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OP~ If you're going to go to college, you might as well learn something while you're there. So, I suggest you look at a trade school. Your parents aren't wrong in suggesting a trade. (Just wait until you're a home owner and you just paid a plumber $800 to install a $400 water heater, that just needs replacing.) Only then, you'll think, "Crap, I coulda done this in an hour!"
My SIL used to work in the insurance biz. It is a crummy way to make a living. Here's why~ You are constantly calling people that DON'T want your services. Having irritated people yelling at you gets old, after a while.
After 10 years of it...
So, he decided to change careers and get into bail bonds. Now, instead of him calling customers, they're NOW calling him!
People generally want OUT of jail, so that's what he does now. (And, it's fairly lucrative.)
But, if you want to join a union, then that might be a good avenue to acquire benefits, as those are crazy expensive.
My mistake by not readings the subsequent posts by the OP.
My recommendation is join the Marine's (IF they'll take you.)
Maybe the Corps can make something out of you.
If not, then the drug dealer option is open.
I hear antifa is hiring, but there's no pay.
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Reason: added stuff, ya know?
I think the first step in anything is what does interest you? Just going to college isn't going to do it because you will still end up in a boring desk job. Where do your interests lie? That will determine what type of education you will need.
The OP has already stated the lack of desire to do any sort of trades job (HVAC, plumbing, etc.).
It seems like every time this sort of topic comes up, someone suggests the trades. Well, sorry folks, but not all of us have any desire to have a career in the trades no matter how well it may or may not pay.
My dad was a plumber, and in the Navy I worked in the ship engine rooms. I absolutely hated all of that.
Anyhow, plenty of information online if the OP feels motivated enough to do so.
look at healthcare, start as a health tech or CNA, and due to high demand in this field, many employers (hospitals, medical centers, federal government) will pay for your additional training, schooling, and licensing, while you work full time, and have a job waiting for you at higher pay when your training is complete.
if you are going to bite the bullet and go back to school and pay for it yourself (instead of having employer pay for it for you) go to nursing school, come out with $85,000 student debt, work as a traveling nurse for 1-2 years to pay it off, and from then on you write your own ticket with high paying work in the environment of your choice.
i had been out of the work force for years. i was hired with zero work experience into a "paid training " position which was sitting in classes while they trained me to be a CNA, then they paid for my exam fee, then when i got my certificate they put me in a higher paying position. the track would have continued had i stayed there, into LVN, then RN. One of the NPs at a different hospital where I worked had done just that: CNA to health tech to LVN to RN to a Master's to getting her NP. Every single bit of her education was paid for by the employer (she had to make passing grades), every step of the way she had a paying job, every step of the way she had a job waiting for her at higher pay when she completed each degree or certificate.
look for employers and programs that will pay for your training and education. win win
if you are going batty in a cubicle you won't have that in nursing. you can change from inpatient to outpatient, you can change from geriatrics to primary care to the ER. this prevents burnout. when the work gets too physically taxing, you can work in nursing education, or auditing.
I think the first step in anything is what does interest you? Just going to college isn't going to do it because you will still end up in a boring desk job. Where do your interests lie? That will determine what type of education you will need.
Some of my interests include film, sports, and politics, but I've read online that none of those offer any useful degrees for a successful career.
if you are 24 you could easily have 2 or 3 more career changes ahead of you.
there is nothing wrong with that.
if there is a feeling of discontent now, then you can use that to fuel you into a change that sounds like you are ready for and is needed. if you can't decide on "what to do" now, then consider moving to a place you have always wanted to live, and just take any old job while you enjoy your new surroundings. this will bring inspiration to you so you can have a clearer sense of what's next.
Some of my interests include film, sports, and politics, but I've read online that none of those offer any useful degrees for a successful career.
Most people's day jobs aren't based on their hobbies or what interests them in that way, so the question to ask yourself is what interests you *in a job*? Do you want to work in an office or a different environment? Are you good with people? with numbers? with words? with technology? Think about your strengths and your skills, what you could improve, and what kinds of jobs wouldn't kill your soul to do every day.
Join the National Guard. They will pay for your college. That's what my stepdaughter is doing. She only has 3 classes to complete her Bachelors (she went in with a community college Associates). You can get medical training, training in the trades, training for all sorts of things. Military isn't all guns and bombs. Stepdaughter is actually in an engineering battalion that builds bridges, but with covid and her university getting shut down and her restaurant job shut down, she went to her commander and is working full time at a recruiting office. Supposed to hear today I think if she is going to be a permanent full time recruiter. Wife thinks she is going to make a career out of the military. She gets the 3 classes done and she qualifies for OCS and can become an officer (and outrank her fiance who she met in the Guard).
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