I have a BA in Physical Education and Mathematics and a Masters in Education Administration. It only helps a few thousand dollars a year. It takes about 5-7 years to make back what it cost you to get.

 

Yeah...but aside from those costs, you're diggin' your life, right? The point is, that you are..as Ram Dass says,
"being here now". Cuz that's what our original poster really is looking for, what should he do with his life?

 

I love my present job but maybe woudn't appreciate it as much if I hadn't worked at a lot of different jobs that I knew I wouldn't want to do the rest of my life. I also knew that it's hard to be happy (no matter how much you love something) if you can't afford to put a roof over your head and have 3 square meals a day. I also wanted something challenging, gave me an opportunity to work with people, involved working with my hands, and gave me a little financial freedom

I started working at 14 (parents made me and told me it would be good for my character).
2 years concrete construction
1 year of general house construction
1 year of "pre-wire" home theater construction

I went to college and
worked some weird jobs here:
tutor
computer lab manager
kinko's
mountain region donor services (removing tissues from tissue and organ donors)
fly by night drywall company
nurse assistant and phlebotomist

decided that I wanted to go to medical school
didn't have a whole lot of time to work here, just odds and ends every once in a while (occasionally got hired by docs to prewire their home for HT, etc etc)

Now am a resident (physician in training)
but still work part time doing construction odds and ends, operating a bobcat and some other machinery for a little extra money.

Bottom line, I would learn to work in a lot of different areas and get an idea what you definately wouldn't do. Learn as many skills as possible (you never know when your experience in another field will help you achieve your present goals). Remember that no matter how much you love doing something, if you cannot put a roof over yourhead, comfortably feed yourself, and provide for your family, you will wind up hating it. Also remember no matter what you do, there are going to be times when you are bored/wondering if you've done the right thing/ etc etc...

My sister is the perfect example, started out with an art degree, realized that she could not feed herself, went back to school to get a degree in engineering, and is presently gearing up to take the LSAT to apply to law school. She now enjoys her hobby (art) much more knowing that she will eventually be able to provide for herself... not to mention she is great at arguing

 

^ thanks for the input. I have been starting to realize my job at Costco is preventing me from experianing new job fields. I think it may be time to cut back on some things (My S, makes me sad just to think about it) so I do not need to work so much and could start persuing other careers. It is hard without having perants to help out with the costs.

"Remember that no matter how much you love doing something, if you cannot put a roof over yourhead, comfortably feed yourself, and provide for your family, you will wind up hating it. Also remember no matter what you do, there are going to be times when you are bored/wondering if you've done the right thing/ etc etc..."

This is my big debate right now doing what I love to do and hoping for the best or just focusing on the paper.

 

yeah well just remember you are still in college and living with your parents so the whole roof over your head/3 meals a day doesnt apply YET. As I had stated before just remember you have no dependents so you dont have to choose the responsible thing just yet. I say yet because if you do no being to save/make money once you get out of college then you will be in the situation of being forced to give up the car.


How long until you are out of college by the way?

 

[QUOTE=CFactor,Aug 12 2006, 06:15 PM] scumbag? i hope you were joking about that.

 

yeah read what I wrote in response after that intial post - i do feel sorry for hte people that actually are homeless etc. but not for the dipshits that just do it to make money.

 

i like my job, but only as much as any sane person can actually like working...

its something i can do easily; but still offers small trivia-like challenges through out the day,
while still being in the realm of what i'm able to excel at naturally (art/graphic design)...

i match colors, specifically for artwork to be digitally printed onto fabric...
its all in the computer, so matching is just a combination game of numbers;
in a way, its just like adjusting the e.q. on a stereo! childs play!

i can prolly do this till i retire, so long as they keep upping my pay!!

 

I live on my own (with my grilfriend) and I make more money then my perant (yes, singular) dose. My mom would depend on me be for me on her. Oh and I still have extra money I put in the bank. Costco is not a bad job (pay and benifit wise) for a college student.

 

i love my job. i work at the local newspaper here in the eugene/springfield area in advertising... i started out part time doing little "$3 for 3 Lines!" type ads, car ads, appliance ads for private parties in the classifieds section and i was also going to school at the same at the University of Oregon, getting all my prereqs squared away to get into the Journalism school. pretty quickly i figured out i had a penchant for selling advertising and i looooooooooove words, spelling, grammar and all that bologna. so 6 mos. into working here, when i got a chance to get promoted to a bigger better position, i jumped on it and got it. now i mostly work with contract accounts, particularly realtors, and put together their real estate features. it's good money (base + lots of commission $$$) the market is slowing down right now, so we're picking up... houses are sitting on the market and all the while we're advertising them for desperate realtors so i've made good on my last few commission checks. i'm pretty apprehensive about the fact that i quit school to pursue this career... i'm afraid that not getting my degree like i had originally planned will come back to bite me in the ass later when i want to move up. but i'm young, i'm happy where i'm at for the timebeing and i'm playing it by ear. plus, there's nothing like REAL experience.

my advice is figure out what you've got a natural talent for... start small, work hard and move up. making money is so much easier when you're doing what you love. too many people only strive to be "normal," all they'll ever want in life is to have the hosue in the suburbs and drive the durango and work their 8-5...which they probably don't hate, but probably don't love. who wants to live like that? blahhhhhhhhhh... i'm only 19 soooo i have a lot to figure out but thats my take on it.