wayupnorth
Barren Tundra Adjacent Dweller
Been around here a while, I know how you bastards are... so I'm expecting a certain level of bullshit... counting on it actually. 
But! I do have a serious question...
First, the long sad sob story...
Picture if you will, a dude just on the wrong side of 50. Two trade tickets, years of quality experience in both trades. Lots of other skills, like project management, working in a metallurgical lab running and maintaining a scanning electron microscope (for example).
yada yada....got a brain and can work with the old hands, that's the point...
Financially crippling divorce 5 years ago, followed almost immediately by the standard crazy-bitch rebound.
I finally, and just recently, ended that nightmare and took a look around.
I have nothing holding me anywhere. My kids and I have a great relationship, (they were mostly with me after the divorce) but they're old enough they don't need me around like they did. I did a good job raising them, and they're pretty independent.
So, now here's the question.
Are there any jobs out there for a guy like me to travel and work? Something like, do a month in Zimbabwe and then three weeks in Germany, then 4 months in Australia. You know... something like that. There has to be a demand out there for someone who's willing to drop everything and leave for long periods of time, especially if they have some serious old timer experience in a lot of things. (mechanical, electrical, machining. various industries like aerospace, construction, hydro electric, gas turbines...) I even have experience working in the arctic. No location is off limits as long as it's not permanent.
There has to be consulting gigs, project management, even Millwright work. What do you guys know about? Point me in the direction of someone who's looking for that.
Help a guy out.
But! I do have a serious question...
First, the long sad sob story...
Picture if you will, a dude just on the wrong side of 50. Two trade tickets, years of quality experience in both trades. Lots of other skills, like project management, working in a metallurgical lab running and maintaining a scanning electron microscope (for example).
yada yada....got a brain and can work with the old hands, that's the point...
Financially crippling divorce 5 years ago, followed almost immediately by the standard crazy-bitch rebound.
I finally, and just recently, ended that nightmare and took a look around.
I have nothing holding me anywhere. My kids and I have a great relationship, (they were mostly with me after the divorce) but they're old enough they don't need me around like they did. I did a good job raising them, and they're pretty independent.
So, now here's the question.
Are there any jobs out there for a guy like me to travel and work? Something like, do a month in Zimbabwe and then three weeks in Germany, then 4 months in Australia. You know... something like that. There has to be a demand out there for someone who's willing to drop everything and leave for long periods of time, especially if they have some serious old timer experience in a lot of things. (mechanical, electrical, machining. various industries like aerospace, construction, hydro electric, gas turbines...) I even have experience working in the arctic. No location is off limits as long as it's not permanent.
There has to be consulting gigs, project management, even Millwright work. What do you guys know about? Point me in the direction of someone who's looking for that.
Help a guy out.
