re: What type of career would you recommend to an 18 year old in today's age?

Business/finance.

I cant help but to feel that in just a matter of time until every position will be oversaturated. There are entirely too many people on this planet and not enough jobs to go around.

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You aren’t wrong, but I always get a chuckle out of the pervasiveness of these responses. Guys, not everyone wants to work at a construction site or in a plant

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How many people can physically do some of those jobs when they are in their 40’s? It’s like being a stripper, there’s a physical limit to how long you can do it.

ISDS.

If you don’t mind a desk job IT will always be in high demand. In many cases, IT jobs aren’t really 40 hr/week jobs either and you can do it from home. I came out of LSU with only a minor in it and business major and once I entered the workforce had wished I majored in it with all the opportunities available at my company. Self taught programming languages somewhat what I didn’t pick up in school and have been in data analytics for a few years now. I’ve been happy with it.

ETA if you don’t want a desk job and want to work for yourself

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A trade

Plumbing, welding, hvac, electrician, pipe fitter

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The South Park episode where tradesmen were wealthier than everyone is more accurate than satire. Many trades can't be replaced by technology and there is a whole generation of them about to retire from it. Unless you are getting a highly specialized degree these days, I just don't see how college is worth it over a trade school.

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The pay for trades is absolute shite when you start out. And the journeymen treat apprentices like garbage. The atmosphere is toxic as frick and is the reason why I left it. The money only gets better if you join a union or start your own business.

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I cant help but to feel that in just a matter of time until every position will be oversaturated. There are entirely too many people on this planet and not enough jobs to go around.

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Truest statement in the thread…. Unfortunately Covid didnt kill enough people.. Ive done my part by not having kids (inB4 “Thanks for not procreating !”) but something needs to be done.. There are currently 8 Billion people on the planet, when i was a kid there were 4 Billion… it’s hard to keep up .

Im not reading all 11 pages of this, but if I had to do it all over again I would attend a 4 year university that has a pro pilot degree. Spend 4 years getting a bachelor’s and also getting flight hours and all your certifications, and if the university qualifies for the ATP-R you can go to the airlines at 1000 hours instead of 1500. Come out of college making six figures, travel the world, and probably be making 500k a year before you turn 30.

Or you could expedite it all, and just go to a flight school like ATP and be done in 9 months and on your way to the airlines by the time you would be a senior in college.

Middle Tennessee State has an excellent pro pilot program with mostly diamond da40s but there are also places like Southern Utah University that have cirrus fleets.

Negative. Pilot shortage and new contracts have pilots making upwards of 600k a year working 2 weeks a month.

There are a select few pilots making seven figures a year.

Trades are great as long as you have a plan to be your own boss. Bring 50 and in someone’s hot arse attic after driving around with a 20 year old drug addict is no kind of life.

Tons of people and universities are chasing to fill the pilot shortage. Economics may be different as supply balances out with demand, but it should always be a good career.