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Best Logistical Ski Job

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Aidin954
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What is the best job involving skiing where i can make more than $50000 a year?
Jan 29 2014 10:50PM
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schism
Posts: 1705 - Karma: 389
Ski industry and $50 000 a year? Good luck, you'll have a better chance working rigs for six months and do a part time job at a ski hill.
Jan 29 2014 10:54PM
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DungeonMaster
Posts: 143 - Karma: 820
Maybe a Lifty if you work 7 days a week.They can put in some long hours. Depends on your hill and the pay of coarse.
Jan 29 2014 10:58PM
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corona
Posts: 12824 - Karma: 33,028
Yea this is totally feasible. Just put in 28 hour days for the season and you're golden.
Jan 29 2014 11:05PM
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SKI.ING
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hahaha pretty much
Jan 29 2014 11:06PM
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Apresbang
Posts: 618 - Karma: 276
Thats easy, Ski Resort Owner.
Jan 29 2014 11:07PM
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Aidin954
Posts: 760 - Karma: 1,361
What about like marketing or something?
Jan 29 2014 11:09PM
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MontanaMuggin
Posts: 444 - Karma: 1,642
go to college, get a career that you only work like 7-8 months out of the year, and shred the rest.
Jan 29 2014 11:10PM
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profa_212
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Good luck making 50000 a year in marketing anywhere, let alone the ski industry.
Jan 29 2014 11:11PM
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californiagrown
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Option #1:

Become a professionally liscensed engineer. have plans/designs sent to your home office(located at a resort), analyze them, comment/stamp, get paid 2,3,4 times the amount you just mentioned.


Option #2: Get jacked and tan. Get multiple Personal Training certifications and get a trainer gig at a swanky gym. advertise to your gym clients that you also give private ski lessons, and guide backcountry tours. Learn to market yourself, learn how to become a good conversationalist and you can make a ton of money.


Jan 29 2014 11:12PM
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WU-sconsin
Posts: 565 - Karma: 1,301
You're not gonna get that money, the payoff is working in an industry for a sport you love
Jan 29 2014 11:12PM
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Squirtle
Posts: 288 - Karma: 1,584
You could either start your own business within the industry and be successful, or you could get a job working for Vail, Salomon,K2, etc., and work your way up the business ladder. I'm sure the CEO of Vail makes a lot.
Jan 29 2014 11:15PM
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FroesenSkeeze
Posts: 638 - Karma: 673
You are wrong, except maybe the part about salaries for marketing positions in the ski industry. However, a career in marketing can provide a very comfortable lifestyle. (Yes, salaries are based on Canadian dollars. No, it doesn't make that big of difference)

Average Salary of an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC):

Average Salary of a Certified Sales Professional:



Also, according to the list of Best and Worst Jobs of 2013, a Market Research Analyst ranks at number 40, which is 2 spots above a dentist.
Jan 29 2014 11:59PM
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liftedresearcher
Posts: 1140 - Karma: 1,775
trades homie.

i'm an electrician, i work 7 months a year and easily clear over $60000. its the way to go if you want to ski all winter.
Jan 30 2014 12:02AM
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alpaclarry
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I've been looking into this for a while now, what I've found is that ski resort are looking for millwrights. In the united states the average salary for millwrights is between $50,000 and $80,000 http://www1.salary.com/Millwright-Salary.html. Now ski resorts may pay less because there won't be as much work as working at a mine or mill. Good luck with the job search
Jan 30 2014 12:05AM
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TheBigApple
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 488
You must be trolling or fucking retarded...

$10 an hour if you are lucky, working 8 hours a day if you are (un)lucky, working 31 days a month if you are (un)lucky is about $14,000 a year
Jan 30 2014 12:31AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,894
*ding ding ding*
Jan 30 2014 12:38AM
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Drail
Posts: 14044 - Karma: 10,316
Ski resort development consultant.
Jan 30 2014 12:39AM
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FUUUCK
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Plus you get to live in Whistler!
Jan 30 2014 12:41AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,017
or just go to college and get a job where you can take time off every now and then to ski, and ski on weekends. which is pretty much every job ever
Jan 30 2014 12:53AM
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PeppermillReno
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Prostitute. If you service gay men as well as women you'll make a killing.


If you can make 30-40k in the 7-8 months of summer and no snow than it doesn't matter what your ski job is if you even have to have one.

Cruise ships, golf courses, oil rigs think jobs like that. Even a good bartending gig in a summer destination spot could earn you a lot.
Jan 30 2014 5:44AM
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Huck_Norris
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I actually know landscapers that will turn about $50k during the summer months and then take at least 5 months off to collect unemployment and shred nonstop.
Jan 30 2014 7:28AM
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Avifarer
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i met one of the guys who helped design/develop the k2 boots. he was a engineer specializing in plastics. he said he had 30 straight months of winter testing boots. dunno how much he gets paid but i imagine its half decent with unlimited supply of skis and boots
Jan 30 2014 9:18AM
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.Brink.
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My dad used to do marketing for American skiing company back in the 90's when they owned a bunch of resorts and made over six figures.

His current position as a VP of marketing for a different company in the hotel industry pays him over half a million dollars a year.

Yes, you can make money doing marketing.
Jan 30 2014 1:53PM
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ski0
Posts: 2321 - Karma: 5,370
Ya but my Dad could beat your Dad in an arm wrestle
Jan 30 2014 1:58PM
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Huck_Norris
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Pffffffff... I heard he only makes 5 Mil tho. Weak sauce.
Jan 30 2014 2:01PM
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@LANTASKI
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It's hard man. Keep in mind that a clear majority of the locals at any resort/ski town will be college graduates with resumes as good or better as you. There is only so much demand for white collar jobs in these areas dominated by the service industry.

Either learn how to out-hustle people and become an entrepreneur or become complacent making much less money than your degrees justifies with multiple shitty service oriented jobs
Jan 30 2014 3:08PM
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TheMeccaMovement
Posts: 139 - Karma: 453
my god what a claim
My dad only lets me drive his lambo on the weekend
Jan 30 2014 3:28PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,355
I wish i was as cool as you so i could jerk off to the thought of my dads paycheck
Jan 30 2014 4:02PM
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J.D.
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http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/10024304?bcsi-ac-c030b02221e14b87=21F2A4D200000002PxTBZHieoPNIgIm03beK3lzYotCABAAAAgAAAD75EACEAwAAAAAAAORLAAA=

Too late, already closed... sigh.

Jan 30 2014 4:20PM
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milk_man
Posts: 5252 - Karma: 5,974
Just be Tom Wallisch. Then you could make that much
Jan 30 2014 4:56PM
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TheBigApple
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 488
Holy fuck do kids these days have no modesty? Jesus kid.
Jan 30 2014 5:02PM
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DwreckRoy
Posts: 434 - Karma: 2,156
Money is how people with no imagination keep score.
Jan 30 2014 5:15PM
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BrokenBones
Posts: 1275 - Karma: 703
Yea, ok.
Jan 30 2014 5:27PM
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Peter.
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-__-
Jan 30 2014 5:39PM
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Huck_Norris
Posts: 11487 - Karma: 18,627
Haha so true
Jan 30 2014 5:46PM
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Alex_G
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win a shitload of big contests
Jan 30 2014 5:57PM
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FunkyMalone
Posts: 66 - Karma: 640
Haha im literally working on do this right now.
Jan 30 2014 6:12PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8864 - Karma: 31,612
my dad could beat up your dad
Jan 30 2014 6:12PM
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Superduploman
Posts: 227 - Karma: 505
I clean an art school after 10pm with my gf, 1000$ a month. Pretty good.
Jan 30 2014 7:46PM
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speedin
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VP of marketing for a hotel and he makes over $500k a year. YA OK
Jan 30 2014 7:51PM
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methscratchface
Posts: 1204 - Karma: 4,446
selling coke or growing weed seem to be profitable ski town jobs
Jan 30 2014 8:28PM
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milk_man
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Click for larger image
Jan 30 2014 8:44PM
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IsaacShepard
Posts: 133 - Karma: 2,164
Do Future Spin. GET PAID!!!!!
Jan 30 2014 9:53PM
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Seth.S
Posts: 630 - Karma: 1,631
Do future spins
Jan 30 2014 10:36PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
threadz

Jan 30 2014 11:03PM
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The_RaginAsian
Posts: 688 - Karma: 3,066
Yo! You should just be a male prostitute, you'll make some stacks!
Jan 30 2014 11:12PM
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,014
the PE part or the Doing your own thing part?
Jan 31 2014 12:09AM
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profa_212
Posts: 9067 - Karma: 38,430
I guess I was thinking more South Dakota. The average wage for a marketing specialist is $50,000 per year pre-tax. We have a lower cost of living though than a lot of states, so I guess you could make more than $50000 in other states. But you would end up making around the same due to the cost of living. Also it depends on what company etc..
Jan 31 2014 12:42AM
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cheaaaaaa
Posts: 830 - Karma: 630
Drugs:

1.deal coke/viagara/X to rich vacationers
2. loby to get rights to sell weed in a co ski town yet to have a shop (not sure if thats close to realistic)
Jan 31 2014 2:44AM
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mulz
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I work in as an IT Analyst in data center in CO Springs. Moved out here for this job from Indiana. after i graduated from college in may 2012. Make ~60k a year. Best part is I work 3rd shift 4 day work weeks. Get 3 days to ski(Sunday's/Monday's are my jam). The dream is possible just go to a "real" college and get a "real"(NOT ART/LIB ARTS/ETC..) degree.
Jan 31 2014 3:37AM
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