bearslayer2829 said:
Yeah doubt i'll end up going, to much negative outcome for me to risk spending 4 years in school for and not being able to get a job.
listen, if you can afford college do it!
After your 1st job nobody cares what your degree is in, They just care that you got one. I.E. have proven you have the ability to learn.
I typed something earlier probably way more watered down but here you go.
I have a degree in Agriculture, I'm in Energy. Why? Cause Energy pays 3x's what Ag was paying now its even more. My group is made up of people from all different backgrounds. Former NFL Quarterback, Former Communications Officer on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mechanical Engineer, Rice U. track athlete that washed out and finished an accounting degree at a Juco, Stanford Business School, OU meterologist. I have a grip of direct reports and honestly can only think of a couples actual degrees, but I know where they all went to school.
I dont love my job either, I mean seriously who loves their job really??? It should be a means to an end, not the damn end. If they do they are lying to themselves because they dont make **** at it enough to afford anything else.
The guys I know that have been going offshore the past few years have been killing it. If I didnt have a family I'd be doing the same. 60 days on, 60 days off all over the world. Travel days dont count on your off time. You cant spend money when you are in the middle of the South China Sea.
Ask any of them if they love their job, you'll get a resounding "**** NO!" but ask about their paycheck and time off??? They tuck tale. Cause they all got new houses, new trucks, new harleys, etc...
Wildlife Management, Secondary Ed., Turf Management, Journalism, anything that says Arts in the Degree title. Sure you may really end up loving what you do, you better its all your going to do from here on out.
I think too many people fall into their college path out of not doing any research what so ever. What jobs are out there? (you are clearly doing this) Earning potential? Career Path? 5 years down the road? 10 years down the road? Retirement?
Look at industries that have weathered decades of growth. Look at industries that bring it with returns to Wall Street. Those are the businesses that if they make money people continue to put money into and thus jobs stay secure if not grow.
I'm not knocking anyone doing any single job, the world needs Dr's as much as it needs ditch diggers. But if you can, and have the chance to better yourself up the food chain you had better do it cause its a tough ****ing world we are living in, and it aint getting easier.