Yeah, he only has one year left in school and the job requires him to be on a boat for 120 straight hours without seeing his friends, family, or having a life.
120 straight hours? I could do that standing on my head. He also said most of his final classes were math. CLEP might be an option.
I did this kind of work for a brief second. I worked for a security outfit called, "D&D" security and watched over ships making sure none of workers from different countries were trying to come into the US illegally. Nothing ever happened and I spent a lot of the time bullshitting (or trying to) with the workers. Most of them were SE asian and they'd be exporting goods. It got boring real easy though and the company folded. I wouldn't do it again, but if you really need the money so be it. I hope your not in so much credit card debt that its going to take 2-3 years to pay off. That would be shitty.
Wait, you get to be on a boat? [video=youtube;avaSdC0QOUM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM[/video] believe me when I say...I fucked a mermaid *summer of 2009 called julius, they want their video back*
after you make your skrilla, screw wedding and teh school move to the beach in thailand and secks up ladyboys 24/7/365!
$20 hr seems like chump change for a job that infringes on your personal freedom so much. 3 years from now you'll either be glad you finished school or mad at yourself for wasting 3 years in a dead-end job that you hate.
It depends on your career path. If you believe yourself to have a highly marketable degree and won't be unemployed long once you finish, go for the degree. If it's less marketable but just something you love, go with the security gig. I'm a big fan of living without a lot of debt. Nothing stresses out a good marriage more than financial worries. Nothing. I've been married nearly 11 years, and the only time I've ever fought with my wife in a really disruptive way was early on when we were flat broke. People who say, "You may not ever go back to school" are right. But so what? If you don't go back, it's because other things came up in life at that time that were more important. That's ok. You may regret not graduating, but I can guarantee you'll regret the fights that come up with the person you love over money. I still do, even though I have a fantastic marriage. The sooner you eliminate that possibility, the happier your life will likely be. Besides, if your degree is for something you really love, you'll find a way to finish it up anyway.
Its only a year until he graduates. The job pays ok, but its absolutely shitty. How good can a marriage or engagement be if he's NEVER home, only 2 days on the weekend? Then eventually if he wants some good job in the future he'd probably need a degree (because Security officer on a boat doesn't look very impressive to future potential employers).
If you annualized his income ($2400/wk * 52 weeks/year = $125k/year) that is not "ok" pay for a guy without a college degree, or a guy fresh out of college. That's some serious damned cash. Especially in this economy. Even if he just does it for 4 months, that's still $30k. Get that cash, clear out your debt, then go back to school. I don't know what his fiance is like, but when I was engaged I had to live without my fiance for about 4 months. It sucked, but in a way it was kind of nice. It made me really appreciate so many things about her that I think about still now. And she lived on the other side of the planet--I would've killed to see her even two days a week.
Yeah, its lower middle class in LA. I was just kind of being spurious... but for the amount of time he's "working", its definitely not worth it.
If you weren't engaged, I'd say take the job. But a job like that is hard on a relationship. 100K a year is tempting, but it's not worth losing your lady and putting school on hold.
Could have been military. I did tours sometimes as long as six months away from home. I found that if a relationship is going to work, it will work regardless.
Go make some cash. School will always be there. Sure you may not go back to school, but that is probably because life is going well for you and you don't need the degree to make your fortunes. If the job sucks and you can't find a job you like, then go back to school . . . and you probably don't have to go into debt finishing it up.
