Quote Originally Posted by vej33
Oohh, okay... then I guess a more dynamic question would be: how did you GET into that career..

Was it what you always wanted to do? Just fell into it? Lack of choices? Lack of ambition?

I'm just worried I'm going to be at one of those jobs where nobody really cares if you're doing it right for the rest of my life...
I am a HVAC company owner... I started out sweeping floors in a machine shop many years ago, worked hard, did double duty at school...was going to the local JC while I was still in High school as well as working. I earned my journeymans papers at the tender age of 19, then as long as I had a means of keeping a roof over my head and food on the table, I enlisted in the Coast Guard as a mechanical engineer. Uncle Sam was kind...when I retired from the military after 22 years, Uncle had paid for me a masters degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in environmental science. just one of the things I was trained in in the military was heating, ventilation, and air conditioning along with a whole lot of other things. When I retired, I couldn't find anybody that wanted to pay what I was worth, so I started my own company. It took a couple years to get it running where I was happy with it... been living the dream ever since. Been in business for 12 years now.