What do you do that you earn six figures?

r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • 9d ago

It seems like a lot of people make a lot of money and it seems like I’m missing out on something. So those of you that do, whats your occupation that pays so well?

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u/Zphr 9d ago

I want to say one word to you. Just one word: PLASTICS.

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u/Enology_FIRE 9d ago

My lovely wife has a set of those. Cost me $30K.

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u/RustyCraftyloki 9d ago

That’s more than one set. How many wives?

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u/PotbellysAltAccount 9d ago

He’s got a whole harem to get fixed

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u/Enology_FIRE 9d ago

/r/exmormon is leaking

Long story. I know that is more than a first install. This was a complicated repair job not covered by insurance.

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u/jasonbf78 9d ago

Best damn comment I’ve read!! Lmao… and that’s a bonus for you man!

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u/Enology_FIRE 9d ago

She chose to get them, and she likes the way her clothes fit, now.

Yes, she's a gorgeous 60 year old. I guess I have transitioned from MILF to GILF. No complaints.

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u/SaurSig 9d ago

Pics or it didn't happen

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u/Enology_FIRE 9d ago

something something bolted on....

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u/PMSfishy 9d ago

Funny you mention that, my buddy pulls $400k a year selling rail cars of the stuff.

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u/DistanceMachine 9d ago

With his teeth?!

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u/Over-Yam-4930 9d ago

Yes, sir.

Exactly how do you mean?

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u/Zphr 9d ago

There's a great future in plastics. Think about it.

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u/Barrinson 9d ago

Sales or engineering? Specialized in polymers engineering in school to no benefit

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u/Zphr 9d ago

It's a meme from a classic movie from back when plastics were a burgeoning newish field.

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u/hxrnetzgash 9d ago

the graduate

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u/Narwahl_Whisperer 9d ago

Damn, that's an old reference then. Also, I've never seen it.

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u/Barrinson 9d ago

Ahh I got got

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u/CopperWaffles 9d ago

Curious, did you end up working in materials science or go into something different?

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u/Over-Yam-4930 9d ago

Will you think about it?

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u/PurficPourBY 9d ago

The plastic extrusion plant I work at is booming, they have added so much other departments and machinery just in the past 3 years to make more plastic products. We just got a brand new pipe plant, and 2 new machines that couldn't be less than half a million a piece. Not to mention the iron work and renovation to the warehouse just to install them. It's crazy how much money is in this business.

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u/salfasano 9d ago

Nice, I work upstream of you in the feedstocks trading area. How are you guys doing on resin availability now? Have your suppliers taken you off sales allocations?

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u/PurficPourBY 9d ago

I live in houston literally 10miles from 10+ plants we have had no shortage of material mostly our supply chain for boxes and and small stuff like that has been effected we've stayed steady the entire pandemic as far as sales

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u/Ghost-Toof 9d ago

Oh snap. Blown film extruder here. Nice to see one of us floating around. Our plant isn't booming. Just a small shop. Used to have 8 extrusion lines. New owners. Down to 3 lines. There more focused on the cut bags conversion side of the plant.

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u/PurficPourBY 9d ago

There are dozens of us! Ours is a family run shop since the 50s were sitting at 28 extruder, a custom plastics shop, a pipe plant, and reprocessing department. Crazy to think someone thought making plastic bags in the 50s would make em so much cash lol

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u/ElbertAlfie 9d ago

Plastic prices have gone insane since January

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u/madnessdanz 9d ago

My company was half aerospace, and half wire and cable (the plastic fillers and coated jacketing).

We too had a rivalry building to building! The other building where aerospace was.

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u/RabbitHoleSpaceMan 9d ago

God I would love to see that rivalry come to a head in one glorious, final battle.

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u/randyrazz7 9d ago

Take your upvote

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u/Greyzer 9d ago

So, Tupperware?

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u/Ghost-Toof 9d ago

Plastics as in what. I'm a blown film operator. And make dog shit money. One might even say mouse shit money.

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u/madnessdanz 9d ago

I hate plastics.

I made cable filler for a long time. And as an operator was making almost 50k (60 hour work weeks)

I fucking hate plastics.

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u/Thick_Handle 9d ago

Process engineer?

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u/Sinapinic 9d ago

Conventional or the new age 'sustainable' plastics? I work in the latter and it's still good money, but from my experience it's a lot less lucrative.

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u/realmastodon2 9d ago

Or paper.