Posted on 09/09/2013 5:17:21 AM PDT by thackney
I am a teacher in oil central West Texas. Frankly, I am jealous of all the money these guys with high school diplomas have, but it’s backbreaking work.
I just don’t know if I could do it, but it’s tempting.
It’s strenuous mainly for the amount of stress they’re under. That, and they have to climb up to the rig floor whenever they’re needed. The stress of being a directional driller caused my father to have a heart attack (career ending btw) when he was 51. He’d been in the oilfield for 35 years at that point.
I mean geez, if I just lived on my teacher salary and just a tiny bit more, I could have lots of spending money and STILL pay off the house mortgage in probably three years, which is insane.
But, that’s all if the industry doesn’t crash, and an acquaintance of my wife quit his family oil business because he is afraid it’s going to crash soon even though people claim it will last for another 5-10 years. I’m almost afraid to stay here for much longer lest my housing value crash and I’m stuck here.
Wow. Yeah, I know they work constantly.
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