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post 1483323531 02-12-2017, 11:47 PM
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Tomorrow you wake up as a 31 year old with no job prospects and few marketable skills

What's your optimal 5 year plan as someone with a worthless college degree but wants to make things right and is willing to dedicate 24 hours a day to make up for previous mistakes?

(asking for a friend)
post 1483323721 02-12-2017, 11:51 PM
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Start lifting/dieting to improve my physical aesthetics
Start part time work
Dedicate the rest of my time to studying subjects that interest me until I feel ready to commit to a subject to study at school
post 1483324541 02-13-2017, 12:04 AM
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figure out how to sell chit
post 1483325031 02-13-2017, 12:11 AM
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commence rotting
post 1483325311 02-13-2017, 12:14 AM
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you ****ed up go into trades (srs)
post 1483325361 02-13-2017, 12:16 AM
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post 1483325451 02-13-2017, 12:17 AM
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Hvac school, it's like six months long and it pays good
post 1483325471 02-13-2017, 12:17 AM
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In to not end up like OP.
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post 1483325541 02-13-2017, 12:18 AM
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Start lifting, proper dieting, and exercising

Start studying either computer programming or IT certificates

Join U.S. air force or navy (if possible)

Get into law enforcement programs

srs
post 1483325791 02-13-2017, 12:21 AM
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work part time while getting a 2 year degree that will make 70k+
post 1483325891 02-13-2017, 12:22 AM
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post 1483325951 02-13-2017, 12:23 AM
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post 1483326371 02-13-2017, 12:30 AM
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post 1483326411 02-13-2017, 12:31 AM
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-See how cheap I could scrape up an associate's or certs at a local juco. Would file for a FAFSA too.

-If I don't have any physical issues, I'd consider joining the army.
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post 1483326521 02-13-2017, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted By iceypain⏩
figure out how to sell chit
You mean like flipping on EBay or legit sales?
Originally Posted By ruskiMishka⏩
In to not end up like OP.
We all gonna make it brah but act now. I'm sure my friend remembers being 26 and thinking "I'll figure it out next year" but here he is
Originally Posted By Gt3x24x7⏩
Start lifting, proper dieting, and exercising

Start studying either computer programming or IT certificates

Join U.S. air force or navy (if possible)

Get into law enforcement programs

srs
Isn't 31 too late to join the Air Force/Navy?
Originally Posted By Slurgie⏩
What degree do you have?
I, I mean my friend, has a film degree. After graduation realized what a disaster that was and reapplied to a better school and was accepted to a business degree program but decided to roll the dice, I'm sure he'd do anything to go back and reevaluate that deciison
Originally Posted By LMAOatYou⏩
work part time while getting a 2 year degree that will make 70k+
Would love to know which 2 year degrees make 70k possible (srs)


Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far
post 1483326571 02-13-2017, 12:33 AM
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1.Quit being a *******

2.apply to jobs selling cars

3.read/study/LIVE car sales

4.?????

5.profit




This was me but at 35/36. Except no college degree. Had a chit driving record so got told no everywhere till i was told yes


Made $1340 so far in my first week as a brand new fresh noob salesman. Greenpea. Gonna go up from there as skills/contacts/referrals etc increase.


i assume this guy has bills at 31 right??? or is he gonna jack off at school for those 24 hours a day?
post 1483326901 02-13-2017, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted By TheJunkMan81⏩
Made $1340 so far in my first week as a brand new fresh noob salesman. Greenpea. Gonna go up from there as skills/contacts/referrals etc increase.


i assume this guy has bills at 31 right??? or is he gonna jack off at school for those 24 hours a day?
How did you get hired if you were denied everywhere else? Did you have connections or will they hire anyone?

Enough savings to survive a few months but extremely dire after that unless something changes and willing to do whatever it takes between now and then
post 1483327001 02-13-2017, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted By Eatforgains⏩
Hvac school, it's like six months long and it pays good
its funny u mention this. friend was telling me about this how ppl make a good grip of money in a short amt of time.
post 1483327441 02-13-2017, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted By NVious⏩
Start lifting/dieting to improve my physical aesthetics
Start part time work
Dedicate the rest of my time to studying subjects that interest me until I feel ready to commit to a subject to study at school
this.

Set some attainable goals and work at them day by day. You can do it bro. The misc believes in you.

The secret to success is hard work done in repetition. There are no shortcuts (at least none that are available to you).

Stop procrastinating and get that money boo boo.
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Originally Posted By Slurgie⏩
Nice. I'm in the process of getting a film degree right now.
Change majors (ded fukin serous)

I remember graduating and telling employers that I had a degree thinking it would make me more desirable and all of them said "we don't care about degrees as long as you know what you're doing". I know high school drop outs who got hired no problem

I was passionate about it so I already knew what I was doing in high school, learned nothing new in college

Please learn from my mistakes and either drop out and find a job right now or find a different marketable degree

I would do anything to go back in time and get a generic degree, film degree will not add to your chances of getting a job other than a min-wage film job unless you are a prodigy who would still rise to success without the degree

Film degree is worth the opposite of whatever you pay in tuition
post 1483327901 02-13-2017, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted By Slurgie⏩
It's only a minor, my major is different. But the school I'm at is top 3 in the world for film. I'm mostly doing it for networking opportunities because I plan on making indie films after I graduate.
My come to Jesus moment was in my senior year when I realized I loved film as a hobby but that it wasn't a viable source of income.

If you want to improve on it as a minor then go ahead, but do not expect to make enough to support yourself or by any means a family from it.
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Chimney cleaners make 55 a hour. That's what one of my dad's friend recommended me to look into.

Electricial is what I do but only because my dad's friend owns his own company and I work for him.

Hvac is good depending on area. My friend makes bank during summer. During winter you might need to find another job. But to get hvac certified takes very little time if you stay dedicated

Anything blue collar. If you have common sense and work ethic you will keep your job. You will pick up as you go and get better. I was offered 30k a year when I was 19 and since then it's been better offers. White collar jobs generally take 4-12 years of higher education and your competing with very high iq or very good family connections in those fields
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Assuming I still have my brain and I inherit a 4 year degree with awful job prospects, I'd probably go for the same path I started on when I was 20. Take the LSAT, do well, get a scholarship to a good law school, finish up, make biglaw 180k by 35 (one year to apply, three years of school), potentially 300k+ with bonus before 40. If my GPA was ****ty it would be made worse by the fact I'd have to take on lots of debt. The plan doesn't work if you can't kill the LSAT and certainly isn't for everyone.

As a more generic plan I'd probably look into a coding camp or something, as those are interesting to me and you'd probably start earning a decent living a lot sooner. I don't really know much about other options.
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Same as now. Bsc in computer science then proceed to get a masters in telecom engineering. You are full equipped. You'll be able to land programming, networking and cybersecurity jobs as well as jobs in telecommunication such as lte network engineer for eg.

This path is however a 10 in a 1 to 10 difficulty level.
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