Whats your job? How much do you make?

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I build/design Swimming pools/spa/water features in So Cal for my own Co.
(16 years) I pull down around 275K a year (don't tell the IRS:wtf
the most I'v ever made was 625K about 3 years ago
I went to school for cooking and worked in many resturants and never made more then a 25K a year
I'm almost 40

Sounds awesome, howd you get into that buissiness without going to school for that stuff?