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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taylorman55" data-source="post: 247514" data-attributes="member: 1290">It's a straight kick in the balls, that's for sure, but there is always a better job out there, I can promise you that. I got hired immediately after college and went to work in the oil field, first in a lab for a rather great wage, and then went on to work at a hydraulic frac engineer. For almost 3 years during the boom I made 5x the average north Dakota household income. I was fairly young and dumb and blew a bunch of that money. Out of no where I got laid off. I was blindsided. For about 48 hours my head was all over. Woke up one of those next mornings and went to work, sent myself back to school and got another degree in 6 months online. Went back to work at a Ethanol plant as an operator for about $15 an hour, got some more experience and then went on to a great company (Oneok) out of the killdeer area and tripled my wage. Gained some more experience and then found my dream job again back in a lab close to home for nearly the same wage. Overall though, the wage wasn't as important as being home every night in bed with the wife, and being closer to family and what not. Sometimes these things are a blessing in the long run, and you'll hear that from a shit ton of people. Keep your head up and grind on my friend. You'll look back on this time in a few years and laugh!</blockquote>