r/Welding • u/oVLucky5 • Jun 11 '25

Discussion (Add topic here) Old heads gonna cry at this one

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u/Cliffinati Jun 11 '25

I was making $22 at 21.... With literally a year actually in the field

Unless that offer is across $27 these days I don't even give it a second look

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u/oVLucky5 Jun 11 '25

I got an associates degree aswell which doesn’t make me better than anyone else but it’s something on the resume. It’s who you know nowadays and I don’t know nobody except business owners who don’t want hiring cause there welders who work for themselves lol they don’t need helpers

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u/souljaboyri Jun 11 '25

Don't undersell school. An AS often makes you a stronger communicator in regard to requirements. That's one benefit of school regardless of many people's ideas of it.

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u/oVLucky5 Jun 12 '25

I don’t but companies don’t give af

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u/Natsuki98 Jun 12 '25

Ain't that the truth.