/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1625697
>tfw just bought a 2 bedroom 1 bath for $316k

ama

>>1092680

>>1091662
>do you have any certifications or degrees?
mechanical engineering degree, Class B general contractors license, and a couple of ASME boiler certs. almost done with PE stuff.

>I know I'll never make 100k a year
how wrong you are. the bigger/more complex the building, the more money you make.

>I certainly don't want to work for 15 hr
i started at 15/hr. i make well over 6 figures.

>I'd like to know what it's like
lots of menial shit when you start out. i mean A LOT of menial shit. you will want to blow your brains out before you pick up another paint brush again.

but eventually (hopefully) you learn enough about building systems that you progress in your responsible square footage and start getting paid to really trouble shoot and analyze. even without a degree you will eventually get paid because you know how to keep things from having to get maintained in the first place, hence saving your boss fuck tons of money and justifying your fat paycheck. upper and mid tier maintenance positions are cushy as fuck.

we prefer the term facility managers btw.