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In reply to the discussion: What carreer would you heartily reccomend? [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)93. What satisfies another person won't work for you
Your chosen profession should incorporate some things that you LOVE to do - that you would do as a hobby if you had a completely different profession.
Also don't lock in your thinking to college/professional careers. If you love to tinker with cars, you may make far more money over a lifetime as a mechanic than in anything else.
First figure out what you really like. Then figure out what types of jobs/careers use those skills. Then figure out how to get started in one of those jobs. Your net return over your lifetime doesn't necessarily equate to the starting salary, so look at flexibility and longevity and always pick the broadest possible range of applicability.
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So long as their checks clear, I love the paper-pushing MBA asshole types.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2012
#70
That government jobs pay well, have lots of days off and many have great pensions
AngryAmish
Feb 2012
#90
That didn't work out too well for many TX State employees over the past fifteen years..
LanternWaste
Feb 2012
#84
I'd have gotten apprenticed in as an electrician, a plumber, or an HVAC tech.
LanternWaste
Feb 2012
#83