I am an HVAC technician. If you don’t know what being an HVAC technician means, then don’t worry. I obviously didn’t know what I was signing up for until it was too late. When I pictured an HVAC technician, I pictured a guy in a clean uniform helping people by fixing simple problems on their HVAC units. I figured that I would get paid well, have a regular schedule, and be able to tinker around with things all of the time. Well, as an HVAC technician, some of those things were true. I graduated from high school and immediately enrolled in the HVAC program at our local college. I learned a lot about troubleshooting and repairing HVAC units, and I also learned the rules and codes for installing HVAC units in new houses. When I finally became a certified HVAC technician, I was hired by one of the HVAC companies in the town where I grew up. I was confident that I knew exactly what I was getting into, but I was wrong. I had no idea how hard it would be to be an HVAC technician. As an HVAC technician, my favorite thing to do is to travel around fixing people’s HVAC units. However, I never realized how complicated some repairs would be. I have seen things that I would have never imagined. I also install a lot of HVAC units, which is a lot harder than I would have thought. I work all of the time and get much dirtier since I have to crawl under and over houses. It is hard. I get paid well, though!