Money comes with privileges, such as being able to pay your own private staff on your sprawling rural estate.

• It isn’t my estate, of course, I don’t have any money.

I am a bit better off here, though. Much to my surprise I got much higher pay working for a single client then I did working full time for the contractor. I live on the premises, in a very nice, cozy two bedroom house, and my only job is handling all the ventilation, heating, and cooling systems for the buildings on the property. I know that probably sounds easy, but my boss has a lot of buildings, a lot of land, and a lot of very specialized HVAC systems at play here. For example, she has an art studio that she wants to keep with elevated air pressure, and that requires a very complex air handling system. She does this so that whenever a door is opened, the air will rush outside, but no outside air comes inside, and this sustains a remarkably high air quality. She needs the highest air quality possible, and virtually no moisture in the air, because of how valuable and old these paintings are. She also has three different air conditioned dog houses, because she has a very spoiled dog that likes different homes at different times of the year. Of course there are also the climate control systems for her mansion, and the two dozen other residences on the property. It is a full time HVAC tech job, that’s for sure, but like I said, it pays really well.

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