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re: What type of career would you recommend to an 18 year old in today's age?
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:39 pm to tylerlsu2008
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:39 pm to tylerlsu2008
Air force cyber security. 20 years and retire and keep that check while you work in private sector
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:39 pm to Indefatigable
Plant baw
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:43 pm to Cone2TheBone
skip college learn HVAC electrical or plumbing.
apprentice for a few years
book side jobs with good customers while you are working
bust your arse
open your own business
retire comfortably at 50
apprentice for a few years
book side jobs with good customers while you are working
bust your arse
open your own business
retire comfortably at 50
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:45 pm to Cone2TheBone
My daughter is an RT (respitory therapist). Excellent hours. Makes damn good money and she said there is a huge shortage right now
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:50 pm to lsushelly
Crayfish farmer
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:52 pm to Cone2TheBone
Hope you’re diverse
I heard lsjw makes all incoming white males take 12 hours of privilege class
I heard lsjw makes all incoming white males take 12 hours of privilege class
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:53 pm to Cone2TheBone
Airline pilot. After 10 years or so of working your way up with a major carrier, you can be making well in excess of $300k/year working 12-13 days/month.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:53 pm to Cone2TheBone
Start your onlyfans page. College girls are in high demand and this will pay for your living expenses plus truck note. If you are a little overweight; get a prescription for that weight loss medicine.
Now that your expenses are taken care of, start an HVAC company. With global warming, more people will need new A/C units than ever before.
Now that your expenses are taken care of, start an HVAC company. With global warming, more people will need new A/C units than ever before.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 12:54 pm to Cone2TheBone
Building Science is another great one. Upon graduation, you will have numerous jobs to choose from and most will be approaching 6 figures right out of the gate.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:00 pm to Cone2TheBone
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:03 pm to Cone2TheBone
Tradesmen bust their arse and a small number make maybe 110k. That's nothing. You'd do better owning the company but if it was that simple far more would be doing better.
If you're intelligent, medicine or dentistry. If you aren't, salmon gutter.
If you're intelligent, medicine or dentistry. If you aren't, salmon gutter.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:05 pm to TFS4E
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Biomedical engineering with a focus on nanotech. Be on the forefront of devices that will heal from the inside
This is bad advice.
Major in a core engineering discipline. The biomedical companies are not recruiting from LSU either. Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Civil are the engineering disciplines to major in. You can also move into supply chain after learning the business as an engineer.
Not to be mean, but the people who upvoted biomedical are ignorant.
Healthcare is good, but competitive to get into. I would avoid just majoring in Biology unless you plan on being perfect in undergrad to be competitive. Come up with a backup plan. Major in something that has a better exit strategy if it doesn’t pan out such as a core engineering. FWIW, upper end nursing (like nurse practitioner) wages are getting eroded by nursing school diploma mills.
If you go into a hard science expect to go to graduate school/professional school. Compete to get into a good one. Undergrad doesn’t have to be more prestigious than LSU.
Data science is an add-on and not a core thing. A data scientist is just a resource if they are not a process expert. Technology will continually make tools to make it easier for others to do these correlations and analysis.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:08 pm to Bard
quote:What? Master plumber in LA averages 65k. Another site had the average overall at 98k. That's nothing.
Trade schools right now are a ticket to print your own money, if you enjoy the work and become good at it. Plumbing, A/C repair, electrical, welding
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:11 pm to Jake88
The cash game is strong in plumbing.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:13 pm to Cone2TheBone
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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?
Not medicine.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:14 pm to Jake88
Ac work can make you big bucks depending where you are.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:16 pm to greenhead11
Why not???? The pharmacy biz will never go away.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:17 pm to Cone2TheBone
Service industry
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:18 pm to CerRegKnockoutArtist
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Anesthesia and it's not even close.
Have a friend who is a Nurse Anesthetist and makes ~$200k. He doesn't have the liability concerns the Anesthesiologist has and loves his job. Not sure this field is for everyone though, but if you're medically inclined, I think you're right about this field.
Otherwise, I agree with many posters, trades are the way to go unless someone is very interested in being in a profession you absolutely have to get a degree in. College is a blast though and it shows an employer you're able to complete tasks, be responsible, and they can count on you. I got a BFA degree that has nothing to do with what I'm doing now (shocker), but it led me to many connections I still have today and is what helped me become very successful/happy.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 3/23/24 at 1:19 pm to dukke v
Pharmacy is a terrible career choice these days, unless you can get a job in a hospital, and those jobs are few and far between.
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