Thread: IT's been a while

welcome back IT, glad to see things are working out for you. For me, it'd be as easy as which pays more, and which if either will put a hinder on your relationship and it's future.

teaching is crap anyway

by the way, very cheeseball putting your name in the title

If I were in your shoes I'd probably lean toward the mill................I just want to make sure you're thinking about your future. What will be your chances of EVER getting into that Bachelor's program if you don't do it now? Again, just something to think about.

Have 30+ kids and home school them if you want to teach so bad.


On a serious note: What is the future of that lumber mill? You have to look over the horizon and try to see where it puts you. Mill/factory work in these day's can be shifty. What transferable skills will it provide you? If you decide to go back to school how difficult will the change be to go from working mode to student mode?

Yeah id definatly go with a degree. If just to fall back on.

How does mill work have more opportunity for advancement in the long run? Granted my bachelor's degree seems to mean nothing, but I suppose it will amount to something eventually.

I say you made a good decision. If you make good money, set up a 401k or some kind of an account for when you retire. Invest now, while you are young. Then when you are older, you could always be a teacher.

i don't understand how mill work has future/advancement

but most of us are programmed/taught to seek education first. For that reason I'd say go for school

but then again, we were never taught when education must end and allow ourselves to move down other roads

still... i find your pros/cons list possibly biased (I see no cons for mill work?) so maybe you're just being blindsighted by the money?

just food for thought, and I'm typically more full of food than thought

Originally Posted by Crono1000

just food for thought, and I'm typically more full of food than thought

You're typically full of shit.

That's what he eats?

Hey guys Well I have a few minutes before I have to get, but I'll try to quickly answer the questions.

First of all Crhomo, it was very clever of me to get my name into the title like that so piss off

As for the future of the mill, it looks great. It is one of the biggest mills in the industry putting out 560, 000 board feet in an 8 hour shift. I know most of you don't know what that means, but it's pretty damn good. The last mill I worked for only did 420, 000 in a 10 hour shift. Canfor ( Canadian Forest Products) is investing millions into that mill in an effort to make it recycle it's own energy with a new technology that will utilize it's waste (wood, not crap ) instead of having it burned.

As for advancement, there is plenty. There are opportunities to move up into management positions if you work and try hard.

As for the money, I don't think that is why I'm doing this. I've had many opportunities to stay at the mill that I've been working at for the last 4 summers, but I just didn't like it there. And it also paid more money than teaching. Believe me when I say that I didn't come to this decision easily.

And as for Premier's comments, he pretty much had the same line of thought I was going on. If I want to go substitute or something after I retire, I'm already set up to go Well I better piss off, got an hour before work. See ya guys

Originally Posted by irontime

Well I better piss off

It's about time you took the hint.

Ah piss off you old fart as for your intellectual comment;

Originally Posted by ALBOB

What will be your chances of EVER getting into that Bachelor's program if you don't do it now? Again, just something to think about.

Believe me pops, that was my biggest issue over my decision. But basically it came down to that it would be easier for me to get back into the program than it would for me to get back into the mill after telling them how much I wanted to work there and then backing out of it.

I figured that if I like it there so much (and I told them so) that it would pretty stupid to go back on my word and then try to get back in there later.

Originally Posted by irontime

Believe me pops, that was my biggest issue over my decision. But basically it came down to that it would be easier for me to get back into the program than it would for me to get back into the mill after telling them how much I wanted to work there and then backing out of it.

Good answer. If that's truely the case I'd probably make the same decision you did. Good luck to ya'. Stay in touch.

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Good answer. If that's truely the case I'd probably make the same decision you did. Good luck to ya'. Stay in touch.

Thanx buddy And I do feel that I made the right decision. And staying in touch will be a lot easier. I'll finally be able to afford to buy a computer and beer at the same time

Hell, I'll finally be able to make trips out of Canada. Who knows, me and the gf were talking about Vegas. We'll see what next summer brings around