lol rekt

Except of course the other 50% of the time, I make money on my USD ex stock raw materials when he lowers the confidence of the markets with a moronic knee jerk tweet.

I would hate to stake my earnings on the whims of the global market

At least with roofing the circle of trust is very small and waves generated don't travel far

My personal earnings are unaffected, I'm on salary. But my uncapped bonus definitely relies heavily on the USD. The sales function of my role is the same as any sales job with targets and if the USD strengthens against the nzd between buying and selling stock, my gross profit is eroded.

Conversely I buy a container of product in USD and put it into stock and Trump tweets something stupid to affect the markets negatively and the USD falls, I make more gp.

So yeah, I have a vested interest in either a stable or falling USD.

World affairs boggle my mind because there are so many facets.. in self employed because I want to control my own prosperity and the company I work for gives everyone the same rate per 100 square feet, whether or not I make good money is based almost entirely on my personal drive

I find most people want the protection of a corporation but it's that same protection that opens a whole new can of worms

you work and live in alberta?

I will stay my own firm once my network grows a little more over the next few years. 34 is pretty young to really have this industry in your pocket. However when I look back over the last 8 years in the industry out grows quickly.

I'm happy to cruise at this role until I learn more, next step would be general manager, so maybe even do that for 5 years before starting my own.

That's awesome that you earnings is based on how much you work, I'd like to be more flexible as my job follows me around on weekends and holidays

Yup



After talking to you over the years it sounds like you have a good life setup for yourself and have worked hard to get where you are and I can't really comment on a sector that I know very little about and have never worked in

My job is entirely physical with some basic logistics so I have come to realize a physical job makes the back hurt while the office work makes the mind hurt.. I have held authoritative positions under several companies but controlling people really isnt my life and I can that since I've been vegan I have very little desire to profit off another man's sweat


I'm also plagued with moral issues these days.. for example my ladder as stolen off my site a few weeks ago and tomorrow I'll be buying a brand new one instead of a used one for a third of the price because I can't risk buying stolen gear and it pisses me off that some good citizen will probably unknowingly buy my stolen ladder and make money via it's utilization


So you can see the more "people" that get involved in business the more corruption to follow hence my comments on trump

I totally get you, I might be a little too nice for this industry as I'm not the type to fuck other people over to succeed. The company I work at is very ethical so I'm happy here.

Definitely worked my ass off to get here, but I like that, I need pressure to perform at my best.

Sorry to hear someone stole your shit, thieves are fucking trash.