Why not become a deep sea diver??

[Anonymous No.18745462]

I've just finished my first year of a mechanical engineering degree at a reasonably highly regarded university in Scotland. Tbh im finding it extremely boring and after doing a few weeks work experience at an engineering firm i'm beginning to realise that all engineering is for the vast majority of people is staring at a screen for 8 hrs straight drawing lines in 2D CAD.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't drop out and peruse a career in saturation diving for a few years?
>right place for it (big oil industry in Aberdeen)
>almost double mean income
>more exciting life
>i have always enjoyed subaqua/free diving
>high chance of death
>a win in literally every way
my long term plan would be to quit after collecting enough savings and start buying up cheap houses, refurbishing them then renting. My dad has a few friends that did something similar to this and all are millionaires.

Anything I am retardedly overlooking?

[Anonymous No.18745466]

>>18745462
Is that a lot of money to you...?

[Anonymous No.18745484]

>>18745462
Just be compressed into a coke bottle from a diving accident for minimum wage bro

[Anonymous No.18745491]

>>18745462
You spend 2 weeks in a pressurised tube to before you go down then 2 weeks again to deprresurize , also you share this tube with 3 other guys

[Anonymous No.18745493]

>>18745462
persue*

[Anonymous No.18745553]

>>18745466
I suppose not, I would expect to be earning six figures after a several years as an engineer. Bare in mind that British pounds are worth a fair bit more than US Dollars.

[Anonymous No.18745576]

>>18745462

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/australias-deepest-ever-commercial-dive-leads-to-brain-injuries-mental-scarring-ng-b88812990z

Keep this in mind

[Anonymous No.18745588]

>>18745462
Also speak to some retired guys who did it, their joints are all kinds of fucked up

[Anonymous No.18745604]

Why not become an astronaut??????

[Anonymous No.18745634]

>>18745462
>>18745553
> Bare in mind that British pounds are worth a fair bit more than US Dollars.
OK so you would make $102,000, before taxes? Is that a lot to you? Keep in mind, it's a job you could probably only do for 15 years, because as you get older it will take a toll on your body and you'll probably get maimed or killed along the way anyways

>>18745466
Europoors, my man
IMAGINE

[Anonymous No.18745685]

It's extremely deadly, I know a Brazilian dude that worked in a offshore oil platform and 4 of those underwater engineers/welders whatever died in a 2 week span

[Anonymous No.18745696]

>>18745462
>oil industry in aberdeen
I lived in Aberdeen around half a year ago, and my impression was that work was drying up at a fast rate there. Some of my coworkers who worked in the oil industry were talking about downsizing and generally unemployment. Go for it, if you want, but I don't think they're making much out of it as much as they used to yen years ago.

[Anonymous No.18745715]

>>18745462
>oil industry in aberdeen
I lived in Aberdeen around half a year ago, and my impression was that work was drying up at a fast rate there. Some of my coworkers who worked in the oil industry were talking about downsizing and generally unemployment. Go for it, if you want, but even then I don't think they're making as much as they used to ten years ago.

[Anonymous No.18745722]

It fucks up your body in the long run
I'd rather be crab fishing in alaska at least there you just die if something goes wrong

[Anonymous No.18745730]

Its extremely taxing on your body and most of the time you're diving sewage or low vis shit holes

>>18745576
also this

t. ex Army work diver

[Anonymous No.18745751]

>>18745685
That's a lower death rate than living in a favela so I'm sure it was a step up.

[Anonymous No.18745753]

>>18745462
>why not take on the worlds most deadliest job for 82500 clown tokens?

[Anonymous No.18745769]

>>18745634
Its a decent salary. What would you propose I do to make more instead?
I could def make more In the long term as an engineer, but in the short term a diver would be better payed, especially since in both instances
the end goal would be land-lording.
Perhaps Im being dumb and am just attracted to diving becuz its more appealing, but it seems like a pretty good high paying entry job,despite training expenses.

[Anonymous No.18745783]

>>18745462
the ocean is terrifying

[Anonymous No.18745808]

>>18745769
idk Im an engineer and I make $100k starting. mechanical, washington DC.

[Anonymous No.18745838]

Sat diving involves living underwater in a tiny pressure vessel for weeks at a time with a bunch of other guys (think of the smell) and working hours a day in freezing cold water. So cold they pump hot water in tubes around your body to keep you from dying. Here in Australia at least there is a non zero risk of being eaten by a shark. If you get injured down there it takes days to depressurise to get back to the surface and medical attention. Also you will 100% develop arthritis if you do it for 10 years or more and will most likely be in a wheelchair by 50 due to the pressure fucking up your joints. Also it affects your sperm production so you will never have sons (look up divers curse). Not that you will have children anyway because working at sea for months on end makes having a relationship almost impossible. Girlfriends will cheat on you while you're away. What else. Oh yeah, if you think staring at a computer screen is dull try welding underwater for hours on end. Can't even have a break to have a cup of tea and talk to Karen from HR and stare at her tiddies. But sure dude. Go ahead and be a sat diver for barely 100k a year. Your life.

T. Marine Engineer