Started By
Message
re: Can we have a IM thread here anymore?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:06 pm to LanierSpots
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:06 pm to LanierSpots
So I've decided to start school back this fall. I'll be 25 but I have less of a clue as to what I want to do than I did the first time around when I was 18.
If y'all could do it over, what kind of career would you pursue?
If y'all could do it over, what kind of career would you pursue?
2
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:24 pm to BowlJackson
quote:
If y'all could do it over, what kind of career would you pursue?
Though I fish for a living now, I am a EET. I would probably do the same. I worked about 15 years before I gave it up for the low paying life of fishing and I really enjoyed it
My wife is a Pharmacist. Let me say, it is a sweet job. So much flexibility, pays excellent and is always going to be sought after. If I had a daughter right now that was going to school, I would push her towards it
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:31 pm to LanierSpots
I hadn't thought of that, that's actually a good idea.
So far I had been thinking about various computer related degrees, business degree (not sure exactly what I'd do with it but it's a practical degree), and because I love the outdoors Wildlife Ecology and Management.
The first time around I was going for journalism but that's not really practical financially, especially now that I'm almost 25.
So far I had been thinking about various computer related degrees, business degree (not sure exactly what I'd do with it but it's a practical degree), and because I love the outdoors Wildlife Ecology and Management.
The first time around I was going for journalism but that's not really practical financially, especially now that I'm almost 25.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:21 pm to LanierSpots
I am a saltwater guy that used to be a bass guy. I'll have to agree to disagree on that point, but I think we can both agree an 8 inch brook trout (that is a good one) is not worth the effort.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:27 pm to LanierSpots
Welp I am enjoying a small batch bourbon from woodinville whiskey company. a local Seattle based distiller. Good shite. I bought two bottles last time in was in the PNW.
meantime, am getting amped up for a trip to Great Falls Montana to spend a week fly fishing, shooting guns, eating steaks and generally fricking off.
meantime, am getting amped up for a trip to Great Falls Montana to spend a week fly fishing, shooting guns, eating steaks and generally fricking off.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:39 pm to BowlJackson
If you don't have a specific field you want to go into then a business degree isn't a bad route simply because you can get a job just about anywhere. I would also look pretty hard at some type of computer science degree. Programming is always an option but IMO it takes a special person to code all day, every day. My degree is in mathematics with a computer science minor and have thought about going into education or maybe getting my masters and getting a cushy job teaching at a JUCO. I work for a bank now and for most part you could have a degree in abstract art and still get hired in most positions.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:55 pm to BowlJackson
I'm a doctor.
I like what I do.
However, for college degree consider business degree with some classes in Quality Improvement and process management or maybe even a degree in "Industrial engineering".
It may sound crazy, but as a doc in my 50's I basically manage problems and people for about 50% of my day and clinical work for the other 50%. Whatever field you go into, it all eventually comes down to "Process".
So I don't know what the name of the degrees that include process improvement, change management, and these other things that I've had to piecemeal over the years, but at least consider taking a few courses about quality, process management, etc
I like what I do.
However, for college degree consider business degree with some classes in Quality Improvement and process management or maybe even a degree in "Industrial engineering".
It may sound crazy, but as a doc in my 50's I basically manage problems and people for about 50% of my day and clinical work for the other 50%. Whatever field you go into, it all eventually comes down to "Process".
So I don't know what the name of the degrees that include process improvement, change management, and these other things that I've had to piecemeal over the years, but at least consider taking a few courses about quality, process management, etc
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:32 pm to makersmark1
Thanks for the suggestions guys 
Posted on 6/10/16 at 5:04 am to LanierSpots
'96. Been helping my wife run our retail business for the last 8 years. Youngest is driving and getting ready for college. We don't need the free time and flexibility of two owners any more.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 5:15 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:
'96. Been helping my wife run our retail business for the last 8 years. Youngest is driving and getting ready for college. We don't need the free time and flexibility of two owners any more.
Excellent. Now get a damn job and make your keep.
I have always told people that when Rockwell closed down, I just never went back to work. Very untrue.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 7:06 am to LanierSpots
Damn y'all get up early. I get up at 6,and that's pushing it.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:55 am to HailToTheChiz
quote:
Damn y'all get up early. I get up at 6,and that's pushing it.
I had already finished at the gym at 6;00
Posted on 6/10/16 at 5:48 pm to BowlJackson
Best thing I've ever done is take the aptitude testing at the Johnson O'Connor Institute in ATL. They've given me a firm direction in regards to what I am good at. I wouldn't send a kid to college without having the testing done first. It's really narrowed my focus and explained to me why I struggled at certain jobs.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 7:50 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Best thing I've ever done is take the aptitude testing at the Johnson O'Connor Institute in ATL
I would be afraid to do it now. Im not sure I would like what it said I was most suitable for .
Posted on 6/11/16 at 8:30 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Best thing I've ever done is take the aptitude testing at the Johnson O'Connor Institute in ATL
I took the same test after college, somehow I've weaseled my way into a job that I believe uses my aptitudes and I enjoy going to work nearly every day.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 9:20 am to slacker130
I took my 18 yr old with me. I'm taking my 16 year old this summer.
We spend a lot of time and effort and education and very little on career guidance and aptitudes. We tell kids to follow their passion, but what if they suck at it or don't have the aptitude for it?
Lanier, the cool thing about the aptitude testing is that the results never change. It's the same at 16 as it is at 60.
We spend a lot of time and effort and education and very little on career guidance and aptitudes. We tell kids to follow their passion, but what if they suck at it or don't have the aptitude for it?
Lanier, the cool thing about the aptitude testing is that the results never change. It's the same at 16 as it is at 60.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 9:59 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:
We tell kids to follow their passion, but what if they suck at it or don't have the aptitude for it?
OR find out they hate it. Our son is 29 years old and an attorney here in Atlanta. Thought he would like it because he loved law school. Turns out he loves the law but not the clients. he is in a practice that does criminal and family law. Everybody is a liar or an a-hole or both. Nobody is at their best when getting divorced or looking at jail.
He desperately wishes he was doing something else, but doesnt know where to start. I've hooked him up with various interviews but the second they find out he is a bar passed lawyer, they wonder if he is over educated and why somebody in that field would leave it.
Law can be the basis for many things, but up and starting over is HARD.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 11:50 am to Pavoloco83
Send him to Johnson O'Connor or something similar. It's very enlightening.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 12:43 pm to Pavoloco83
I knew a guy like that. When I was 17 I had a summer job at a carwash. The manager was a lawyer for 10 years but he hated it and was miserable. So he quit and idk why he went to the carwash, or if it was just he first thing he found but he started off there at the bottom vacuuming and cars and drying them with a towel.
Because he was a smart guy it only took him a year or so to become assistant manager and he eventually worked his way up to regional manager over several locations and making pretty good money.
Seemed weird at the time, but I guess he's just a free spirit type because he spends his free time following bands like Phish and Widespread Panic.
Because he was a smart guy it only took him a year or so to become assistant manager and he eventually worked his way up to regional manager over several locations and making pretty good money.
Seemed weird at the time, but I guess he's just a free spirit type because he spends his free time following bands like Phish and Widespread Panic.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 2:01 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Lanier, the cool thing about the aptitude testing is that the results never change. It's the same at 16 as it is at 60.
I should take my son and take it. That test could say that I am best fit for a doctor, lawyer or porn star but I am right where I need to be. In about 5 more years, I am going to leave you gentlemen with it. You will find me parked on a bar stool very far south of here for the remainder of my days.
Page 3 of 4
Latest Auburn News
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News