What Is the Most "No One Knows" Job That Pays Really Good Money? - Reddit Podcast

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[@Whammytap]

Another good one: Bowling alley mechanics. All bowling alleys must have a mechanic on-site during hours of operation. My buddy did this in the early 2000s. He got paid $30 an hour to sit in a little room in the back, watching TV and playing phone games. Every so often they'd page him, and he'd have to go pull a stuck bowling pin out of the machine, or give a bowling ball an extra push down the ball return. He used to beg me to come hang out with him because he was so bored. This was before really good phone games and such. Edit: The reason they're paid so well is that the machines are really dangerous. You could easily lose a limb in a dozen different places, so special training and certification is required.

[@kaanozk]

Sounds pretty chill

[@freesweden1]

Here's what I did over the past 6 years because I got tired of wasting 11 hours of my life on work/travel every single day (I'll be 30 in 1 month, started at 24); - Re-sell used cars (cheap ones up to 7k at most) under the radar for profit, until you earn enough to buy multiple (5+) cars at a time - Was earning approx. 4-6k a month, depending on how many cars I sold, which jumped up to 12-17k when I started doing it large scale - Do that until you have enough money to buy AT LEAST 2 smaller land parcels with building permits in the coastline, in my case that was 260,000 EUR in

[@senzaiishiki.]

I'm very happy for you!

[@Quintessentialquintuplets49]

Bro wrote an entire essay

[@keyvinbooker4301]

As a ‘underwater welder’ it’s wild that the theory we make that much money is still around. Divers in the gulf make that much because they work 60+ hours a week. Nuke divers or hazmat divers don’t make anything like that either expect 20-30$ shop pay and while actually underwater you’ll make 25-35$ on average if you aren’t the 1%

[@echelon8913]

Mainframe Operator. Even if you work in the office, you only talk to customers rarely. You work in a data center. Downtime is a lot. This plus working from home if they let you. Source: I’m a mainframe operator and I work from home. I coom on the clock.

[@wesleysilveira5692]

how much you had to study to get your job?

[@echelon8913]

@@wesleysilveira5692 none. Go apply for a mainframe job at entry level. Have some tech background. Many of the people who run them are near retirement but mainframes are still needed to run airlines and atms.

[@echelon8913]

None. I had background in some IT, lots of management experience though and tech retail. Sometimes having close or nearby foundations are enough to connect to the next field over. if they provide training they would want to see signs that something similar is already within you that shows the training may be successful and get a good employee.

[@slipstick985]

If you're going to live from hand to mouth, you better be ambidextrous.

[@chrisparkhurst5158]

Cute and clever. But also very intuitive!

[@freesweden1]

Here's what I did over the past 6 years because I got tired of wasting 11 hours of my life on work/travel every single day (I'll be 30 in 1 month, started at 24); - Re-sell used cars (cheap ones up to 7k at most) under the radar for profit, until you earn enough to buy multiple (5+) cars at a time - Was earning approx. 4-6k a month, depending on how many cars I sold, which jumped up to 12-17k when I started doing it large scale - Do that until you have enough money to buy AT LEAST 2 smaller land parcels with building permits in the coastline, in my case that was 260,000 EUR in

[@nicholasfigueiredo3171]

My cousin is a Valette and I can confirm they make tons of money. He gets paid 35~~60/h in winter and 20~~30/h in summer basically all the money come from tips and people travel close to the beach in summers. The restaurant only pays 6.25/h and will cover in case you do not make minimum wage/h.

[@dannyacevedo174]

I will say, most IT jobs don't require a degree. You get a few certifications which cost money, and quality learning material also costs money. But other than that it's cheaper than trade school in a lot of cases. How far up you have to climb all depends on what floor you come in on, which depends on what you want to do within tech. And if you don't have a degree, it's more important to have the mindset of "if you've done it, PUT IT ON YOUR RESUME/CV!"

[@rorixcreations4770]

I'm a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist. 2 years of school. AS in cardiovascular technologies. I make over 150k a year. Pretty easy job if you don't like sleeping lol

[@motiveisdeathakamid2615]

Hey, where did you go to school? I am interested

[@rorixcreations4770]

@@motiveisdeathakamid2615 I went to school in Florida SW College, formerly Edison State College.

[@77SilentAssassin77]

​@@rorixcreations4770punta Gorda?

[@rorixcreations4770]

@@77SilentAssassin77 ft myers

[@marenjones6665]

I'm sorry, 80 hours a week for 70 k? That's not a good job, that's just a lot of hours.

[@NobodyDungeons]

I got paid $60 an hour to basically crawl into tiny spaces and bend myself in half. Normally you’d have to go through a dozen steps to get there but I was skinny, short, and flexible enough to bypass it which got me paid extra. Sometimes having hyper specialized skills or training that makes everything easier is enough to earn extra pay.

[@dogofwar6769]

Story 20: so basically this OP is the person that tells their family that their kids chemo drugs are too expensive and they'll have to make do with palatine care instead. Not even trying to S-post. My SO got talked into that field and it basically mentally destroyed her after like a year and a half. It's been ten years since she quit but she still has emotional problems from it. She started that job right it was created as a part of the ACA rollout and that garbage program has been a disaster every since.

[@NobodyDungeons]

The real trick is to live somewhere cheap and then work somewhere expensive.

[@pineappleginseng1557]

Operator positions in manufacturing, distillation, petrol, maintenance, etc. Surprisingly, many of these jobs pay decently, and often offer a lot of overtime. They generally have long hours (12s), but offer plenty of benefits. Couple people I know work in this positions and make well over $70k. These jobs also don't usually require any experience, and the vertical movement for career is pretty alright. It can be pretty taxing physically, but it pays well.

[@BlueGriffin20]

I wanted to say upholstery job for finisher as you’ll be needed (seems like my parents ordered furniture, but it took a while to actually arrived), but looking it up, I guess it doesn’t pay that well.

[@FoxyFluff-oj7rm]

The second one is an introverts dream tho

[@FaerieAmira]

Until you end someone’s life because they decided to end it all or an accident.

[@Dan1ell]

@@FaerieAmira What are you talking about? When who ends who's life? In what kind of accident?

[@NoobStudios414]

@@FaerieAmiraI don’t think you understand what a introvert is

[@dimitrescu182]

​@@Dan1ellif someone jumps in front of the train you're operating.

[@zandaroos553]

I work for an economic consultancy. If you know the book “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” it’s the field Perkins worked in (though he massively embellishes the type and nature of the work we do - there’s a lot of government advisory work but it’s less “couping governments in South America” and more “structuring power contract auctions in Germany”.) The money is great though, juniors make 6 figures straight out of undergrad while seniors start with 200-250k out of PhD/MBA/MPA/JD and can make a solid 1%er income (+500k to low millions) as a partner at the firm. It’s definitely an “in the know” industry. Most people working in the field went to elite colleges & universities, come from generational wealth - and were recommended in to the field by professors, friends or established family contacts. But if you break in it opens a lot of doors.

[@zenyatta5064]

Can you get in with a CPA degree?

[@zandaroos553]

@@zenyatta5064 unless you’re fresh out of college with a dual degree in economics it’s unlikely unfortunately. The only CPA’s at my firm is a guy with a masters in econ from Oxford who got his CPA after joining the firm and a PhD Accountant who was hired in our antitrust/industrial competition division.

[@zenyatta5064]

@@zandaroos553 I am fresh out of college with a degree in economics and business economics but I was planning on doing a master's in accounting then postmaster CPA. How do I get started with economic consultancy, do I need a master's degree first?

[@zandaroos553]

@@zenyatta5064 You don’t *need* a masters (unless you’re in/want to work in Europe or New Zealand) but unless you have prior research/intern experience and a fancy college name on your degree I’d recommend a more math intensive and research focused MS in Economics if you’re dead set on breaking in to econ consulting. May I ask which university you graduated from (or the grouping of universities your uni is considered in) and your grades?

[@zenyatta5064]

@@zandaroos553 any chance we can take this conversation to private messaging?

[@Handles_are_good_for_holding]

The workers that climb radio towers to change the flashing red lights make some great money.

[@PlotPoints-f5p]

Seems like a unique and well-paying job, but the radiation part is fascinating-good to know it's less dangerous than expected

[@UncleFrank19]

Quantum physicists make about 40 to 50k when they start and 100 to 200k with some experience a year.

[@mindmaster323]

Story 5: I work at UPS. As of our last union contract renewal in 2023 drivers make around $40 an hour. Once you get to the point of package car deliver being too taxing there are other positions you can move to. Feeder Drivers make about as much and their job is set up trucks on the docks so they can un/loaded. No heavy lifting or anything. The only issue is a lot of hub jobs are part time.

[@claytonroberts1622]

Sales at places lke T mobile and Atnt, uncapped commission and great worker unions, makes 50k a year which is fine

[@DuhThyHiTickler]

You’d be surprised how much money you can make as a handyman, I charge $50 just to show up. Believe it or not, most of the time the problem with their, “light fixture that won’t turn on for some reason,” is a dead light bulb. I charge $70 to fix that. It’s like this with so many different things. On average I’ll be Repairing a sprinkler system $200 for today, fixing the thermostat for tomorrow for $150, repainting and hanging two doors for $580 the next & you see how it all adds up quick. Some times you get jobs that you’ll loose money, other times you’ll get ones you strike gold on. Replacing a hot water heater for instance is actually incredibly simple and only three or four hours worth of work. I charge $2000 for that. i’m working on a job right now for a property management company, I have to get this apartment, “rent ready“. Basically, this means I have to go through the property and find anything that needs to be Replaced repaired or cleaned. A bit of trim work here, patch a hole there, replace a cover plate here, fix a sink there, etc. All and all, if I really get after it, probably about 8 - 10 hours worth of work. I’m going to charge $1650 plus materials (about $250). I get to work when I want, for how long I want with almost no oversight. So long as the job gets done within a reasonable time and budget, I’m good. There are downsides, of course, heavily labor-intensive, you put miles on your car, it gets harder if you don’t have a truck, you have to know what you’re doing. And you can't mess up so bad, that you cause serious damage to a property. But if you take care of your body, get a efficient reliable vehicle, are willing to work hard & get dirty, learn and continue to learn, & don't blow up the house, your golden.

[@nobillismccaw7450]

Network engineer [computing]. Systems Administrator [Unix].

[@albongo3949]

It’s weird I want to be a roofer now

[@CarurossTheSecond218]

Technical writing. Great work life balance and often remote. Can make anywhere from 50k for starting to 150 senior level.

[@LuizOtavioZen]

Event Technicians make a killing my GF's father have an event business that build stages and plan concerts. They recently reconnect after years and he wanted to gift her a car since she is graduating college this year, she thought it was a reasonable daily driver, he brought her to test drive a porsche because one of his best friends who is a rather famous musician told him it was a good reasonable car. My GF's father is not an extravagant man, you would look at him and think he is broke, but no, he just doesn't spend his money, he only invest and save it.

[@moroteseoinage]

Licensed Boiler operator. Union employee at class 1 Railroad.

[@Kid47483]

No more of 2.50 chicken rice.. Prove me that I'm wrong. 🙂

[@mt.everst]

I'm convinced the gameplay was chosen based off of the first one

[@cybre_lian]

Francis from bsd omg

[@violettracey]

Thanks!

[@Sapwolf]

Subnautica was so much fun.

[@DarkMeyer777]

Financial software consultants. You get to know which customers not going to afford hefty software upgrades, which customers is. And your boss going to really like you for always up selling that you literally just talking crap in your job that they don't even care if you don't work. Left because well... Working 5 hours a day from home is way too much in my comfort zone

[@700gecko]

I feel like I’m missing something, I’m working as a professional cabinetmaker and I’m only earning about 50k/year

[@duartesantos3535]

I'm a professional timpanist, can confirm N# 4.

[@fruitfulconnoisseur]

Cost of living isn't a joke and I doubt valet would be in a place where the cost of living is low as for nuclear plants they're not that common

[@akutagawa-rk4ke]

is that francis vro? 😭😭

[@infamousm80]

Why would an underwater wielder be exposed to hazardous chemicals?

[@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917]

They are welding pipes that carry crude oil and anything else. They usually stop pumping before you weld them (cause you'd be dead if not) but the residue from the chemicals still floats around in little pockets there

[@bobcat24]

Are any of these jobs in southeast Ohio by chance?

[@aravkapoor9044]

Since when is subnautica background gaming footage?!

[@jet9066]

Can i get a link for being the white guy in china?

[@viciousyeen6644]

Go work for big pharmaceutical companies, they pay you well for all the dangers they put you in.

[@annikaferguson8819]

Old ups drivers are not rear, not at all.

[@_olympusfire_5008]

FRANCIS FROM THE HIT ANIME BUNGO STRAY DOGS THAT FIRST PREMIERED ON APRIL 7TH, 2016???? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

[@binxbear103111]

Wait what was the sewage one?

[@eliasbank9966]

pays WELL genius

[@ytman-lq2mj]

Nice

[@DenshaOtoko2]

Wood Working.

[@Archbishop_of_the_Noodle]

I just sell used female underwear. But hey, if you guys want to actually work, go for these suggestions.

[@miruneverdies]

Valet is pronounced with a "t".

[@jaycrispy8892]

No. It isn't. It's a French word, and the "t" is silent. It is pronounced "va-lay"

[@GriffinFTW]

Someone give me a list for my lazy ass

[@bensoncheung2801]

👍👍

[@danisilviu8508]

Teaching girls how to make money online as a webcam/onlyfans model and managing their online profiles. 5-7 k a month for 6 hours a day. But not necessary to be there everyday even

[@prettyboishah2898]

Like an virtual pimp? Can a male do this?

[@danisilviu8508]

Preferably men, they know what other men like better lol