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Would love the option of torrenting the file, download seems quite slow, and hopefully it would save you some bandwidth!

Location, location, location. Well, and skillset of course.

I would strongly recommend against it though. The pay is terrible. There was a strong push for a few years to get people into the trades, and there was a strong misrepresentation of what the opportunities are really like.

Keep in mind that government contracts are a race to the bottom. The contracts go to the lowest bidder and since materials, etc. are a given, employee pay has really suffered. Being a machinist is not the path to a middle class life anymore for most people.

See my comment below. I'm familiar with developments in welding, some of my welds are in equipment that are national security related.

Both actually. Employers are stingy with PPE and you're constantly surrounded by dust, fumes and potentially harmful chemicals. Keep in mind this wasn't some tiny shop that made fences, I was working on military prototypes and aerospace projects.

I switch to the industry during the Obama administration, but after 2016 people were feeling a little too comfortable with their misogeny and racism.

To final straw was my direct supervisor becoming more radicalized into the far right. Not a comfortable feeling when they guy you report too leaves a 9mm with hollow points on top of his toolbox every day. The guy hadn't read a book except for the bible in 20 years, got all his news from Facebook and Fox.

I was a full stack web dev and Linux sysadmin for about a decade. Switched to welding and machining - I wanted to make something tangible for a change. The work itself was awesome (legos for grownups) but the industry is fairly toxic IME.

Right now I'm working on getting back into IT (Network security).

I'm the sole IT tech for a small manufacturing facility - I was already part time and just got the request to reduce my hours even further for now. The local job market is already subpar here, so I'm definitely concerned about the months to come.

How far away are we from being able to replace CNC machining with 3d printing?

For an affordable yet great torch, try the Benzomatic TS8000, easily found at Home Depot, etc. for around $40.

I'm currently taking some classes at my community college.

Besides the insane prices, one things I've noticed is that students don't get their student aid paid out until weeks into the semester, so you either have the choice to buy books at incredibly high prices at the college bookstore (higher even brand new compared to Amazon), or you have to wait 6 weeks before the aid is available for students to shop elsewhere.

Sneaky business.

Sweet, looks like something fun to work with this weekend, thanks for sharing!

My very first programming experience was on an MSX. At least in my small circle, MSX (and the MSX-2) were at least as popular as Spectrum or the Commodore 64 in Europe. In the 90s (not sure what the current status is) the retro scene interest for MSX computers was quite active as well.

Joel, are you guys looking for full time only or are there any part time positions as well?

I've been using you guys exclusively for the last year or so. Great prices, great service, no spam, keep it up!

Not OP, but actually looking for something in the 20-25 hours a week range. Plenty of PHP experience, do you have some more details and a contact address? (my email is in my profile).

I guess it was too good to keep up. I always spent the 3.99 for anything over $100 or so for piece of mind (and shopping satisfaction admittedly). I'll probably do it a lot less often now.