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Jordan AD's avatar

I appreciate the shoutout to HVAC techs, even though you’re like everyone else who knows nothing about our trade. Asbestos? It’s difficult to find these days. Twenty years ago the refrigerants used chlorine and that created phosgene gas when you were trying to use your torch to take a compressor out. But that’s not really a problem anymore.

If you work for a small company in my industry you usually don’t have female coworkers, an HR department, or much managerial oversight. Any HVAC company is only as good as its techs. I like my job, I’m interested in the technical aspects, every year I make more money, I feel validated by the importance of what I do for a living, and I’m not swimming in debt.

Patient Zero's avatar

You can’t defuse but you can build a bunker of dependency on you so you can’t be fired. Takes years to spec into though.

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