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A resume that suggests you can get along with a diverse group of people over time.
Not just people who are different , but beyond run of the mill ho hum paying clients of limited background.
A good thing. Hang onto that going forward.
Since no one of your caliber is asking to do work here , I hired a guy with some ($$$) forestry equipment.
He makes quite respectable coin at his "regular" job with a utility company.
But has a passion about habitat work. And of course habitat.
Figure I paid him what I would an equipment operator per hour.
Plus what it would have cost me to rent,haul, and learn the equipment.
I'd have paid less ,(I give him a bid and he would have accepted plenty less. I know ,it seems backwards. He wanted to help and despite plenty of work elsewhere I said when it's convenient call me and hit it.).
His background is varied. But much of his experience with wildlife was guiding out West.
He hunts here , and in a nearby state and has quite a while ,but transferred what he learned guiding to his "hobby" here.
If I have a point...The guy does well enough at his regular job to not need to hustle for more money.
It did help him acquire equipment.
He has a hobby he is passionate about and is darned good at.
Despite my years of "experience" in the woods , and wildlife behavior , he had insights that answered some questions. And some statements I'm still digesting but finding not only accurate ,but revealing things that may not have been known if I continued for decades.
He should never go hungry. Flexibility has value. As does a diverse back ground ,including working with/for varied human personalities to allow dealing with people effectively , even if you prefer not to.
Another successful friend that I've mentioned before can hunt or fish with me like he's from out the woods.
But is a serious businessman that has built a lot since his youth.
As I've told him , he has a foot in two worlds. But that relate-ability with a cross section of people , makes for part of his success.
I'll bet you can make up for your projected reduced income that you didn't use to have. But be able to do so , cause you have performed to acquire that income in the past...
Old saying (Native?) : A way where there is no way.
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