back to school at age 40? what degree?
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Originally Posted by Scot,Jun 15 2009, 10:37 AM
I am almost 40 ****ing years old..... I have been a dork accounant for the past XX years..... my work is suffering from the recession (as are many) but also it has become very mundane....
i went back to my home town and found out a few people are going back to school even at 40.....
any opinions on that? What would I go back for? I like working with people, so something like an Occupational Therapist would be great (i think that would require about 4 years of part time school / full time school)..
I currently have a college degree in Accounting and nothing more.....
thanks!
Scot
i went back to my home town and found out a few people are going back to school even at 40.....
any opinions on that? What would I go back for? I like working with people, so something like an Occupational Therapist would be great (i think that would require about 4 years of part time school / full time school)..
I currently have a college degree in Accounting and nothing more.....
thanks!
Scot
accounting.
I dunno, it's never too late, eh?
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Don't become a nurse for the love of god. Starting hard work like that at 40 after being in an office job will send you to an early grave. Nurses work long hours in some dangerous environments.
Basically if you love money: Become a stock broker or financial consultant of some type. Move to a more interesting field in finance.
Or if you want to do something you love, have a hard look at yourself.. is it philosophy, music, horticulture?
Don't think you are too old for a lot of careers, I saw a guy on TV doing a show about archaeology, he switched to it when he was late 30s, now he's a professor traveling the world to dig sites and has a TV show.
Basically if you love money: Become a stock broker or financial consultant of some type. Move to a more interesting field in finance.
Or if you want to do something you love, have a hard look at yourself.. is it philosophy, music, horticulture?
Don't think you are too old for a lot of careers, I saw a guy on TV doing a show about archaeology, he switched to it when he was late 30s, now he's a professor traveling the world to dig sites and has a TV show.
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Originally Posted by s2000raj,Jun 16 2009, 11:04 AM
Though it may pain you, if you made some brown friends it might help. There are a lot of Indian people that run hotel/motel's quite sucessfully. I don't think you need that much collateral to get into it either.
ya, i should ask some of the PATELs over for a cookout..... I may even throw some curry on the hotdogs...
anyway.... ya, it would be awesome if i could figure it out... i wonder who would share that information with me... I know ENTHRALLED runs a motel but I am not sure how I would get one rolling here in central PA....
i appreciate all the help.... I am just ****ing around on the Browns (as you know)...
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^have you seen my pics? 
.... i suck at taking pics... i appreciate the idea though...
I am focused on starting my own business of some sort but I have no clue what it is.... there will probably be too much $ needed..plus down time for training..... hopefully i can figure this shit out... DRIVING ME INSANE all of the sudden for some reason.....
.... i suck at taking pics... i appreciate the idea though... I am focused on starting my own business of some sort but I have no clue what it is.... there will probably be too much $ needed..plus down time for training..... hopefully i can figure this shit out... DRIVING ME INSANE all of the sudden for some reason.....
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Scot - If you are looking at businesses to start, maybe a franchise is the way to go 
You get an established product and business model, so you have a little less to worry about than starting something from the ground up.
Although I am only 28, I got frustrated with my mundane engineering career and decided to go back to school to be a teacher. It is a 30 credit program at most colleges and classes are usually offered at night. I'll be out in May with a Masters of Arts in Education. More than half the people in my education classes are switching careers, and half of them are 40+. The big qualifications I see for teaching are that you need to have patience with kids, know more than the kids about what you are teaching, and be passionate about what you are teaching.
You get an established product and business model, so you have a little less to worry about than starting something from the ground up.Although I am only 28, I got frustrated with my mundane engineering career and decided to go back to school to be a teacher. It is a 30 credit program at most colleges and classes are usually offered at night. I'll be out in May with a Masters of Arts in Education. More than half the people in my education classes are switching careers, and half of them are 40+. The big qualifications I see for teaching are that you need to have patience with kids, know more than the kids about what you are teaching, and be passionate about what you are teaching.
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Teaching gig is pretty cool considering the excellent benefits, summers off and tenure possibilities. You have to deal with the generally lower income however.
I've got buddies though that are married, both teachers and they use the summers to travel the world. Not a bad way to live life if you ask me.
I've got buddies though that are married, both teachers and they use the summers to travel the world. Not a bad way to live life if you ask me.
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If you are going to teach, I would probably look at teaching at a community college. IMO it would be a lot better than just teaching high school kids.
I need about 2 classes to be able to teach college chemistry and I have a BS in chemical engineering. You might not need a whole lot of classes to teach some classes based on your BS degree.
I need about 2 classes to be able to teach college chemistry and I have a BS in chemical engineering. You might not need a whole lot of classes to teach some classes based on your BS degree.
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