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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Work.
I'm currently sitting in a minibus near an industrial port in the middle east, waiting for the crewboat to arrive. It's taking me on a 10 hour ride for me to board a ship pretty much in the middle of the Persian gulf. I will most likely be on board tomorrow and finish up what I'm doing the same day.
Then it's a short transfer to another ship nearby where the same job awaits.
If timing works out I will head back to shore on Sunday, arriving very early Monday. Then it's a few days of chill before my return flight on Thursday.

[–] Gingernate 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn, how's the pay for a job with those travel requirements?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty decent. Similar to other offshore roles with specialization.

[–] Gingernate 3 points 2 months ago

Nice. I used to work in the oilfield in West Texas. Pay was good, I had offshore opportunities for even better pay but I decided against it. Oil industry was not great to work in, in my position anyway.