I was in highschool........year before last.....and my uncle came home and said (he was EXTREMELY smart) 'what the hell are you going to study?'
I said' 'civil engineering'.....(he was one)
he said HA!!!!!!!!! NO MONEY THERE......any other idea?
I said "chemical engineering?"
he says 'AWESOME'
an attitude test later said my 'best choice' should be nuclear engineering (which is pretty close .....)
in the end, after 6 years of chemical engineering .......and after I initially hated computers.........I ended up in Information Technology
Did I make a mistake>? Yes but it was pure laziness in the very end (every time I see a chemical plant...like 4 days ago when landing in Houston....I regret not working in the field that I liked)
I said' 'civil engineering'.....(he was one)
he said HA!!!!!!!!! NO MONEY THERE......any other idea?
I said "chemical engineering?"
he says 'AWESOME'
an attitude test later said my 'best choice' should be nuclear engineering (which is pretty close .....)
in the end, after 6 years of chemical engineering .......and after I initially hated computers.........I ended up in Information Technology
Did I make a mistake>? Yes but it was pure laziness in the very end (every time I see a chemical plant...like 4 days ago when landing in Houston....I regret not working in the field that I liked)
I majored in Accounting in college because I had a connection that could land me a job out of college. I started the job right out of college and now I am making a little over $60k a year, 3 years out of college. I kind of regret doing it because I do not really like doing accounting work everyday, but at the end of the day I make enough money to sustain my lifestyle.
I have a lot of other friends that major is some outlandish graphic design program and wait tables full time now with $30k in student loans.
I know people always say do something you love, but I tend to disagree on some level because so many people chase a dream to being broke or worse in tons of debt.
So to answer your question, no I have not found something I want to do the rest of my life. But my advice is to choose something that you know you can make a good living doing to have a base, and then you can pursue something different down the line, because you always have your base to fall back on.
I have a lot of other friends that major is some outlandish graphic design program and wait tables full time now with $30k in student loans.
I know people always say do something you love, but I tend to disagree on some level because so many people chase a dream to being broke or worse in tons of debt.
So to answer your question, no I have not found something I want to do the rest of my life. But my advice is to choose something that you know you can make a good living doing to have a base, and then you can pursue something different down the line, because you always have your base to fall back on.
SundayTiger, you are young (not that I am old but I am not as young as you are).......save as MUCH as you possibly can........you never know ......if someday you feel like doing something else...you may need the $ cushion.
doing something you love is good........as long as you are enjoying the overall experience in the process
if you cant do something you love....at least you can have $ while suffering like the rest of us
doing something you love is good........as long as you are enjoying the overall experience in the process
if you cant do something you love....at least you can have $ while suffering like the rest of us
where the hell do investors/flippers/wannabe rental owners find distressed homes for under grand? like how do they find a listing or is there a listing for that kind of stuff?
I see property transfers listed in the local paper all the time and there is always some shotgun house in a bad area sold from some bank or mortgage company that i've never heard of, to some mom and pop sounding investment properties inc. or something along those lines.
Then i write the address of the property down and within a few weeks sometimes a couple months the property is then listed for sale for anywhere from 20-30 to maybe even 50-60 grand and listed as some work done but more needed great for a fixer upper.
i always think "hell i can do alot of fix-up work myself and with friends. How can i get some run down house dirt cheap and then throw a few grand of materials in it and fix it myself and then flip it for 20x what i paid for it and/or rent it for 500-600 a month and recoup my investment with under 2 years of renting it."
i just never see listing for houses under 5000, hell even 10,000 is hard. Yet the paper is always got transfers listed for next to nothing.
25,
I realized school was a fkn waste, and nothing I could do or study would pay the same as massaging Hot chicks heads, and rubbing my balls on their arms ,,, Oh,, and they still pay me 100-150 to do it.
How many lazy fucks can say theyve been paid 150 for rubbing their balls on a chicks arm?? lol well,,, I can!!! haha
I digress,,
listen, I loved art, and understood basic color theory, so me morphing into beauty school was an easy move,
find something you love and dedicate your life to perfecting it,,
gl
I love hair,
I love Big Jugs!
tater
I realized school was a fkn waste, and nothing I could do or study would pay the same as massaging Hot chicks heads, and rubbing my balls on their arms ,,, Oh,, and they still pay me 100-150 to do it.
How many lazy fucks can say theyve been paid 150 for rubbing their balls on a chicks arm?? lol well,,, I can!!! haha
I digress,,
listen, I loved art, and understood basic color theory, so me morphing into beauty school was an easy move,
find something you love and dedicate your life to perfecting it,,
gl
I love hair,
I love Big Jugs!
tater
I had finished school at 18 and took the first job available purely to earn money so that I could go off travelling.
However it turned out to be a job that I really enjoyed, and a couple of months shy of my 21st birthday I was told that the company was relocating and would I like to go with them.
That was when I realised that I could make a career here, and decided to accept the offer...and now at 27 I am still in the same job and still absolutely loving it ! :toast:
However it turned out to be a job that I really enjoyed, and a couple of months shy of my 21st birthday I was told that the company was relocating and would I like to go with them.
That was when I realised that I could make a career here, and decided to accept the offer...and now at 27 I am still in the same job and still absolutely loving it ! :toast:
got my first masters degree before i realized what i REALLY wanted to do, so i spent 3 more years in school getting a second masters. finally at 28 i got my dream of sitting at starbucks, talking trash to people on the rx and sprinkling in some work every once in a while. FYI, school only prepares you to work for someone else, so if you have good ideas and an entreprenerial spirit run with it. being your own boss is always a better route and usually less costly IMO
