky College of Engineering - 1993.

BSEE!

Go Big Blue!!!

 

[jcovercash]

Originally posted by: Otaking

Originally posted by: AMDman12GHz

Conductor for the Railroad. In Aprox. 5 years time I will get to go to enginnering school (aprox. 4 weeks long) and be making 100k+/- when I get out of it.

I heard that getting a job as a Conductor is pretty difficult. The latest ad I saw in the paper required an Engineering degree from college. How'd you get the job without that?

IDK, I aced all the tests they gave me for it...... Its not a hard job, just a WHOLE lot to learn. None of the work is really physical though. I really enjoy the job, and the money is helluva good....

 

[montanafan]

I worked with a guy who had been a RR conductor, that's a nice setup. He made really good money, retired after 20 years, went into teaching high school physics and chemistry, and will be retiring from that soon as well.

 

[RGN]

Some college, it was no help.

 

[jcovercash]

Originally posted by: montanafan
I worked with a guy who had been a RR conductor, that's a nice setup. He made really good money, retired after 20 years, went into teaching high school physics and chemistry, and will be retiring from that soon as well.

Yea you can retire at 55, With partial Benifits, Get full Retirement when you turn 60. Retirement is great, you don't pay into Social Security, you just pay in RR retirement. and its really good AND WELL worth it.

 

[deejayshakur]

23, college, med school coming up. i'll be poor for a while.

 

[nageov3t]

4 year college. my job has nothing to do with my degree, but I've been thinking of going to grad school so I'd be in a better position to get a writing job.

 

[Malfeas]

One year of college, dropped out and joined the Navy, got out after six years. Worked a lot of crappy jobs for less than 13$/hr for 2 years while living in some nice old ladies basement, then when I was 28 I weaseled my way into a power dispatcher job, and I've been doing that for just over a year now. I grossed 91258 my first year here. I feel very lucky.

 

[Otaking]

Originally posted by: Malfeas
One year of college, dropped out and joined the Navy, got out after six years. Worked a lot of crappy jobs for less than 13$/hr for 2 years while living in some nice old ladies basement, then when I was 28 I weaseled my way into a power dispatcher job, and I've been doing that for just over a year now. I grossed 91258 my first year here. I feel very lucky.

What does a power dispatcher do? :Q

 

[sygyzy]

I'd like to know the same thing. What does a power dispatcher do?

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I'd like to know the same thing. What does a power dispatcher do?

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos227.htm

Power distributors and dispatchers, also called load dispatchers or systems operators, control the flow of electricity through transmission lines to industrial plants and substations that supply residential electric needs. They monitor and operate current converters, voltage transformers, and circuit breakers. Dispatchers also monitor other distribution equipment and record readings at a pilot board?a map of the transmission grid system showing the status of transmission circuits and connections with substations and industrial plants.

Dispatchers also anticipate power needs, such as those caused by changes in the weather. They call control room operators to start or stop boilers and generators, to bring production into balance with needs. Dispatchers handle emergencies such as transformer or transmission line failures and route current around affected areas. In substations, they also operate and monitor equipment that increases or decreases voltage, and they operate switchboard levers to control the flow of electricity in and out of the substations.

 

[Malfeas]

Originally posted by: Otaking

Originally posted by: Malfeas
One year of college, dropped out and joined the Navy, got out after six years. Worked a lot of crappy jobs for less than 13$/hr for 2 years while living in some nice old ladies basement, then when I was 28 I weaseled my way into a power dispatcher job, and I've been doing that for just over a year now. I grossed 91258 my first year here. I feel very lucky.

What does a power dispatcher do? :Q

Schedule power interchanges between utilites, monitor voltage and frequency on transmission and distribution lines, issue switching orders and direct outage restoration efforts. Oh, and since I live in seattle, suck up to bill gates when he calls about his lights flickering.

 

[tami]

college here.

 

[Malfeas]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I'd like to know the same thing. What does a power dispatcher do?

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos227.htm

Power distributors and dispatchers, also called load dispatchers or systems operators, control the flow of electricity through transmission lines to industrial plants and substations that supply residential electric needs. They monitor and operate current converters, voltage transformers, and circuit breakers. Dispatchers also monitor other distribution equipment and record readings at a pilot board?a map of the transmission grid system showing the status of transmission circuits and connections with substations and industrial plants.

Dispatchers also anticipate power needs, such as those caused by changes in the weather. They call control room operators to start or stop boilers and generators, to bring production into balance with needs. Dispatchers handle emergencies such as transformer or transmission line failures and route current around affected areas. In substations, they also operate and monitor equipment that increases or decreases voltage, and they operate switchboard levers to control the flow of electricity in and out of the substations.

Well, that is a more precise explanation.

 

[archcommus]

Bump for today.