new job

hey i just started my new job today. im now officially employed as a welder... im working at lee boy. the worlds leading manufacturer of paving equipment. i get to weld and fabricate all day. and the best part about it is they started me off at 13 dollars an hour. now im only 19 and i live at home so you do the math. what im tryin to say is now i can start doing a little more to the truck...

congrats man

i love welding.

Good luck with the new job man and if I may offer some advice. If the company does 401k matching max out as much as you can afford while you live with mom and pop. the more you put in now the better off you will be when you get older. wise I would have started when I was 19.

congrats man

good job !!

good call. i know a dude that did that and had like 25000 in 4-5 years. wow.
it's all good unless you switch jobs to a job that doesn't do 401k (like i did) and now to get the money out i have to pay like half of it back. so it's in limbo now, getting invested and making money(sometimes) and i have no control of it unless i wanna lose half.

You can transfer it to a IRA account at a bank and not lose anything and you will get to keep all the money. But when you pull it out you will have to pay the taxs on it but the penalty wont be as bad if at all

i'm not so familar with IRA accounts... or any investment options... i kinda just get it and spend a little and save even less...

well ive spent a few days at the new job and love it. i get to build stuff and weld all day and get paid for it. im doing mig but its flux core with a shielding gas. the welder is a cp-302 miller and i could blow a hole right through 1 inch plate if i want. its actually pretty impressive. and they do match like 5% 401k so thats good. but i've been waiting so long to actually have some money to play with so im goin to play for awhile and then start saving and get a place of my own hopefully.

play away!!! save for that bag kit tho!