<div class="quote_poster">thedude9990 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">im 16 in 10 years im hoping to be finishing dental school, having a women id like to marry once i get a job, and having my life pretty much set</div> Have fun cleaning people's pieholes for the rest of your life.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Where do you hope to be in 10 years?</div> Three possible routes here - Plan A - Working as a sports writer, having graduated from Medill. This wouldn't be the most lucrative profession, but obviously, it's my passion. I've got my application in, and if I get a decent financial package, I'll be headed there this summer. Plan B - Graduating from M.I.T.'s Postdoctoral BCS (Brain and Cognitive Sciences) program. I've been kicking around the idea of playing ball for them. The biggest roadblock is raising the money to go there though. Plan C - Doing something with an MBA from Ross, where I'm on track to do my graduate studies right now. This would be my plan if I couldn't get a decent financial package from M.I.T. or Medill, but I wouldn't be disappointed if this was the direction my life took me in at all. In fact, there's a 99.9% chance I'd be playing ball for them if I stay, and that's always been a dream of mine.
<div class="quote_poster">GameFace Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm most likely not going to college, not due to grades, but simply because I cant. I'm going to enjoy life after high school probably travel a little and just have fun while I'm young. Life is too short.</div> Thats what I'm doing now, I'm sick of school, I just want to live it up for a few years while I'm young and able to do all the things I want. I'll look at moving into a career sometime in the near future, because I also still dont know what I want to do, I have a couple of ideas, but nothing set as of yet.
<div class="quote_poster">GameFace Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The common misconception that people have in America is that simple because you have a college diploma you will leave college in four years and automatically find a high paying job, pay back student loans, and live a great life from there. Not saying that having a college diploma does not increase your chances of having that happen, it does don't get me wrong. However, just because you have a degree does not mean you will find a high paying job, nor does not having one mean you won't find a high paying job. </div>Agreed. I didn't go to college, but I make more money than most of my high school friends that did. Some of them haven't even been able to find a job using their degree yet. Others gave up halfway through college and went with something else. I only know of two people in my HS graduating class that make more than me, but they both have over 50,000 dollars in college loans to pay off after attending an Ivy League school.
I'm trying to get some work experience right now in an office atmosphere, and hopefully meet some people that could further my career somehow. I work for a company that does document management for companies like Nordstrom, Zenith, Eddie Bauer, Premera, Alaska Airlines, etc. and it's decent work for someone two years out of high school that didn't attend college. A side aspiration I have is to get into real estate and eventually become an agent. But for now i'm just focusing on getting experience and hopefully advancing as my career unfolds. I always told myself I'd move somewhere hot when I became an adult but I can't really imagine living anywhere besides Washington. A move to the Eastern side may happen but for now i'm content living in the Seattle area.
I hope to have a job as a sports journalist paying good enough money, nothing too much, I just want enough money to be able to buy some luxuries and have a house and support my family with what they need. If I get payed plenty, then I'll be extremely happy. I also hope to be in a good relationship with a girl, that looks like it's going somewhere. I also plan to be investing money and have companies (atleast one) on the side. I just had this big talk with a teacher of mine, and the guy's a straight baller. Has enough businesses and his house is a mansion. Gave me some good advice on becoming rich.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Agreed. I didn't go to college, but I make more money than most of my high school friends that did. </div> So what path did you follow? Did you just work your way up different jobs? I think I've realized over the years from first hand experience of those around me that the University students tend to struggle for a long in terms of finances as well as career decisions while while the ones that don't go to college or go to college make it good for themselves by just working thier way up. I think people have to realize that just Univeristy education won't cut it, you have to have a variety of social and applicable skills that you can offer in the meantime before you get to where you want as well.
<div class="quote_poster">authentiq Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Networking is key. I hope to do plenty of that in university.</div> I agree, you often here from people who made it, "its not what you know, its who you know"
There are a lot of generalizations being made in this thread, and a lot of them are just not true, at least in most cases. College graduates make a significantly larger amount of money than those with just a G.E.D. or high school diploma, and almost all of the most lucrative professions, such as most types of surgery, require very specialized degrees.
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">There are a lot of generalizations being made in this thread, and a lot of them are just not true, at least in most cases. College graduates make a significantly larger amount of money than those with just a G.E.D. or high school diploma, and almost all of the most lucrative professions, such as most types of surgery, require very specialized degrees.</div> yeah i was about to make that comment- all relevant data points to post-secondary graduates making more than high school ones. also that discrepancy is incredibly pronounced amongst males, i.e. males who have university degrees make a lot more money than males who don't.
<div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Have fun cleaning people's pieholes for the rest of your life.</div> Dentists get paid though.
<div class="quote_poster">P.A.P. Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I hope to have a job as a sports journalist paying good enough money, nothing too much, I just want enough money to be able to buy some luxuries and have a house and support my family with what they need. If I get payed plenty, then I'll be extremely happy. I also hope to be in a good relationship with a girl, that looks like it's going somewhere. I also plan to be investing money and have companies (atleast one) on the side. I just had this big talk with a teacher of mine, and the guy's a straight baller. Has enough businesses and his house is a mansion. Gave me some good advice on becoming rich.</div> Pretty much the same with me.
The only conflict I have in terms of career is the fact that all of my teachers have always told me (like EVERY single one of my teachers) that I'm an exceptional writer. However, I'm not sure how far I can get with my writing. I mean, there's literally a million writers out there, and I really don't want to take up journalism for a living.
<div class="quote_poster">Karma Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The only conflict I have in terms of career is the fact that all of my teachers have always told me (like EVERY single one of my teachers) that I'm an exceptional writer. However, I'm not sure how far I can get with my writing. I mean, there's literally a million writers out there, and I really don't want to take up journalism for a living.</div> You and me both, bro'. I think most people on this board have writing ambitions. Hell, we all write about sports on JBB on a regular basis, so why not get free tickets, press passes, and money for it? Thats the common mindset of most guys who are into sports which makes the market really saturated, and the pay, even for some of the best in the profession, isn't half of what a doctor or lawyer would make. Personally, I decided that it was a dead-end career when I decided to attend Michigan and get an MBA from Ross, but now that I've got the option of going to Medill (top journalism school in the nation @ Northwestern), I'm really rethinking my life and my possible career paths. Basically though, no matter how money other professions may bring to me, I enjoy writing the most, and I ultimately want to have a happy, fulfilling life and career, not one that makes me dread going back to work every Sunday.
I'm getting closer to graduating college now (but it doesn't feel like it yet ), and I'm starting to look for work as a sports writer, sort of test the waters before I'm done with school. I doubt it will happen, but if the right opportunity came along, I could see myself leaving school, at least for awhile. I think a more likely scenario is that I'll finish school, and maybe take on a very part-time job writing for some small paper or magazine on a part time basis. I definitely want to get a job in the industry soon, though, because I'm getting that itch more and more now that I can almost see the end of college. Personally, I know that I'm growing up and all that, but I don't feel like it in a bad way. I definitely feel like a kid in some ways still, and I think that's good. I was dreading my 22nd birthday like it was going to make me feel like I'm getting old or something, and I know it's only been a couple days, but I feel the same, and that's sort of a relief. It makes me feel at ease knowing that I still have a lot of time to settle on a career and finish college. So yeah, I guess I'm going to see if I can't start moving into a more mature part of my life while also holding on to the fun parts of the late teen/early 20s years.
As far as education is concerned, I want to study Economics at a top ten university and get a degree. After that, I want to get a job in central London as an investment banker for a big firm.
<div class="quote_poster">Locke Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Have fun cleaning people's pieholes for the rest of your life.</div> making at least 60,000 ( i think it may be 80 idk) for cleaning peoples nasty teeth, and drilling holes in there mouths ill take that anyday (i know its much more complicated lol)
