Comment on The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation DiverparentComments−piker8yThey needed his salary (not surprisingly, saturation divers are well-compensated, up to $1,400 per day), so his wife told him to finish the job.−DyslexicAtheist8yI see from the article that salaries haven't changed much since the 90ies.−gaius8yYeah - phenomenal money in the 90s and everyone wore a Rolex... now the money is pretty decent while working but big gaps between jobs−fjsolwmv8yGreat money but assuming that's not a 250+ day/yr billable utilization it's not substantially better than working for a major webtech company, and a lot more grueling and dangerous.
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I see from the article that salaries haven't changed much since the 90ies.
Yeah - phenomenal money in the 90s and everyone wore a Rolex... now the money is pretty decent while working but big gaps between jobs
Great money but assuming that's not a 250+ day/yr billable utilization it's not substantially better than working for a major webtech company, and a lot more grueling and dangerous.