Anonymous #1 2w

yeah it seems like most ppl in this profession have parents who can still financially support them

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Anonymous #3 2w

all

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Anonymous OP 2w

Im definitely not a kid who’s parents pay for their college but im a gay white guy which is pretty typical I guess. But I agree need more diversity

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Anonymous #1 2w

it’s disheartening to see how many highly motivated and highly skilled individuals are driven out because employers don’t respect us enough to give us enough money to live on

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Anonymous OP 2w

i think we also need to blame society as a whole for not funding this field. most of my employers didn’t have enough money to pay us

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Anonymous #4 2w

we love u and i hope that there are little kids who look up to u and think “if they can do it i can too”

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Anonymous #2 2w

yes!!!!

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Anonymous OP 2w

100%. The amount of wife jobs I’ve had to do to try and maintain myself during unpaid internships or poorly paid full time work. Already burnt out before you even get close to hitting 30 sucks.

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Anonymous #2 2w

100%. I was living out of my small car eating maybe once a day every few days because I couldn’t afford housing, food, to repair my car falling apart, let alone health care or paying my debt (medical) down enough to not just be barely paying the interest.

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Anonymous #1 2w

Side jobs lol*

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Anonymous #1 2w

I make it by having fire qualifications and going on assignments. 14-21 days of 16 hour shifts sucks until you get a $6k paycheck.

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Anonymous sequoiahomie 2w

i wish i had the physical and mental strength to do that but i barely passed the moderate pack test

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