What a success story!

Fiddlesticks99

I wanted to share a success story with everyone, my cousin has recently completed his Advanced Barber Diploma in Dublin and now is managing a high end gents grooming lounge in NYC and is earning a whopping 6k.


Unsurprisingly, he put in a huge amount of work over the 12 weeks and has clearly distinguished himself as a skilled barber. He specialises in fades.


It was a long journey as he spent a long time on the dole and struggled to work. Its just a shame hes moved to NYC, now i will have to pay for my haircuts


Does anyone have any similar successful stories they would like to share?

Cee-Jay-Cee

No.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

6k a year? If he’d stayed on the dole he’d get 10.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

6k a month I assume.

magic_murph

I have a feeling 6k wont go to far in NYC.
Also I would question any business that would hire somebody as a manager with only a 12 week course as his experience - from the OP you don't mention any real world work experience so i have to assume he has none.
fair play to him all the same

kneemos

What does an advanced barber course involve?

odyssey06

kneemos wrote: »

What does an advanced barber course involve?

In late medieval times... surgery skills!

antix80

Sounds like op has a boner for his cousin

ILoveYourVibes

6K?

mikemac2

He is probably still expecting tips!

thenumber3

Wow, that’s an amazing success story. Amazing.

kneemos

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

6K?

Doll hairs presumably. Probably around a thousand euros per week.
Alright I suppose,puts the hours in no doubt.

Hobosan

My cousin also lives in New York. He is a successful serial killer who specialises in barbers.

Such a small world!

Alrigghtythen

I knew a man once



He died

Danzy

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

I wanted to share a success story with everyone, my cousin has recently completed his Advanced Barber Diploma in Dublin and now is managing a high end gents grooming lounge in NYC and is earning a whopping 6k.


Unsurprisingly, he put in a huge amount of work over the 12 weeks and has clearly distinguished himself as a skilled barber. He specialises in fades.


It was a long journey as he spent a long time on the dole and struggled to work. Its just a shame hes moved to NYC, now i will have to pay for my haircuts


Does anyone have any similar successful stories they would like to share?

It's on tips he'll sink or swim.

Know a woman who was hairdressing in Boston who was making serious money from tips.

Not sure if she even got a wage.

queueeye

Fair play to him. Tell him to get an agent quick smart in order to properly cash in on the movie rights to this compelling story.

ILoveYourVibes

I worked as a receptionist in a hairdressers not in a cheap area either. And they usually make more than barbers.

Its not the area its the clientele.

If he is cutting hair its celebrity hair.

People who don't mind paying 800 for a hair cut. They exist alright.

Fair play to him.

Actually the place I worked at distinguished itself a lot by how customers were treated as well as the actual work.

'Treat them like children, mother them'

Create a nice environment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/fashion/new-york-mens-haircut-price.html

Fiddlesticks99

magic_murph wrote: »

I have a feeling 6k wont go to far in NYC.
Also I would question any business that would hire somebody as a manager with only a 12 week course as his experience - from the OP you don't mention any real world work experience so i have to assume he has none.
fair play to him all the same

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A 6k figure is more than enough to live in NYC I would imagine

whiskeyman

I think you meant to post this on LinkedIn OP.

Alrigghtythen

Alrigghtythen wrote: »

I knew a man once



He died

Ah that guy..

Yeah, he was alright..

mloc123

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

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A 6k figure is more than enough to live in NYC I would imagine

Do you mean 6 figure... As in 100k+ a year?

mikemac2

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/fashion/new-york-mens-haircut-price.html

ex President Hollande should ask for the taxpayers money back

Nothing impressive about that cut

Plumbthedepths

Fiddlesticks99 wrote:

Does anyone have any similar successful stories they would like to share?

How's your partner, the one with the 2 year old that was diagnosed with AdHD, still getting abuse on the buses?

Fiddlesticks99

Not sure what his take home tax pay is, but for sure, he is doing well for himself.

Bobblehats

So he made the cut?

He made the step up. I suppose you might even call it a graduation

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

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A 6k figure is more than enough to live in NYC I would imagine

There's no such thing as a 6k figure. Care to put it in plain English?

Can you partner, the beautician not have a go at cutting your hair at home - once the landlord doesn't find out?


The OP is bazaar in copious ways.

Average rent in Manhattan is just under $4k monthly. Hopefully the cousin is living in one of the other boroughs where it's more affordable.

I'm glad they're doing well, OP. Unfortunately the cost of living is so high in NYC that what seems like a fortune can disappear very quickly.

BorneTobyWilde

6k a week I assume.

Westernyelp

6k a head surely

Ipso

Aliza High Oar wrote: »

There's no such thing as a 6k figure. Care to put it in plain English?

Can you partner, the beautician not have a go at cutting your hair at home - once the landlord doesn't find out?


The OP is bazaar in copious ways.

In Zimbabwean dollars there is.

Danzy

Aliza High Oar wrote: »

There's no such thing as a 6k figure.

There is no cousin either.

Fiddlesticks99

Candie wrote: »

Average rent in Manhattan is just under $4k monthly. Hopefully the cousin is living in one of the other boroughs where it's more affordable.

I'm glad they're doing well, OP. Unfortunately the cost of living is so high in NYC that what seems like a fortune can disappear very quickly.

Very true, it's no secret that cost is huge in NYC, apparently 100k a year is nothing special over there

Dublinmuppet

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

I wanted to share a success story with everyone, my cousin has recently completed his Advanced Barber Diploma in Dublin and now is managing a high end gents grooming lounge in NYC and is earning a whopping 6k.


Unsurprisingly, he put in a huge amount of work over the 12 weeks and has clearly distinguished himself as a skilled barber. He specialises in fades.



It was a long journey as he spent a long time on the dole and struggled to work. Its just a shame hes moved to NYC, now i will have to pay for my haircuts


Does anyone have any similar successful stories they would like to share?

He should go into business with your partner the beautician or is she too busy shoving people in wheelchairs off buses

padd b1975

Fair play to him.

Danzy

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Very true, it's no secret that cost is huge in NYC, apparently 100k a year is nothing special over there

No l, its not, you wouldn't be living well on it.

gctest50

Roll on September

Fiddlesticks99

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

Dublinmuppet

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

Think everyone is presuming u are trolling again. After reading your earlier posts...... hardly a major success story passing barber exams. Maybe to him and his family but hardly newsworthy for rest of country. Could u not have said he passed his astronaut exams or something a bit better

jamesbere

Great success

ILoveYourVibes

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

My cousin has an artists residency in the states.

antix80

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

The point of the thread is for you to take the glory for your cousin's achievements.

Do you support any English premier league teams?

ILoveYourVibes

Dublinmuppet wrote: »

Think everyone is presuming u are trolling again. After reading your earlier posts...... hardly a major success story passing barber exams. Maybe to him and his family but hardly newsworthy for rest of country. Could u not have said he passed his astronaut exams or something a bit better

Maybe he is trolling boards.ie general lack of success!

Plumbthedepths

Fiddlesticks99 wrote:

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

When you start with a "Porkie" what do you expect?
What year are you going into in September?

decky1

fair play to the barber , he seems to be a 'cut above the rest'

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

I have a friend who was in the dole. He did a painting course in a painting university and now works in Monaco on 5k and owns a 200ft yacht which he also paints as well as doing other painting jobs. I now have to pay for my own painting, sad face.

Fiddlesticks99

Dublinmuppet wrote: »

Think everyone is presuming u are trolling again. After reading your earlier posts...... hardly a major success story passing barber exams. Maybe to him and his family but hardly newsworthy for rest of country. Could u not have said he passed his astronaut exams or something a bit better

Witty reply number five....yawn

Fiddlesticks99

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

My cousin has an artists residency in the states.

Please share...

Westernyelp

I heard of someone who successfully got a disabled person removed from a bus.

Fiddlesticks99

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Maybe he is trolling boards.ie general lack of success!

Deep

hynesie08

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Slim pickings here...the point of the thread is to post success stories.

So post one........

Bobblehats

decky1 wrote: »

fair play to the barber , he seems to be a 'cut above the rest'