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re: You're 18, pick your career
Posted on 3/19/25 at 8:56 am to Odysseus32
Posted on 3/19/25 at 8:56 am to Odysseus32
Nurses rule the world.
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Posted on 3/19/25 at 8:56 am to Odysseus32
Pathologist.
MD money, bankers hours with exception of call. You can pick up overflow work from other pathologist groups if you want extra money.
The problem here... is if I knew what I knew today and could go on this path 25 years ago then it would have been very attainable. If someone who looked like me from a poor background without any connections it would be very hard to get into that today. If you are not a female, minority or connected it is hard to get selected these days.
MD money, bankers hours with exception of call. You can pick up overflow work from other pathologist groups if you want extra money.
The problem here... is if I knew what I knew today and could go on this path 25 years ago then it would have been very attainable. If someone who looked like me from a poor background without any connections it would be very hard to get into that today. If you are not a female, minority or connected it is hard to get selected these days.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 8:56 am to Odysseus32
Airline pilot.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 8:59 am to Odysseus32
I was terrible at chemistry and advanced math but assuming that weren't the case off of your list I would go with chemical engineer.
Dentist from chart 3 is a solid one as well.
Pharmacist is a solid option that no one has mentioned.
Dentist from chart 3 is a solid one as well.
Pharmacist is a solid option that no one has mentioned.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:10 am to Odysseus32
With the benefit of hindsight, I'd forego college and law school altogether and get a real estate license and sell the same condos over and over again for 30-40 years.
This plan makes more sense if you grew up in Destin.
This plan makes more sense if you grew up in Destin.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:10 am to Odysseus32
Baggage handler at cruise port. Tips that you don't have to report plus longshoremans salary and benefits
This post was edited on 3/19/25 at 9:25 am
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:13 am to Odysseus32
With all the old folks around, physical therapist. 
Seriously probably go into the financial field.
Seriously probably go into the financial field.Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:15 am to Odysseus32
Powerball winner
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:16 am to Odysseus32
I'd do the same thing I did back then.
Enlist into combat arms. I hate being inside and the thought of sitting at a desk gives me nightmares.
I saw a large part of this country and world, had good times and bad times and you learn a lot when you lead soldiers into a fight.
Enlist into combat arms. I hate being inside and the thought of sitting at a desk gives me nightmares.
I saw a large part of this country and world, had good times and bad times and you learn a lot when you lead soldiers into a fight.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:17 am to El Segundo Guy
Harbormaster.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:20 am to Odysseus32
The lifetime earnings of a truck nutz saleman is 'bout 350k.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 9:46 am to Odysseus32
Carpentry.
I wish I had gotten involved in homesite construction out of high school, and gone into being a GC.
I'm in my 40s, and I'm still thinking about it.
I wish I had gotten involved in homesite construction out of high school, and gone into being a GC.
I'm in my 40s, and I'm still thinking about it.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 10:09 am to Odysseus32
OnlyFans model or TikTok superstar.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 10:09 am to AlextheBodacious
quote:
Equipment manager would be a better gig
Would be great, but I can still hang with the equipment crew, then go home when they have to start loading up an 18 wheeler pre and post game. Pros and cons to every job.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:08 am to Odysseus32
Can’t really say I’d do anything different. Military then officers commission and flight school. It’s given me a very profitable career when I left active duty and a great girl that I’ve been able to share it with. If I had to choose another though I’d have been a plastic surgeon.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:15 am to Odysseus32
Either a doctor or healthcare administration.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:16 am to Odysseus32
Exxon operator is legit the best all things considered
Lower barrier to entry
Tons of lifetime earnings
Low stress
3 forms of retirement
Etc
Lower barrier to entry
Tons of lifetime earnings
Low stress
3 forms of retirement
Etc
This post was edited on 3/19/25 at 11:18 am
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:22 am to Odysseus32
Civil engineer
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:26 am to AlextheBodacious
quote:
Equipment manager would be a better gig.
I have the athletic ability of a slug, so I was an Equipment Manager for the football and baseball teams when I was in High School. I had a blast. I joined the military right out of High School. Sometimes I wish I would have gone to college and try to be an Equipment Manager there.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:35 am to lionward2014
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I was terrible at chemistry and advanced math but assuming that weren't the case off of your list I would go with chemical engineer.
if i wasn't a retard, this would be the direction i'd go in.
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