robvandam111 said:
Sometimes I kind of get scared thinking about it.
Nice to have that in common with you and the rest of the world, dude. :3
Everyone gets scared thinking about it. I want to be an editor still, but haven't had any progress towards going to college at all other than learning to drive now BUT
I'm workin' on it. It's never too late.
Also, I googled "career test" real quick and got some results. It's good to mix em up and see what they give you. Take your time and be honest as possible with them. It's good to think on it like, "in the past month what have i thought" not what you will think or "oh that sounds nice"
Just. Honesty.
For me, I got a lot of business related things along with arts and language [my field]. They aren't bad. But I warned you about being clear because if you jumble around saying "oh that, and that too" it may not know what to give you.
Also, I should mention that I got close to that amount for that bike. Even with spending and going to conventions all the time, just strict budgeting $100-$300 a paycheck. I put what I budgeted out of my paycheck to my savings for under 4 years with Walgreens just as a cashier to a shift leader [in the last year] and I'm still sitting on money. I left Walgreens with $6,000. Getting a full time job while going to school part time wouldn't be a bad idea. Or online courses towards the field that you discover. Just an idea.
Right, never too late to learn something new or to achieve a new goal.
I'm still working on the career tests and trying out different ones to see what I get. And yeah, I'll be honest about it. I already know some of the things I don't want to be and that should make it easier to narrow it more down. Again, thank you for letting me know such a test exists. Hmm, taking courses and a job would be a good idea to invest in. It's pretty cool you came close for the bike and still have so much left from Walgreens.
noxy said:
I think the real biggest thing, though, is which school you go to. Chain and for-profit schools like Phoenix, ITT Tech, Fortis, etc should be avoided at all costs. People think just having a college education and degree is awesome, but employers -do- look at where you attended and schools like that rank very low on their list of places they'd be willing to hire out of. Not to mention, they're main goal is to get your money. Their tuition is grossly inflated compared to a community college and a lot of times, you aren't really going to be where you should be in terms of knowledge and experience in whatever field you got a degree in- at least not where employers would want you to be, anyway. So you'll be in a ton of student loan debt with a junk degree and no job.
I pity the people that go to those schools then.
I thought college was meant to help you learn what you needed to know on a more general scale then the real experience comes from the field you work in?
I disagree with art not having a field. Graphic design jobs exist everywhere, and there are many fields you can fit into. You just have to be flexible, able, and willing for the most part. You have to be creative and look everywhere.
:v Medical school is expensive as hell and all of that 70k goes into loans.
Go to community college.
I planned on going to community college. xD
Yeah, I'm not going to be a nurse. I know way more than I'd personally like to in that field from someone I know and that's the last thing on earth I'd ever do. Nobody could pay me enough to do it.
And like you pointed out, Graphic Design is everywhere. So, I'm not sure how I'd feel about going into it when there are so many people out there that are already competing for jobs in it. But I won't shoot this one down because, it's not a bad idea.
Yeah- Graphic Design has jobs available, but a degree like Art History or something is kind of a junk degree. I should have clarified that. And on the same token, you can take on Graphic Design without a degree. Just learn how to use Photoshop or whatever program on your own and do freelance work from there. I know a couple of people who learned not just GD but also web design and development without having gone to college and are either working with a company of some sort or have their own website set up with services available.
And actual medical school or big university is expensive, but you can go to a community college for nursing just as well. Nurses make decent money, though the hours can be hellacious.
From what I've recently learned on Nursing, you want to actually have a bachelors degree in it. An associates would be a waste of time and from my area, nurses are getting laid off or getting hired but, don't know what they're doing compared to the experienced and older ones. :3 I'm not crazy about the notion of being one but, thanks for suggesting it.
And yeah, that's true people can learn how to Graphic Design from different programs that already exist.
people are good at one of three aspects of life: people, numbers, or things.
pick one and do something to make a life, not just to make a living. suffering for 40+ hours a week at a job you hate just so you can buy a motorcycle is a bad idea.
Then I guess my thing would be things.
A living is all I can see a job being. I have no idea how to begin picturing it as a life. A motorcycle was part of the minority of the things I'd like to buy at some point. I know there are things to be aiming for on a realistic scale. I'm not going to be one of those crazy people that buy things they can't afford or be in debt with. lol.
Or I hope not. :c