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OfflinePsilosopherr
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Can anyone suggest a career path? * 1
    #19131767 - 11/13/13 03:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I have only graduated high school; might go to college someday but meh.

Looking for a career that I could stick with. Something tech would be interesting; like manufacturing chemicals, fixing wires, i don't fucking know. I hate thinking about his because I have no fucking clue what to do with my life.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19131771 - 11/13/13 03:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Patlal]
    #19131780 - 11/13/13 03:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

There is always work for heating and A/C guys and the pay is pretty good here in Houston.  That would be a challenge for you.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: mpd]
    #19131794 - 11/13/13 03:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You're never going to get a chemical manufacturing job without a college degree. 

Without a degree, you should be looking for an apprenticeship or a trade school.  Otherwise make a list of your talents and try and start a business.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Patlal]
    #19131802 - 11/13/13 03:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Garbage man



6 am sucks but whatever. Sounds good to me.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19131883 - 11/13/13 03:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Is it true garbage men actually make pretty damn good money? I heard that somewhere.

By the way OP, what about truck driver? Sure it has some downside but you'd get to travel the country, have lots of time to think about shit, and get paid good money. And no boss physically hovering above and around you.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19131898 - 11/13/13 03:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132251 - 11/13/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Union job.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Synthe] * 1
    #19132256 - 11/13/13 05:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

something that makes you happy


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr] * 1
    #19132266 - 11/13/13 05:29 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Garbage man



6 am sucks but whatever. Sounds good to me.




ups makes okay money too


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Legend]
    #19132291 - 11/13/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Patlal said:
Garbage man



6 am sucks but whatever. Sounds good to me.




ups makes okay money too



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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132300 - 11/13/13 05:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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rbalzer said:
I have only graduated high school; might go to college someday but meh.

Looking for a career that I could stick with. Something tech would be interesting; like manufacturing chemicals, fixing wires, i don't fucking know. I hate thinking about his because I have no fucking clue what to do with my life.




The idea is to take something you like and/or are good at, and find a way to get paid for doing it :thumbup:


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Synthe]
    #19132305 - 11/13/13 05:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

become a nurse or work in security

long hours and you see some stuff that breaks your heart :frown:</3 but you get paid


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: mpd]
    #19132365 - 11/13/13 05:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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There is always work for heating and A/C guys and the pay is pretty good here in Houston.  That would be a challenge for you.



My buddy does HVAC and he's been making $100k+ since 3-4 years after finishing school.  He's 27 and also owns two properties, one that he rents out and another that he lives in.  He's doing pretty damned well.  Trades are definitely something to consider.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132371 - 11/13/13 05:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

get certified to drive a forklift? trucker? mover?


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132376 - 11/13/13 05:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

HVAC, plumber, electrician, welding/iron worker. But you can't be a pussy for any of those jobs.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Gumby]
    #19132387 - 11/13/13 05:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Scratch offs


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132645 - 11/13/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Patlal said:
Garbage man



6 am sucks but whatever. Sounds good to me.





6am? I think they start earlier than that.

It's not a bad job, good pay, benefits, retirement, and all that jazz.
One thing is as far as I have heard it's not easy getting one of those jobs. My friend wanted to do that and they basically told him to get some truck driving experience. So now he his a long haul trucker. Of course they might of told him that just to get him away, as he bugged them a lot for a job.


Have you ever done one of those job career tests? That might help you in finding a path.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: 4runner]
    #19132737 - 11/13/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Garbage men show up at my place around 3:45-4:00am where I live.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Gumby]
    #19132924 - 11/13/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

HVAC i get go talk to a shot ton of different people, figure out how to fix shit, get a company truck w free gas, kinda get to do my own thing, nobody standing over your shoulder, your boss is usally a down to earth male so you can be yourself, be outside all day, and make KILLER MONEY all with no education


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    #19132928 - 11/13/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: 4runner]
    #19132965 - 11/13/13 07:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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My friend wanted to do that and they basically told him to get some truck driving experience.




No shame in driving a big ass truck.  Don't know about the US but here in Canada there is a shortage of drivers, and some schools provide full funding for Class 1 training.  Some companies will fund it too.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Shroomopotamus]
    #19132966 - 11/13/13 07:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Go take a civil service test. Retire at 38 with a full pension and good benefits.  There are all kinds of civil service jobs, hvac techs make around 55gs a year and up through the gov and do the less then normal hvac. Hell post office mail sorter is listed at 26.32 an hour. Go to usajobs.com or govjobs.com and see whats in your area.  Or join the air force and be something like a avionics tech. Get out in four years and make 100k a year.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19132973 - 11/13/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Sell drugs!


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Hobozen]
    #19133053 - 11/13/13 07:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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My friend wanted to do that and they basically told him to get some truck driving experience.




No shame in driving a big ass truck.  Don't know about the US but here in Canada there is a shortage of drivers, and some schools provide full funding for Class 1 training.  Some companies will fund it too.





I think it's pretty much the same here. Not a bad gig if you can deal with driving. I know another one of my friends got a job driving and it pretty much turned his life around. From that guy sitting on the tracks drinking beer to having a career and getting a car and all that other jazz.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: 4runner]
    #19133161 - 11/13/13 08:19 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

high voltage work..the dudes that climb out of helicopters at 200 feet and work on power cables would be pretty bad ass...all though im sure dangerous.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: northernlight]
    #19133305 - 11/13/13 08:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Low Volt is easier to get into, although instead of highwire acts you are usually crawling in tiny spaces.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Gumby]
    #19133315 - 11/13/13 08:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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HVAC, plumber, electrician, welding/iron worker. But you can't be a pussy for any of those jobs.



Yeah I'm a pussy so thats out the door.

"anti social pussy seeks employment" :facepalm:


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr] * 1
    #19133341 - 11/13/13 08:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

yea lol I need help opening the iced tea sometimes but mortal combat is fine


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Konyap] * 2
    #19133458 - 11/13/13 09:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Give 150 bucks to a diploma mill online, get a Homeopathy license and start a website.  Nothing better than selling water to stupid people at 80,000% markup.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Schmendrick]
    #19133506 - 11/13/13 09:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Learn to code!!!


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: holophonor]
    #19133541 - 11/13/13 09:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Don't get a career.  Doing the same thing over and over for 30 years sounds like the worst thing ever to me, and I am guessing it does for other people as well.  I won't stand for it.  It has taken me 4 years of undergrad and a year and a half of grad school to figure it out.  If I am not enjoying what I do for my work everyday there is a good change I won't be doing it. 

Making money /= happiness to me.  end rant.



But really, stay at home dad is my dream.. Not much sounds better to me.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: holophonor]
    #19133545 - 11/13/13 09:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Learn to code!!!




This is something that intrigues me. Any more specific suggestions?


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: dodgem]
    #19133818 - 11/13/13 10:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Don't get a career.  Doing the same thing over and over for 30 years sounds like the worst thing ever to me, and I am guessing it does for other people as well.  I won't stand for it.  It has taken me 4 years of undergrad and a year and a half of grad school to figure it out.  If I am not enjoying what I do for my work everyday there is a good change I won't be doing it. 

Making money /= happiness to me.  end rant.



But really, stay at home dad is my dream.. Not much sounds better to me.




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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: holophonor]
    #19134220 - 11/14/13 12:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Learn to code!!!



i like that one. computer science actually intrigues me.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19134221 - 11/14/13 12:54 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Orthopedic surgeons make around 450k average base pay plus benefits.

something to consider :shrug:


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight]
    #19135037 - 11/14/13 07:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Sup OP, I'm in the same boat. Went to college, didnt work out, dropped out, started writing. Basically I'm a writer but can't find a job in the field. Basically freelancing and being a poor bastard. Still, I'd like to think polishing my skills and continually writing for magazines, papers and publications pays off one day.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: holophonor]
    #19135056 - 11/14/13 08:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Learn to code!!!



yeah good luck with this. the market for programmers is very competitive. you will be competing with everyone who has been programming since they were 10 years old, plus everyone who has degree(s) in programming.


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    #19135062 - 11/14/13 08:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Do what makes you happy OP. Seriously.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19135084 - 11/14/13 08:10 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I have only graduated high school; might go to college someday but meh.

Looking for a career that I could stick with. Something tech would be interesting; like manufacturing chemicals, fixing wires, i don't fucking know. I hate thinking about his because I have no fucking clue what to do with my life.



You could always join the military. They say it's perfect for people who hate thinking about what to do with their lives.

If not, then go out there and experience different things. Only you can decide and find out what you want to stick with.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #19135621 - 11/14/13 10:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Garbage man



6 am sucks but whatever. Sounds good to me.




Good luck getting such a job.  A job like that is like winning the lottery.


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    #19135625 - 11/14/13 10:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: morrowasted]
    #19135642 - 11/14/13 10:50 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Learn to code!!!



yeah good luck with this. the market for programmers is very competitive. you will be competing with everyone who has been programming since they were 10 years old, plus everyone who has degree(s) in programming.



Are you kidding?  You obviously don't know anything about the industry.  The entire industry is STARVING for good programmers.  If you're worth a damn there's a $70 000/year+ job waiting for you (entry level).  I get head-hunted by big companies on an almost weekly basis.  There is no better industry to be in in the world right now.

If you're any good within a couple years you'll be making over $100 000/year.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19135655 - 11/14/13 10:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

i guess the grad students i work with are lying to me then


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: DieCommie]
    #19136046 - 11/14/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

god you guys are bumming me out with the "its super competetive, or its like winning the lottery to get that job." talk.

You're just being realistic but fuckkk


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    #19136051 - 11/14/13 12:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Nothin against bein a garbage man, but if you consider that job winning the lottery then you've got bigger problems IMO


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Hobozen]
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Don't get a career.  Doing the same thing over and over for 30 years sounds like the worst thing ever to me, and I am guessing it does for other people as well.  I won't stand for it.  It has taken me 4 years of undergrad and a year and a half of grad school to figure it out.  If I am not enjoying what I do for my work everyday there is a good change I won't be doing it. 

Making money /= happiness to me.  end rant.



But really, stay at home dad is my dream.. Not much sounds better to me.




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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight] * 1
    #19136265 - 11/14/13 01:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Nothin against bein a garbage man, but if you consider that job winning the lottery then you've got bigger problems IMO




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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Niffla]
    #19136318 - 11/14/13 02:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

We have the same garbage myth here in Holland.

Its decent pay for someone without any qualifications. Compared to proper jobs the money and the work sucks.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Tripsurfer]
    #19136368 - 11/14/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You are on shroomery... and you are asking other people on the forums for help?

I would suggest asking mother-earth for advice... bigger the question, bigger the question-mark.

Personally I would screw the work and become a hobo... living in a little cabin in the woods, surviving on the things i find outside :wink:


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Icyus]
    #19136370 - 11/14/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

yes, ask the dirt and grass and squirrels.

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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight]
    #19136398 - 11/14/13 02:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Usually mother-earth is a synonym for ayahuasca.


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    #19136410 - 11/14/13 02:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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    #19136432 - 11/14/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight] * 1
    #19137174 - 11/14/13 05:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Nothin against bein a garbage man, but if you consider that job winning the lottery then you've got bigger problems IMO




It is like winning the lottery.  Its an extremely hard job to get.  You have to be quite lucky to land the job.  And once you have it you are set for life.  That's the sense that I think its like winning the lottery.  You make about the average US household income all by yourself with no expensive training/schooling plus you get mad benefits and have little to no stress, responsibility or chance of getting fired.  It makes sense that their job is so good, they are a vital component to the running of the city.  At a whim they can, and do, strike and shutdown the city for better pay and benefits.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: DieCommie]
    #19137179 - 11/14/13 05:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

and you have to work with garbage, not challenging yourself intellectually at ALL for 40 hours a week


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight]
    #19137194 - 11/14/13 05:13 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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and you have to work with garbage, not challenging yourself intellectually at ALL for 40 hours a week




The vast majority of jobs provide no intellectual stimulation.  For most people this is a good thing.  As for working with garbage... It sounds crappy, but around here they just drive the trucks and the trucks lift the garbage.  They never touch it.  They have retarded people working at the recycling plant actually sifting through the trash, thats a different job.


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    #19137197 - 11/14/13 05:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I guess it's an issue of priorities, then.

I could never have a job where I wasn't challenged daily. I'd mentally rot


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    #19137210 - 11/14/13 05:17 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I have only graduated high school; might go to college someday but meh.

Looking for a career that I could stick with. Something tech would be interesting; like manufacturing chemicals, fixing wires, i don't fucking know. I hate thinking about his because I have no fucking clue what to do with my life.




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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight]
    #19137214 - 11/14/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I guess it's an issue of priorities, then.

I could never have a job where I wasn't challenged daily. I'd mentally rot




it's not that hard to keep yourself mentally occupied :smirk: that's why i loved lifeguarding...i would just sit there and let my mind go freakin wild all day, just scan the room with my eyes...


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    #19137239 - 11/14/13 05:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I guess it's an issue of priorities, then.

I could never have a job where I wasn't challenged daily. I'd mentally rot




Whats the longest you have been unemployed and without money?  I think that, if times changed and you were hard up for a job you would learn how to appreciate it. 

I think I am the same way kind of, I would prefer mental stimulation and try to avoid mental rot.  But when the bills come in and you start getting older mental rot is often preferable to losing your house and eating at soup kitchens.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: DieCommie]
    #19137249 - 11/14/13 05:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Whats the longest you have been unemployed and without money? 




Never :blush:


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: DieCommie]
    #19137250 - 11/14/13 05:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Electrician. the pay is top dollar.


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: NWlight]
    #19137442 - 11/14/13 06:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Whats the longest you have been unemployed and without money? 




Never :blush:





Me neither.  But I have been close.  Its one of the shittiest things I have ever gone through.  First world problems I know... But I would certainly drive a garbage truck if that is what it took to maintain my first world lifestyle.

I was actually at a career fair recently and chatted with a lady at a booth for a trash collecting company. lol


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    #19137646 - 11/14/13 06:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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It is like winning the lottery.  Its an extremely hard job to get.  You have to be quite lucky to land the job.  And once you have it you are set for life. 




Hold the fuck up, once you make it into the exclusive fraternity of collecting trash for a living...you're set for life?

:bathtub40lol:

Alright so maybe pay for being a garbage man is decent considering you're picking up trash for a living, but set for life? Set for life is when you're a professional athlete and you sign a 20 million dollar contract spread out over four years. That's set for life. Getting 15 to 20 bucks an hour or whatever the fuck it is...is not being "set for life".


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Re: Can anyone suggest a career path? [Re: Niffla]
    #19137662 - 11/14/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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It is like winning the lottery.  Its an extremely hard job to get.  You have to be quite lucky to land the job.  And once you have it you are set for life. 




Hold the fuck up, once you make it into the exclusive fraternity of collecting trash for a living...you're set for life?

:bathtub40lol:

Alright so maybe pay for being a garbage man is decent considering you're picking up trash for a living, but set for life? Set for life is when you're a professional athlete and you sign a 20 million dollar contract spread out over four years. That's set for life. Getting 15 to 20 bucks an hour or whatever the fuck it is...is not being "set for life".



It comes with decent benefits too, and is there a union? there probably is. So iit is probably pretty hard to get fired.


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    #19137676 - 11/14/13 07:01 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

god forbid i get fired from my job collecting trash


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    #19137681 - 11/14/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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god forbid i get fired from my job collecting trash




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    #19137718 - 11/14/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I'm not saying getting the job makes you "set for life" but it's not too bad of a gig.

The work isn't too hard & it's decent pay, not too bad of a gig if you ask me:shrug:

The only real downfall of it is the smell, which you'd get used to pretty soon.

I remember on holidays & stuff my parents used to set six packs of beer & stuff out out for them, I thought that was pretty cool.


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    #19137738 - 11/14/13 07:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I'm not saying getting the job makes you "set for life" but it's not too bad of a gig.

The work isn't too hard & it's decent pay, not too bad of a gig if you ask me:shrug:

The only real downfall of it is the smell, which you'd get used to pretty soon.

I remember on holidays & stuff my parents used to set six packs of beer & stuff out out for them, I thought that was pretty cool.




Certainly not a glamour job to say the least (understatement of the year) but yeah, I've heard that if willing to do it the pay is pretty solid. Kinda like truck driving. And that was really cool of your parents, lol.


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