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re: You're 18, pick your career
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:39 am to Odysseus32
Posted on 3/19/25 at 11:39 am to Odysseus32
What I do now, just fell into it
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Posted on 3/19/25 at 12:00 pm to Odysseus32
1st base coach for a travel ball team
Posted on 3/19/25 at 12:07 pm to Odysseus32
Coast Guard Academy
Posted on 3/19/25 at 12:16 pm to CSATiger
Electrician
2-4 Mil lifetime is way off.
Have a buddy who works for a industrial gas company. He makes dang good money working on electrical motors and such. He's on call a ton but they pay for his loyalty.
2-4 Mil lifetime is way off.
Have a buddy who works for a industrial gas company. He makes dang good money working on electrical motors and such. He's on call a ton but they pay for his loyalty.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 12:17 pm to Odysseus32
Ornithologist
This post was edited on 3/19/25 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 3/19/25 at 1:01 pm to AlextheBodacious
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frick taping ankles and massaging hamstrings all day.
Then if you have a dude like Zion you get too much of the blame
This post was edited on 3/19/25 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 3/19/25 at 1:05 pm to Odysseus32
I'll have to help my kids pick a path one day.
Thankfully, I'm old enough that I'll be retired when they start working. So, they will already have the starting capital and consulting support to transition from job to entrepreneur when they are ready.
Career:
1. Doctor, Accountant, Finance.
- Maybe Engineer but outsourcing is going to be brutal.
- Maybe Lawyer but hours and politics are entry stakes.
2. Trades into Entrepreneur: Electrician, Carpentry, Plumbing, HVAC
3. Buy an established business from someone retiring.
4. Sales, especially if you have connections
Supplement with a Side Hustle until your passion makes enough to become your primary job.
- Real Estate, Merchandise, Sports and Outdoors, etc.
Thankfully, I'm old enough that I'll be retired when they start working. So, they will already have the starting capital and consulting support to transition from job to entrepreneur when they are ready.
Career:
1. Doctor, Accountant, Finance.
- Maybe Engineer but outsourcing is going to be brutal.
- Maybe Lawyer but hours and politics are entry stakes.
2. Trades into Entrepreneur: Electrician, Carpentry, Plumbing, HVAC
3. Buy an established business from someone retiring.
4. Sales, especially if you have connections
Supplement with a Side Hustle until your passion makes enough to become your primary job.
- Real Estate, Merchandise, Sports and Outdoors, etc.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 1:08 pm to Odysseus32
I’d pick the same one I did back then.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 2:08 pm to jizzle6609
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I know multiple accountants that have surpassed that Lifetime earnings total.
A numbers person would have caught the + sign after all of them. I know quite a few attorneys who beat the 5MM mark in a year and a lot more that make that in 3-4 years.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 2:47 pm to Obtuse1
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A numbers person would have caught the + sign after all of them. I know quite a few attorneys who beat the 5MM mark in a year and a lot more that make that in 3-4 years.
A numbers person would know this would indicate a typical range of earnings, and even a staff level accountant would make nearly this much over a career. $3-$4 million is a narrow range at or near the bottom of the salary range of that career. Not very accurate
Posted on 3/19/25 at 2:51 pm to Odysseus32
I would still go the nursing route. I just would have went to CRNA school at 23 years old instead of going to NP school at 34. 
Posted on 3/19/25 at 2:57 pm to Odysseus32
Those lifetime earnings numbers seem suspect.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 3:02 pm to Odysseus32
Plumber
Posted on 3/19/25 at 3:08 pm to Odysseus32
HVAC. Get a degree at a trades school, work as a tech for a few years and then start your own business
Posted on 3/19/25 at 3:25 pm to Odysseus32
Instead of throwing money at college, load up on every Bicsi cert you can while working for a low voltage contractor, move to a place with lots of data centers, and profit in a myriad of ways.
This post was edited on 3/19/25 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 3/19/25 at 3:32 pm to Odysseus32
If I'm a female, whore.
If I'm a man, heavy equipment operator.
If I'm any of the other alphabet people, kill myself = dead.
If I'm a man, heavy equipment operator.
If I'm any of the other alphabet people, kill myself = dead.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 4:00 pm to Odysseus32
Karateman
Posted on 3/19/25 at 4:18 pm to Odysseus32
Would’ve done the same thing… military but reserves and electrician at the same age 19.
Posted on 3/19/25 at 4:23 pm to Odysseus32
Howe can you leave out Plant Baw?
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