I'l start off with some background about myself before I go into said "real life problems".
Graduated high school with a 3.5 gpa, went on to a well known technical school where I also graduated with a 3.8 gpa and perfect attendance. I was accepted to a graduate program in Chicago based on my gpa and went on to complete the program on time with a high gpa, accomplishing this by age 19. When I finished schooling in a field I thought would have a wealth of jobs, I was laid off by general motors as part of the recession layoffs and had trouble getting another job.
I entered the tree industry when I came home as I had no money to travel where a good automotive job would be and I figured my skills would be marketable to tree company's and logging outfits.
Fast forward 11 years. I am thirty, have been doing residential work, logging, land clearing and head technician for 3 different companies. I have just had my first child, and with the added expense of her I'm starting to feel a tightening around my neck financially.
I currently work for a Logging outfit where I have primarily been a faller and mechanic when needed. I make seventeen dollars an hour with an added bonus of ten dollars per thousand board feet harvested. I never speak well of myself, but I've become very good at falling which means the potential for good money is there...unfortunately there is not much consistency. I can send between 6 and 10k board to the landing in a day depending how the job must be done. But when the wet season arrives and we don't work or we do land clearing or residential work I make jack.
A previous employer has made me an offer to return to work for him, he only does land clearing and residential removals. He offered me twenty three dollars an hour and 40 plus hours a week from March to December.
Do I leave logging which has the possibility for more money? Go with the better paying hourly job?