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F@ck this work gig

z77280

Sergeant of the Hide
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Minuteman
Nov 14, 2018
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Montgomery, TX
I hope y’all are enjoying your “day jobs” more than me. 2022 is a shit year so far.

Any leads on a job that is shooting related around the Houston,TX area?
 
Ever consider aviation?

I don’t feel I’ve “worked” in over a decade, and they pay me to do this shit!
 
Does shooting related pay?

Everyone I see working at gun shops or ranges or the like seems to ether live with their parents or be retired
It pays, ask this guy
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Does shooting related pay?

Everyone I see working at gun shops or ranges or the like seems to ether live with their parents or be retired
Someone is delivering the fucking with prices like they are. Figure it’s the distributors and end retailers as to where it is happening.
 
Someone is delivering the fucking with prices like they are. Figure it’s the distributors and end retailers as to where it is happening.

Yeah, I don’t think they’d anything a “ground level” person is going to get on the gravy train with
 
There's no money in anything shooting related. Especially not the shooting part.

Most companies have done away with reps or brought it to an internal position with minimal pay. I know a few that used to clear 6 figures by working with a dozen company's. They're all doing something else because during the Trump slump all those reps got cost cut.

My Dad works a gun counter. He does it for 2 reasons; doesn't need the money, gets stuff at store cost. I'd bet he puts 80% of his paycheck back into the store. Retired with a pension that pays his real bills. As a widower it keeps him out of the house and doing stuff. I couldn't pay my mortgage with his hourly pay.


Highschool friend works at a very big gun company. He has a 4 year mechanical engineering degree. He's happy making $60k/yr because he's working with guns. Part of his job is R&D which involves the newest latest greatest toys and playing with them.
He could go down the street and make 2-3x the pay at a real engineering firm, with his $100k diploma.


There's also the dilemma of turning your hobby into a job. Burns you out and you end up just changing hobbies. Part of the reason why I don't have more guns and scopes, is archery, dirt bikes, mountain bikes, snowmobiles, and trucks. I'm always down to go do something, but I'm never burned out on any 1 hobby.
 
There's no money in anything shooting related. Especially not the shooting part.

Most companies have done away with reps or brought it to an internal position with minimal pay. I know a few that used to clear 6 figures by working with a dozen company's. They're all doing something else because during the Trump slump all those reps got cost cut.

My Dad works a gun counter. He does it for 2 reasons; doesn't need the money, gets stuff at store cost. I'd bet he puts 80% of his paycheck back into the store. Retired with a pension that pays his real bills. As a widower it keeps him out of the house and doing stuff. I couldn't pay my mortgage with his hourly pay.


Highschool friend works at a very big gun company. He has a 4 year mechanical engineering degree. He's happy making $60k/yr because he's working with guns. Part of his job is R&D which involves the newest latest greatest toys and playing with them.
He could go down the street and make 2-3x the pay at a real engineering firm, with his $100k diploma.


There's also the dilemma of turning your hobby into a job. Burns you out and you end up just changing hobbies. Part of the reason why I don't have more guns and scopes, is archery, dirt bikes, mountain bikes, snowmobiles, and trucks. I'm always down to go do something, but I'm never burned out on any 1 hobby.

If he’s speaks Spanish and can keep his mouth shut, cartels pay well I hear 🤷‍♂️
 
There's no money in anything shooting related. Especially not the shooting part.

Most companies have done away with reps or brought it to an internal position with minimal pay. I know a few that used to clear 6 figures by working with a dozen company's. They're all doing something else because during the Trump slump all those reps got cost cut.

My Dad works a gun counter. He does it for 2 reasons; doesn't need the money, gets stuff at store cost. I'd bet he puts 80% of his paycheck back into the store. Retired with a pension that pays his real bills. As a widower it keeps him out of the house and doing stuff. I couldn't pay my mortgage with his hourly pay.


Highschool friend works at a very big gun company. He has a 4 year mechanical engineering degree. He's happy making $60k/yr because he's working with guns. Part of his job is R&D which involves the newest latest greatest toys and playing with them.
He could go down the street and make 2-3x the pay at a real engineering firm, with his $100k diploma.


There's also the dilemma of turning your hobby into a job. Burns you out and you end up just changing hobbies. Part of the reason why I don't have more guns and scopes, is archery, dirt bikes, mountain bikes, snowmobiles, and trucks. I'm always down to go do something, but I'm never burned out on any 1 hobby.
If you have the background, a small arms repairman for the DoD can do pretty well, either as a contractor or a miltech
 
I hope y’all are enjoying your “day jobs” more than me. 2022 is a shit year so far.

Any leads on a job that is shooting related around the Houston,TX area?
In Houston? Go train to be a paramedic. Totally shooting related. Shots to the head, body, legs, arms. Shots everywhere. Some still alive and bitching. Maybe you’ll even get to be on the gurney doing CPR on a dead guy from the helipad into the ED.
 
Does shooting related pay?

Everyone I see working at gun shops or ranges or the like seems to ether live with their parents or be retired
Unless I am dealing with a Mom and Pop LGS, the kid at the counter at Sportsman's is always pissed that he is selling me anything.

They should just hire college chicks, there would be half the bullshit. As long as they couldn't have their phones on them while they were working. Chicks get stuck staring at their phones.

Sportsmans has a chick in the footwear section that knows every fucking shoe in there and half the competitors. Gives two fucks.

Go have a career, work hard, save some money and you can buy anything you want.

Work at a gunshop for $8 an hour, drive your 3rd hand prius with 200,000 miles on it that your parents bought and continue to sleep in their basement.

Same as everything else.

They see guys like Randy Newberg on tv, and they cry because they can't have that life. The fucker spent his entire life building up his accounting businsss so he could hunt 6 months a year in when grew up.

You can't climb the mountain without playing the game.