“Does the ship have Wi-Fi?”
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You are so right! I am reminded of the jack up rig job I had once and the water taxi and the gambling boat and multiple multiple deckhand jobs that sucked ass. It all got me where I ended up. Every job built on the next.
There was another deckhand that was an ex con on the jack up rig that gave me a 2 week master class on how to survive prison. Life and career lessons!
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Ok boomer
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There it is
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Pretty sure he was being sarcastic…
Anyways well boomers get the OK boomer response when they are foolishly attempting to lecture someone on something that has changed radically in the 40-50 years since they were just starting out, but they are so self-righteously ignorant/senile that they have no idea that anything changed.
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There is a counterpart - “F#$%ing millenials.” That often prompts the “Okay, Boomer” rebuttal.
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For thousands of years middle age and older people have been lamenting “the kids these days.”
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I’m not nearly old or experienced enough to be an old-timer, but I definitely took the first job I was offered, gained some valuable experience though shared misery, then translated that to a good rotation job.
I also remember when using the ships phone meant a calling card and a 10 minute limit. The computer to check email if you could was also a limited luxury.
But today it’s a different world and so I understand those not willing to forgo WiFi and connectivity, because they’ve not know life without it. The same I think is true of short rotations and work/life balance, not leaving for 8-10 months out of the year.
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Senile haha. I wish
Anyone should take the best available job with the best matrix of opportunities, training, wages, benefits, and other advantages.
The availability of constant internet and phone service should be a relatively low priority, but many kids these days get that completely backwards.
I remember when it was good to get ashore every few weeks to use a pay phone.
For many of us, there are advantages to not being too available for, and expected to deal with, problems at home while at sea.
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I would avoid the gulf unless you’re really desperate. I know a lot of people that wasted a LOT of time working as ABs down there for years. I would try MM&P. I know Hornbeck hires mates without DP but the rates aren’t competitive.
And yeah I’ve realized in my short 7 months out of school that the shorter rotation and higher pay that has come with moving up also came with much harder work and greater responsibility. I’m with MSC now as a 3/M, lots of time at sea but generally easy and stable.
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Anddddddddddd point completely missed because you think it’s about the person (kid or the boomer). It has nothing to do with either. See, the point I was trying to make is THERE ARE FEW JOBS and almost ZERO 3rd jobs go open board. The kids will take anything thrown their way, and I quote a guy that was in the hall 4+ months, “I will go work on a fucking canoe for $5 a day as long as it gets me time on my license and group time”.
Eventually, these guys got some sort of job…luckily their parents lived near a hall.
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Hey folks!
Newly licensed 3rd mate from an academy, wanted to know what options are out there for people looking a 28/28 rotation or less (21/21,14/14, etc…). Have heard about people doing ferries, rigs, tugs, etc. and would like to hear about people’s experiences with those as well as anything else that fits the rotation criteria.
Looking forward to hearing from people!
This is what I was referring to. He specifically was looking for a good schedule right? So what point is it you think I missed?
You replied to me and no reference to OP. But after clarifying I now understand. And I agree, take any job that comes up when a 3rd.
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Thank you to the people that have taken time to respond.
This isn’t supposed to turn into an argument thread or anything so if y’all don’t have anything relevant to the original topic of the thread, feel free to not add anything at all.
GCapt. doesn’t need another thread of people bashing eachother based on age, if you have something helpful or relevant feel free to add it otherwise just keep scrolling.
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OK hehe. I think I know what this is, but can we have some good examples of “cowboy shit”?
Concur with Captain Phoenix. Obviously your choice but after spending four years at a maritime academy which principally prepared you for deep sea unlimited tonnage career, you are trying to stay inland/ coastwise on limited tonnage vessels. If that was your plan all along, you should have hawspiped. If this is a change that just happened, be it for a new found significant other or rethinking priorities, you owe it yourself to at least put in say two years minimum of trying to ship deepsea, foreign on deepdraft while there are still a handful of foreign going ships remaining in the US fleet.
yes. Will take under advisement though, glad you guys are around to try to talk some sense into me about shipping bluewater.