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What a success story!

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  • 30-07-2019 10:05pm
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    Fiddlesticks99
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    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?


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    No.


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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


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


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    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    6k a month I assume.


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    magic_murph
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    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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    kneemos
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    What does an advanced barber course involve?


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    odyssey06
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    kneemos wrote: »
    What does an advanced barber course involve?

    In late medieval times... surgery skills!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    antix80
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    Sounds like op has a boner for his cousin


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    ILoveYourVibes
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    6K?


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    mikemac2
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    He is probably still expecting tips!


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    thenumber3
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    Wow, that’s an amazing success story. Amazing.


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    kneemos
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    6K?

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


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

    Such a small world!


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    Alrigghtythen
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    I knew a man once



    He died


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    Danzy
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    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.


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    queueeye
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭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.


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    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭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


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    Fiddlesticks99
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    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
    .

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


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    whiskeyman
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    I think you meant to post this on LinkedIn OP.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Alrigghtythen wrote: »
    I knew a man once



    He died

    Ah that guy..

    Yeah, he was alright..


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    mloc123
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    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?


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    mikemac2
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    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


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    Plumbthedepths
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    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?


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    Fiddlesticks99
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    Not sure what his take home tax pay is, but for sure, he is doing well for himself.


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    Bobblehats
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    So he made the cut?

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


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    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.


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    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    BorneTobyWilde
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    6k a week I assume.


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    Westernyelp
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    6k a head surely


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    Ipso
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    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.


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    Danzy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,309 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Aliza High Oar wrote: »
    There's no such thing as a 6k figure.

    There is no cousin either.


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