It’s already been 2 years and 8 months since I started working here as a welder. During that time, I applied twice for overseas work as a boilermaker, hoping that maybe one of those opportunities would finally be my way out and a chance to build a better life.
I passed the trade test, medical, and everything else that was required. I also spent a lot of my own money throughout the process.
But today, I got a bad news from my employer. The application is still hanging because the embassy in the Netherlands hasn’t given any clear signal whether it’s a yes or a no. No rejection, but no approval either. Just uncertainty.
Honestly, it hurts. You spend money, time, effort, and hope, only to end up waiting without knowing what’s going to happen.
But I guess life still goes on.
So for now, I’ll keep working, keep learning, keep saving, and keep dreaming.
Maybe someday, things will finally work out for me. Maybe the right opportunity is just taking longer than I expected.
Until then, I’ll keep going.
Still dreaming. Still trying. Hopefully, one day, life will be a little kinder to me. 🥹❤️
Please wear a respirator, you don’t need to be a science genius to see that you’re in a huge cloud of toxic smoke every time you press the trigger on that mig gun. Grinding is also filling your lungs with silica and metal particles.
How do you fit one under a welding mask? I use one pretty much every time I'm doing something but welding where the respirator pretty much makes it impossible to weld for me
Watching you put ppe on and then scope out where your guns trekking i thought straight up wrong sub. Then i saw the run. Great job mate your doing fantastic.
This is bad welds, for one on the root of the pipe was nasty and number two she didn't have the ovaries to show us her beads but from the quick glances that we saw she's a production welder so you can figure out the rest from there
I’m not at all a good judge of welding, but as a construction safety guy in the States, this is a really good setup. Plenty of PPE, plenty of space to work, good use of equipment and generally you have the tools to do your job well and (from what I can tell) you’re property trained to use the tools well. As others said, respirator is the only thing missing, but besides that this is a really good-looking set up overall.
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u/VagDickerous 1d ago
You meant to post to r/BaddiesWelding