I worked as a Welder for many years. Both petroleum industry and hanging steel. West Coast, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, etc. Best paying job but worst conditions was a weld inspection job in Saudi Arabia for Zuhar Fayez Engineering Services Group.
When I returned to States I bought a Home Inspection franchise and built the business where none had existed before. After 3 years, I sold the franchise to work as Building Inspector for Spearfish. That was a good winter job, but I made much more money building homes in Green Valley. But the economy went flat.
Currently, I'm working as a Construction Project Manager on east coast, based in Pennsylvania but I work all over. Unsure if we'll sell our assets in the Black Hills or go back. Lately, I've been day-dreaming about that bridge project connecting Qatar to Bahrain ...
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