Where do you work?

[smokymtnsteve]

come to Alaska, work on the riverboat Discovery for the season, help me build a cabin , you live in it for a year, pay no state income tax, get a PFD check, and AK residents are fixin to get a $100 a month energy debit card from the state. In FBKS there is no sales tax, and more jobs than people, and being a Sgt. Hippie would have NO bearing on your obtaining employment here.

Howdy oruoja, how's things down south?

[oruoja]

Hey Smoky, looks like you are still living the life in AK! As you can see I have a little govt paid for excursion coming up, but I'll be hopefully doing the AT in 2013. Even have plans on moving our lattitude further south when my hitch is up and retired to get some more extended hiking weather.

[JayMosier]

hay smokie im there!!!

[Bearpaw]

If you've been in the **** be sure to take time for yourself. IMHO

Outstanding advice. My thru-hike did me plenty of good after little brush-fire deployments throughout the 90's in the Marine Corps.

Use your GI Bill. It's the best thing going as a veteran.

I teach. Summers, I've hiked my own hikes, and I've taught to backpack and climb as an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School. Those long breaks off are very rewarding, as is working with kids.

If you don't like kids, however, don't even consider teaching. 3 months off each year isn't worth making yourself and your students miserable.

If you want a job in forestry or the like, so to school and apply for every summer internship available. It will also be rewarding, and it's how you get the connections to make that leap into government work.

Best of luck, and hike on brother.

[Captain]

i am a financial consultant for my parents.. i tell them how to spend thier money on me

[Captain]

come to Alaska, work on the riverboat Discovery for the season, help me build a cabin , you live in it for a year, pay no state income tax, get a PFD check, and AK residents are fixin to get a $100 a month energy debit card from the state. In FBKS there is no sales tax, and more jobs than people, and being a Sgt. Hippie would have NO bearing on your obtaining employment here.

Howdy oruoja, how's things down south?

the vast bearing sea, in summer for fisherman nearly 800,000 square miles of pure hell , in winter nearly 800,000 square miles of FREEZING hell . but for those with a quick step and a staunch back the rewards can be big. the highs can certainly be high but the lows..are just plain devastating this season some boats will strike it big , while others just strike out the season is underway and captains have turned thier attention and their vessels to just one thing.. king crab, with tragedy always threatening to strike the fleet its a race to the finish in this modern day gold rush and this season will prove just why king crab is..the deadliest catch

BWOW im a cowboy on a steel horse i ride , im wanteeeed , dead or alive

[SunnyWalker]

If you are interestedin working for TDCJ check out their web site. Do a search. TDCJ is Texas Dept of Criminal Justice. I have 15+ years in now and it is sure easy to get away to hike. Vacation time, comp time, then of course sick leave, overtime, and etc. the retirement is great. You can combine military service with the state time to figure retirement.

[fiddlehead]

Take a year or two (or 3) and hike a few long distance trails. You'll have lots of time to think, meet free-spirited people and even work on your future.
I did just that (16 years of hiking really) and worked on my guitar playing most everyday on my hikes. Now, i am a professional musician here in Thailand.

I highly recommend thinking for yourself and starting your own business. Especially if you find that you really Love to hike. Then the cubicle job or the computer job will only frustrate you.

My brother started a logging business with little to no experience and ended up marking timber for the FS back in the 70's.

Life is priorities.

[LIhikers]

My wife drives a school bus. It gives her every weekend and school holiday off as well as all summer. No degree needed and the school bus company trained her to take the CDL test. And yes, when we do our summer section hikes we carry a cell phone so she can call in for her unemployment benefits.

[Odd Thomas]

i am a financial consultant for my parents.. i tell them how to spend thier money on me

That's a growing business in this economy.

[Smudge]

Go to Alaska. My ship just left Seward and it was REALLY tough for me to leave. The people are amazing and when I mentioned my job history I had job offers comming out my ears. If you head up there RIGHT NOW, almost any where you go in the south east of the state, you will have a job within hours of arriving. Most of the jobs also come with housing. You will be surrounded by the most pristine wilderness in the world and the money is GOOD! There are oportunities at lodges, hiking tour companies, kayak tour companies, sportfishing boats(this is the fun stuff, no Deadliest Catch here) service industry, you name it.

I'm going to retire from the Navy in just a few years and I already know I will spend at leat one or two summers in Seward, Alaska. One, it will give me time to separate myself from the rigors of 20 years in the military and two, it will line my pocket for a thru hike of the PCT with my Brother who is currently following his dream of hiking on the AT.(actually, right now he's at TD having a blast...)

[smokymtnsteve]

plus NO state Income TAX!

[Blissful]

Yeah some guy who was hiking last year - Duckwalk - made a huge amt of money working on a boat in Alaska for a few months. Then in the middle of his hike he found out that they needed workers again, so he left the trail at Daleville, VA and went back to work on the boat. Hope he is able to get back on and finish.

[Hooch]

......it will give me time to separate myself from the rigors of 20 years in the military......

Military? I thought you said you're in the Navy?

[WILLIAM HAYES]

I am a Vice President with the Medical College of Georgia Healthcare system located in augusta georgia -home of the masters I have been in healthcare for approx 25 years and have been hiking the trail for the past 7 years

[4eyedbuzzard]

At age 51 I'm back to school to finish my degree along with my MCSE(Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certification after working as an electrician/technician for 30 years in Power Generation, Steel, and Chemical Processing. I've injured my back three times in the past five years at work and cannot return to electrical work, so I'm merging my PLC, computer, and automation background with the lighter lifting requirements in the IT/management side of things. Kind of converting me slowly toward the UL hiking mentality as well.

Now all I have to do is finish school and find a job paying what I was making...

[solo29]

hello i keep your tv,s on i work for lead service tech for a local cable tv company

[Bare Bear]

I subsitute teach at public elementary schools. The kids are great, the teachers dedicated. Grossly underpaid but I have every summer off and can take off more whenever I feel the need, I just do not get paid for time off.

[Bare Bear]

HEY NO PICKING ON THE NAVY. They have great chow halls and they take the Marines where the fighting is.

[Hooch]

HEY NO PICKING ON THE NAVY. They have great chow halls and they take the Marines where the fighting is.

You know what NAVY stands for don't you? Never Again Volunteer Yourself.