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Underwater welding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_welding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_welding) and dive engineering are extremely lucrativ

Underwater welding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_welding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_welding) and dive engineering are extremely lucrative, physically demanding and exciting jobs. A friend makes 6 figures and gets to travel to exotic places to boot.

knipknap 16y ago
That sounds very cool, but probably requires multiple years of training (with little income).
- RK 16y ago
  I think you'll find this same problem with all of the high paid (physical) jobs, unless you invent the next macarena or something.
  - knipknap 16y ago
    Quite possibly true. Unless it builds on things I already know.
    - RK 16y ago
      What are your areas of physical expertise or experience?
      - knipknap 16y ago
        You mean there is no physical activity that directly builds on top of a software engineering education? Yeah, I guess it was a stretch. But I actually think that there might be a middle ground that involves sports and engineering. Perhaps a product or service and a reason to jump on the startup train.
        RK 16y ago
        I just mean that you said you are very active, so you maybe able to build on one of those specific activities. For example there are people who design artificial waves for surfers. This involves a lot of optimization work, But of course you also need it as the waves.
        cullenking 16y ago
        There are, see my above reply about elevator mechanics. You are on your feet all day, you carry equipment around, you use hand tools, however you extensively troubleshoot and get creative with solutions to electrical and mechanical problems. So, combines the physical activity of a construction type of job (very rewarding filling), with the ingenuity/troubleshooting of programming.
- cbryan 16y ago
  Suprisingly little training involved. A FOAF started doing this stuff on a dare and was well on his way 9-ish months later.
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Daishiman 16y ago
And horrendously dangerous.
nradov 16y ago
If you're interested in a commercial diving career I recommend reading the novel "Louisiana Blue" by David Poyer. Parts of the plot are a bit silly, but it's a fun read and the descriptions of oil field divers are (from what I'm told) fairly realistic. http://www.esva.net/~davidpoyer/tiller.htm http://www.esva.net/~davidpoyer/tiller.htm Besides the immediate risks of drowning and dismemberment, a lot of experienced commercial divers end up with chronic damage from repeated decompression and being in the water all the time. And in the long run it looks like human divers are increasingly being replaced by ROVs.

knipknap 16y ago

That sounds very cool, but probably requires multiple years of training (with little income).

RK 16y ago
I think you'll find this same problem with all of the high paid (physical) jobs, unless you invent the next macarena or something.
- knipknap 16y ago
  Quite possibly true. Unless it builds on things I already know.
  - RK 16y ago
    What are your areas of physical expertise or experience?
    - knipknap 16y ago
      You mean there is no physical activity that directly builds on top of a software engineering education? Yeah, I guess it was a stretch. But I actually think that there might be a middle ground that involves sports and engineering. Perhaps a product or service and a reason to jump on the startup train.
      - RK 16y ago
        I just mean that you said you are very active, so you maybe able to build on one of those specific activities. For example there are people who design artificial waves for surfers. This involves a lot of optimization work, But of course you also need it as the waves.
      - cullenking 16y ago
        There are, see my above reply about elevator mechanics. You are on your feet all day, you carry equipment around, you use hand tools, however you extensively troubleshoot and get creative with solutions to electrical and mechanical problems. So, combines the physical activity of a construction type of job (very rewarding filling), with the ingenuity/troubleshooting of programming.
cbryan 16y ago
Suprisingly little training involved. A FOAF started doing this stuff on a dare and was well on his way 9-ish months later.
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Daishiman 16y ago

And horrendously dangerous.

nradov 16y ago

If you're interested in a commercial diving career I recommend reading the novel "Louisiana Blue" by David Poyer. Parts of the plot are a bit silly, but it's a fun read and the descriptions of oil field divers are (from what I'm told) fairly realistic. http://www.esva.net/~davidpoyer/tiller.htm http://www.esva.net/~davidpoyer/tiller.htm Besides the immediate risks of drowning and dismemberment, a lot of experienced commercial divers end up with chronic damage from repeated decompression and being in the water all the time. And in the long run it looks like human divers are increasingly being replaced by ROVs.