Oceans of Opportunity

Tag: Blue-collar worker

$5.03 please

What a day! What a week I should say. While the bubble time has been a bit slow, there’s been no shortage of catch-up to play with work in the office. Today consisted of a few meetings, so I was mostly on the road, then in between meetings I had some time so figured it…

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cut throat and cash

The long list of things that truly fascinate me about being a working diver never seems to stop growing, and this is even after some 15+ years at the game. Most importantly to me is being able to find an appreciable ‘art’ in heavy and potentially dangerous tasks. Yesterdays project was a good reminder of…

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white collar wages for a blue collar world

‘Busy’ does not even begin to describe my dive schedule this summer. Most fortunately, many of my work projects have been in support of public works programs – repairs to infrastructure including dams, bridges, and barriers. Now, with these public works projects comes a Department of Labor mandate that the labor force earns the ‘prevailing…

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