When I told dad I wanted to be an HVAC technician, he simply asked why.
I told him I had been talking to several guys I went to school with and they had become HVAC technicians.
They made it sound like it was a great job. They got great pay, had time off, and paid vacation and paid sick leave from the beginning. They even had paid personal days off, to use during the off season. My dad laughed and told me there were no off-seasons when you worked in HVAC. He asked me if I had other reasons for being an Hvac technician, other than for monetary reasons. I looked at him, not sure what he wanted me to say. He asked if I thought I would make a good HVAC technician? Not six months ago, I had wanted to be a lawyer. He said being an HVAC technician was a big step down from being a lawyer. I tried to tell him I was just throwing around careers while waiting for the right one to pop up. I loved the idea of being an HVAC technician. He asked me, if I had to give one reason for wanting to be an HVAC technician, what would it be? I thought for a couple of minutes and answered him. I told him HVAC promised job security. With global warming, air conditioning was going to become a necessity for nearly everyone. He offered to pay for me to go to school. I must have impressed him with my answer. He had never offered to pay for anything without expecting me to pay it back.
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