Why haven't you gotten a shipboard job yet /r9k/? >spend

You think I haven't already tried that? Its extremely hard to land your first job and to get experience. You need to pay $1000's to get all your certs and to go to the classes.

>>39259660
how do i do this? Im in my 30 s and have done nothing with my life. i want a life of adventure on a boat

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>>39259700
Just join a union and sit in the hall until you're name is up and they give you a job.

It shouldn't cost 1000's. Maybe 1000 at most if you have to travel a lot for the cert classes. My friends dad just got fully credentialed on a whim and it only cost him a few hundred.

I get super seasick. It would be a misery.

>>39259912

Its not easy at all don't believe OP

>>39259921

I literally work with a lifetime merchant marine, I have gone through the process and it is extremely hard. You pay all that money, get all your certifications and guess what? You're not getting hired because you have no experience on the water AT ALL. You have to land that first gig, to get experience, and it is very very very hard.

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>>39259912
Start by applying for your MMC and TWIC! After that join a union and let them find you a job. They have guide and checklists on the USCG national maritime center website, just google it.

>>39259960
UNION

They will literally find jobs for you until you have enough time to be competitive for something more permanent. Or you could just keep milking off the union.

>>39260045

Are you a merchant marine? I'm interested. Tell me more.

>>39260077
Yes, watchstander. Day consists of 8 hours of watch and a couple hours of overtime. Watch is spent on the bridge basically staring at the water 99% of the time. Overtime is basic deck preservation like chipping and painting. Occasional mandatory overtime for arrivals and departures as well. Not much else to it, what do you want to know?

>>39260263

You don't get bored out of your mind looking at the ocean for 8 hours a day, being away like 1 month? Does your phone work?

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>>39260410
I'd rather get paid to stare at water for 8 hours over a normie desk job. Phone doesn't work at sea but I don't want to communicate with people anyway, fuck them. I just play ps4 and watch anime in my room when I'm underway.

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>>39260410
>he doesn't like being alone with nothing but the salty sea air to give him company
>no normals
>no bills
>just quiet work

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>JUST WORK ON THE HIGH SEAS
>YOU'LL FIT RIGHT IN WITH ALL THE FAILED NORMIES AND CRIMINALS

>>39261280

Yes, that's pretty much the idea.

>>39261280
Bingo, hit the nail on the head.