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

Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:23 am
Posted by Cone2TheBone
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:23 am
High School Senior here heading to LSU next year. Currently undecided on what to major in or what to do.

What would you recommend to an 18 year old heading to college today in terms of a promising job/career with lots of growth, high demand, and potential going forward?

With what you know now, what would you tell someone like me to look into?

I plan on staying in Louisiana if that helps.
Posted by Roux57
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:23 am to
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Posted by Roux57
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:24 am to
Supply Chain Management, construction management, or engineering

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Posted by Be Very Careful
Member since Mar 2024
5 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:25 am to
Talking smack on TD with no consequences and hiding behind a keyboard is a vv promising career and way to get attention by many idiots and low IQ individuals as evidenced by certain daily threads.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 11:27 am
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124295 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:25 am to
A trade

Plumbing, welding, hvac, electrician, pipe fitter
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167113 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:26 am to
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.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26070 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:27 am to
This is very dependent on your interests and strengths. There are plenty of STEM fields that will be in demand for a while here given Louisiana’s industries and coastal environment situation.

Just please don’t major in anything that ends in “Studies”
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
15523 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:27 am to
Construction management or landscape architecture with the desire to combine either with entrepreneurship.
Posted by TFS4E
Washington DC
Member since Nov 2008
13128 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:27 am to
Biomedical engineering with a focus on nanotech. Be on the forefront of devices that will heal from the inside
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167113 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:27 am to
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as evidenced by certain daily threads.



quote:

Be Very Careful
Member since Mar 2024
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Who got banned recently and made an alter?
Posted by Tigersbr2nola
Member since Aug 2015
318 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:28 am to
Engineer or Accountant.
Posted by BayouBengal23
BR
Member since Mar 2019
569 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:28 am to
If your not sure what you want to do, go to college for a year and try to figure it out (and have some fun).

If after a year or two you still don’t know and you have some BS degree path, get out and start working on a trade path. A lot of tradesman are retiring and selling their businesses in the next few years. Buy one of those businesses and scale it
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18335 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:29 am to
quote:

Supply Chain Management, construction management, or engineering


What if the kid finds those jobs soul sucking and miserable?
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89832 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:29 am to
I mean, that’s such a broad question without much history to be able to answer effectively.

What are you interested in, do you plan on going to school, how important is money to you, where in LA do you want to live, do want to work for yourself, etc.
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40425 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:30 am to
My biggest mistake was not trying to get internships.
Posted by SwampBooty
Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2015
739 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:31 am to
HVAC no question
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Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:31 am to
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Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5230 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:32 am to
quote:

Unless you are getting a highly specialized degree these days, I just don't see how college is worth it over a trade school.


This is the correct answer.

Unless you’re trying to become a lawyer, Dr, engineer or something of that nature, college is a waste of time. It’s fun no doubt but a waste of time. You’ll learn a lot more of how the world works on a job site than you will in a classroom by some far left professor.
Posted by Gountiss
Boone, NC
Member since Aug 2012
523 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:32 am to
Summer internships are very important for connections and resume building. I kept going home during summers in college because I had a job with a landscaping company that paid me way more for full time work than I could get anywhere else. Got a great tan and a good work effort, but it held me back from getting relevant experience in business
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26070 posts
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:33 am to
quote:

Unless you’re trying to become a lawyer, Dr, engineer or something of that nature, college is a waste of time. It’s fun no doubt but a waste of time. You’ll learn a lot more of how the world works on a job site than you will in a classroom by some far left professor.

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.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 11:34 am
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