Career Choices

[Kershaw]

military.

become an officer. become a pilot. get paid pretty decently.

[Marcos]

El Trabajo

Have you considered teaching? Sure the hours are long, the pay sucks and it's mostly a thankless job but every now and then you get to be somebodies hero. Plus you can get summers off since you say you want to travel.

You are obviously an articulate thinker and can write well, it is amazing how many grads caint spell fur shit. I agree with several posts above.

A. take a tough job for a while
B. get you masters
C. hairdressers make lots of money
D. you may want to try stripping ;)

[chadthestampede]

I've got a Journalism degree with a specialization in Public Relations, I'm a Technical Writer.

That sounds awesome, how did you get into technical writing? (I'm not being sarcastic either, I have BA in English so it's something I'd like to do).

[johnwoo]

to the op

i graduated from college with a finance and got my mba and out of just shear interest i took some biology and chemistry classes. i was able to stumble into the medical field and love it everyday. it has its challenges and but its rewarding and i have autonomy somewhat. best advice i can give you is find something your passionate about and enjoy doing because if you do it for the money you will burn out eventually. and make yourself the most marketable. due to my finance and business background i am more marketable and have more doors opened to me that my other cronies don't have. good luck

[Acehye559]

Im in the same boat as you, I graduated last year and got my BS in Business Admin. However, I opened up my own business as I was going to school and been doing that since but Im still looking to get a career going as well. What I learned this whole time is that you just have to be patient, something will come along your way. Also one more thing, your location makes a big difference too. Maybe you moving to a different city or town will help you find what your looking for.

[samiam3356]

My wife has her bachelors in Business with a double minor in Marketing/Management.

She's a hairstylist and her salary destroys my pretty good one. She works less and sets her own schedule as well.

I've got a Journalism degree with a specialization in Public Relations, I'm a Technical Writer.


My only advice would be, if you aren't sure what you want to do yet, and you can swing it, go ahead and knock out your Master's. I wish I could get the motivation to go back to school to get mine.

Good hairstylist fucking kill it. They must as much money as my wife spends going to them! lol

I was 10 classes away from a Masters and just couldn't stomach school anymore. After already graduating with a Finance degree I found the MBA program to be a bit watered down for the non business degree folks. Felt it was a waste of time and money. My 1st employer agreed when I told them that in the interview. :) We all have different paths however, and what works for one...well you know the rest

[Turf1600]

I stumbled into the medical field and love it. You can use your degree on the business end of medical and do well.

[z31maniac]

My wife has her bachelors in Business with a double minor in Marketing/Management.

She's a hairstylist and her salary destroys my pretty good one. She works less and sets her own schedule as well.

I've got a Journalism degree with a specialization in Public Relations, I'm a Technical Writer.


My only advice would be, if you aren't sure what you want to do yet, and you can swing it, go ahead and knock out your Master's. I wish I could get the motivation to go back to school to get mine.

[A Sucked Orange]

Duh. Be an entrepreneur.

[SkiFree]

A_Whelan - It seems you could use an extreme job to clear your head. A job that requires you to think on your feet and give you a better perspective on life.

After highschool I took 2 "fun" years to explore what I wanted to do in life. In those 2 years I lived in Montana and maintained 20 winter cabins at the Yellowstone Club. It was hard work (think lots of wood chopping and shoveling) but alot of fun (snowmobiling and skiing), gave me a clear outlook.

Using the money earned in Montana I moved to Italy and studied automotive design and now I'm in California working on a mechanical engineering degree with the goal of working for BMW.


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If your in Canada look into being a smokejumper (60k easy), work on a fishing boat, or on a mountain. Something, anything, that provides a "real world" education to compliment your college education. Then again this is just my opinion based on nothing but my own experience so take it with a grain of salt.

Good thread here http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/...view,/start,0/

[A_Whelan]

Didn't read any of that, but I vote for male stripper.

I hope you choke on a dick.

[A_Whelan]

I understand the fact that regardless of a job, 98% of the time there will be things you wish you didn't have to do. I'm find with that. I have a good work ethic and I took a shitty job this summer to help pay for my car, university and some living costs. I'm looking for another job now so I can spend a bit more on my car because my current budget isn't going to help me achieve what I want.

And I know this decision is weighted a lot on what I want to do. I just tossed up this thread as a rant I guess and a way to hear what other people thought. R3V is a great forum and most people on here seem sensible and there is a really diverse background of people and careers. Thanks for the input too. Keep the comments coming.

[A_Whelan]

I've read studies saying that new generations don't really have careers, they have jobs. This is because the turnover rate today is beyond what it has ever been. I've had people ask the question "What would you do if there was no money or time limitations" and it is a tricky question. After seeing you use the word "decades" that was another wake up call. This is going to be long term.

I guess my first question is directed to the people out there with business degrees of some sort; What do you do now and how did you get there beyond having a degree?

I know a lot of the positions they might have involve working up the corporate ladder but that is something I'm willing to do. I feel naive in saying this but I think I might enjoy working with an automotive company, be it a dealership, a small tuning company or a garage that services bmw's or other European cars. I've always been fixated on cars ever since I was young, as most people are. However this fixation has grown on me and I've been cutting costs on everything in my life to scrounge up money for my car. And I feel working for a garage that does restorations, upgrades, tuning, etc would be something that has a changing scene daily (new customers, new cars, new visions) while at the same time sometime stable that I can do for decades.

Another thing that always intrigued me is piloting, either planes or helicopters. The only problem with this plan is the massive amount of money that is required and the thousands of hours of air time. I don't know how people do it.

Thinking about it now here are some goals I would like:

1. The ability to travel. Preferably travel that is involved with the job but if a job allows for some flexibility that would mean I could use my own money and travel for a month out of a year.

2. Interaction with people. I don't want to sit in an office and type shit or punch numbers all day. I like meeting people, hearing their stories and helping them out however I can. I think a part of this passion is going to push me to travel once I finish my degree. I'm looking at a few different websites where people offer up accommodations and food in exchange for work. They have spots all over the world and my only costs would be getting there. I hope this will help my learn more about the type of person I am.

3. An income around 60,000 a year. This is flexible, but I think this would allow me to travel (roughing it a bit), save for retirement down the road, and live a decent life. I'm flexible with this because if I find something I really love I'd be willing to take a pay hit.

4. Benefits. Mainly health and dental to help cut down on payments. Other benefits like corporate discounts are good to have but something that is related directly to me (and a spouse down the road...maybe?).

[davem]

Think about what you want to do... Do that. Just remember there will always be things you don't like about what you end up doing, sometimes you just have to live with it. It's called work not skipidity doo fun time.

Yeah I agree, you will always think "I should have become an X" but there are downsides to all jobs. Only a tiny % of people have dream jobs.

[BrownBeanE30]

Didn't read any of that, but I vote for male stripper.

+1 on that bro