Welding Tips and Tricks

I start at lincoln tech on monday. Thanks to the news post 911 gi bill the government pays tuition and is paying me 1650 dollars a month just to go do what I like. We Had orientation this morning they gave me 1 of my books and I'm sitting at work reading it. This should be fun. Anyone have any last minute advice before i start

do you have an idea of the area of welding you want to go in? aerospace,petro-chemical,structural etc...

jpence38 wrote:do you have an idea of the area of welding you want to go in? aerospace,petro-chemical,structural etc...

Right now I just love to weld and fabricate so thats why I am taking the course. I have no clue what kind of welder i want to be, besides a smart one. A couple of the guys at the school said lockheed is hiring tig guys and bell as well and they pay ok. but right now I have a good job for Dapartment of Homeland Security but I just dont think I want to be a officer my entire life. And Im 24 so time is just ticking away

nrhmarine7 wrote:

jpence38 wrote:do you have an idea of the area of welding you want to go in? aerospace,petro-chemical,structural etc...

Right now I just love to weld and fabricate so thats why I am taking the course. I have no clue what kind of welder i want to be, besides a smart one. A couple of the guys at the school said lockheed is hiring tig guys and bell as well and they pay ok. but right now I have a good job for Dapartment of Homeland Security but I just dont think I want to be a officer my entire life. And Im 24 so time is just ticking away

"24 and time ticking away"!!!!

Wait until you get to be 64 and we will talk about time slipping away. Well...I probably won't be around in 40 years to discuss it with you anyway.

Seriously, good luck on your endeavor. It is a rare gift to be able to "work" at what you enjoy.

Haha yea I know I'm still young. I guess I ment time is ticking away on going to school before I start having kids and build a house on my property