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No sure about being an electrician. But I know plumbers in my area make almost the same (sometimes even more than) as FAANG engineers.
by amir734jj 4y ago
No sure about being an electrician. But I know plumbers in my area make almost the same (sometimes even more than) as FAANG engineers.
- roflyear 4y agoI'm not sure there are many plumbers making $300k/yr?
- amir734jj 4y agoNot $300k. But healthy $200k in Midwest is a lot of money.
- roflyear 4y agoYeah I can believe $200k if you're doing commercial stuff running a crew. Unsure how much of that work there is in the Midwest. No way you're making $200k doing residential work, even in large cities. Definitely not if you aren't on your own.
- bombcar 4y agoThe usual progression is start working as an apprentice and then as a plumber for a larger agency, then on your own, then you become the larger agency and hire assistants and other plumbers, then you “retire”. The latter part can be quite lucrative.
- the_only_law 4y agoThis is like saying you can make billions as a software developer, when in reality you’re talking about a startup founder with a software business.
- roflyear 4y agoYes.... but that's running a company, not being a plumber lol!
- bombcar 4y agoIt's very important to distinguish that stuff, because as we saw in The Millionaire Next Door you can often end up classifying someone as "electrician" or "plumber" when more properly they should be classified as "small business owner".