Some Ratios For Ya: People who want to be accountantseople who get to BE accountants 1.1:1 People who want to be sports journalistseople who get to BE sports journalists 100:1 People who want to be rock starseople who get to BE rock stars 100,000:1 Not that I believe that statistics should determine what you should do with your life...
It doesn't matter what the statistics are. You should always go for what you like. I like math and numbers and etc. So I am going for Accounting. Plus, they get paid pretty damn good.
He should be a good accountant if he is good at math (which he is), and puts the required work into it.
<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> People who want to be rock starseople who get to BE rock stars 100,000:1 Not that I believe that statistics should determine what you should do with your life...</div> For the record, I was joking. I'm going to school to be a sports journalist at Medill (aka Northwestern University's journalism school), starting next year. I'm currently at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor studying business, but I'll be switching my major soon. But hey, if the odds are only 100,000:1, I might want to reconsider.
I'm aiming to be a lawyer, although I still haven't set myself on it completely. One of the reasons I choice this path is because it gives me 4 years to be totally sure about what I want to do.
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">For the record, I was joking. I'm going to school to be a sports journalist at Medill (aka Northwestern University's journalism school), starting next year. I'm currently at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor studying business, but I'll be switching my major soon. But hey, if the odds are only 100,000:1, I might want to reconsider.</div> I'm a musician/screenwriter. You have to follow your bliss.....
<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm a musician/screenwriter. You have to follow your bliss.....</div> Which is why I'm going into being a sports writer. I'm very passionate about writing music, but I'm also very passionate about writing about sports, and I just think that's a more legitimate career. I know a lot of guys who are in bands that are touring the world that are horrible musicians. It's all about who you know, not how good you are. I've also got a close friend who's the best bass player I've ever seen in my life, and I've seen the likes of Claypool, Wooten, and Flea live. This guy is just amazing. But he never gets out of the local clubs and stupid festival tours because he doesn't have connections. That's just a sad fact of life. 99% of great musicians never make it out of those smoke-filled bars. Not trying to be pessimistic, just sharing stories. I still write music on the side myself and play gigs all the time. We just played in front of several thousand people actually up here at UM and are probably going to get a spot at Bonnaroo, which is a huge festival. It's just something I always saw myself doing on the side when I get a career. Good luck on your career though, man. Follow your dreams... that's way more important than being secure... I just kind of lucky and found another dream, a more secure one... otherwise I'd be right with you...
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Which is why I'm going into being a sports writer. I'm very passionate about writing music, but I'm also very passionate about writing about sports, and I just think that's a more legitimate career. I know a lot of guys who are in bands that are touring the world that are horrible musicians. It's all about who you know, not how good you are. I've also got a close friend who's the best bass player I've ever seen in my life, and I've seen the likes of Claypool, Wooten, and Jaco live. This kid is just amazing. But he never gets out of the local clubs and stupid festival tours because he doesn't have connections. That's just a sad fact of life. 99% of great musicians never make it out of those smoke-filled bars. Not trying to be pessimistic, just sharing stories. I still write music on the side myself and play gigs all the time. We just played in front of several thousand people actually up here at UM and are probably going to get a spot at Bonnaroo, which is a huge festival. Good luck on your career, man. Follow your dreams... that's way more important than being secure... I just kind of lucky and had a secure dream...</div> I hear you man. A friend of mine cannot sing worth ****, but is SO driven and persistent, I think he will make it, he just did a remix and they made his voice sound great.....I was going to tell him straight up to consider a different career, now I'm thinking he will make it.... With my writing, I have gotten some good accolades, and music wise, I feel like I've turned a corner. As a musician I'm sure you can relate to the whole "learning curve" thing. I've only been making music for about 5 years, but I can see I am getting better at the craft. I definitely don't want to be one of those delusional dudes though, so I will keep it in check. How I WISH I could be happy being a lawyer/marketing mgr/HR director.....but I guess it's not in the cards. P.S. How is the health?
<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I hear you man. A friend of mine cannot sing worth ****, but is SO driven and persistent, I think he will make it, he just did a remix and they made his voice sound great.....I was going to tell him straight up to consider a different career, now I'm thinking he will make it.... With my writing, I have gotten some good accolades, and music wise, I feel like I've turned a corner. As a musician I'm sure you can relate to the whole "learning curve" thing. I've only been making music for about 5 years, but I can see I am getting better at the craft. I definitely don't want to be one of those delusional dudes though, so I will keep it in check. How I WISH I could be happy being a lawyer/marketing mgr/HR director.....but I guess it's not in the cards. P.S. How is the health?</div> Yeah, I wish that being a lawyer brought some sort of happiness to me too, or some other profession like that. I just don't get the point of having all the money in the world if you hate your job. I hated school, like I'm sure most everyone did. I remember hating having to wake up every day and hating Sundays because the next day would be Monday... those are the worst feelings in the world... I want to be able to look forward to the next day. That's why I dropped out of business school. Happiness + little money > Depression and anxiety + lots of money You writing any screenplays or anything at the moment? BTW - Health?
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah, I wish that being a lawyer brought some sort of happiness to me too, or some other profession like that. I just don't get the point of having all the money in the world if you hate your job. I hated school, like I'm sure most everyone did. I remember hating having to wake up every day and hating Sundays because the next day would be Monday... those are the worst feelings in the world... I want to be able to look forward to the next day. That's why I dropped out of business school. Happiness + little money > Depression and anxiety + lots of money You writing any screenplays or anything at the moment? BTW - Health? </div> Unfortunately, a lot of people get caught in that trap. Yeah, i got some scripts. I just finished one that I'm giving to Lyndsay Lohan's manager, which is a contact I am lucky to have, like you said who you know is important... re health: I thought you were battling some substance demons a month or two back........not to judge or anything, just making sure you're taking care of yourself and s**t.
<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Unfortunately, a lot of people get caught in that trap. Yeah, i got some scripts. I just finished one that I'm giving to Lyndsay Lohan's manager, which is a contact I am lucky to have, like you said who you know is important... re health: I thought you were battling some substance demons a month or two back........not to judge or anything, just making sure you're taking care of yourself and s**t.</div> Damn, that's a pretty sweet hookup... what's the basic premise of the script? And yeah, I've had some problems, but I took subutex for a few weeks, and then they switched me onto suboxone, which are both opiate withdrawl drugs. So now every time I need a fix, I can just pop some suboxone and it'll go away... it's making me really reclusive though... making me want to spend a lot of time alone and on the computer (hence all the time on JBB)... but hell, it beats heroin withdrawl... .... thx for the concern though bro'...
My goal is to be VC's Towel boy/inside man, when writing gets tough or he needs some inside info, I'll be there. When he needs a spoofy word to spice up his article, I'll be there. When he needs a glass of water, I'll be there. When Michigan St. is getting the hell beaten out of them, I'll be in a safe place away from him j/p I'm not sure what I want to do, I really want to do something with sports because they're the only real interest I have. I don't like math, I don't like science, I don't like business, and I don't like much. I do like to write about sports but I've never made JBB's writing team so I'm not sure if I'd be successful. I was thinking about going into Sports Medicine and try to get some scouting job but the odds aren't good unless you got some insider to help you out. One thing that I'm considering is going to some mid-major school and see if I could get into their B-Ball program somehow. Maybe my intense towel boy training with VC might come in handy
there was a time when I wanted to be journalist (used to be my major), but I'm majoring in Psych., because I want to be a guidance counselour for adolescent youth........
<div class="quote_poster">NTC187 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">What are your career ambitions? I dropped out of High School, and really for the last couple of years, I've had no clue what it is I want to do with my life, but over the last 6 or so months, I've finally settled on what I want to be, a Police Officer. I have a strong passion for helping people out, and I have had some bad experiences within my family relating to Drug Abuse and what not, so I would like to help try and get people out of and away from that lifestyle. Eventually, I would like to make detective, and work Homicide cases and do Undercover work etc. but I'm not going to get too far ahead of myself, lol. I'm still a year or 2 away from this goal, I need to undertake some study at Tafe (preferbally in the Justice field) and I need to firstly get my Provisional drivers licence, then keep that for a year, although it should tie in nicely with the completion of my studies, but I'm working on it. So yeah, what do you guys have planned for your future? What would you like to be?</div> You don't need a degree to be a cop. Most of it is a piece of cake if you have half a brain and some fitness. I applied once, I have a degree in Criminal Justice, it didn't do anything for my application. I fell at the last step which was a panel interview.
<div class="quote_poster">I-Miss-MJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You don't need a degree to be a cop. Most of it is a piece of cake if you have half a brain and some fitness. I applied once, I have a degree in Criminal Justice, it didn't do anything for my application. I fell at the last step which was a panel interview.</div> It might be a different Application Process in Victoria than it is up here, because I need like a Cert IV in somthing before I can apply. I'm going to go for Cert IV in Justice Administration, once the course opens up... My friends brother applied down there also, and he didnt need it either, he sat a test, but he failed the spelling part, lol.
As it is right now, I can't become a cop because I fail the standard colour vision tests. For some reason, I can't see the numbers in some of the circles in tests like these: http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html But I have no difficulty distinguishing red from green or anything like that otherwise. Can't really see the point why something like this would be important for a cop though...
<div class="quote_poster">NTC187 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It might be a different Application Process in Victoria than it is up here, because I need like a Cert IV in somthing before I can apply. I'm going to go for Cert IV in Justice Administration, once the course opens up... </div> Really? That's interesting. I got a degree in Criminal Justice and it didn't even help me. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">My friends brother applied down there also, and he didnt need it either, he sat a test, but he failed the spelling part, lol.</div> geez how dumb is he?
