Thread: Careers

Null voted. No job, not done with college.

I went to uni and studied Occupational Therapy. Dropped out in the middle of my 4th year. So technically i don't have a degree. So i do consider uni a complete waste of my time. I could have been working and making money that whole time

Yes, same field. Aviation Maintenance Technology, from a technical school. Got certificated with an Airframe & Powerplant Certificate which allows me to work on and maintain those magnificent flying machines. If I had it to do over, I'd have gone with a college that offered the Associate's degree also. It would have added a little bit to my resume, but as far as being helpful....I doubt it.

i'm still in uni for environmental science ... this summer i'm working for the ministry of the environment

I voted yes. I first took Psychology and dropped out - so that was a waste of time (although I loved it and would consider going back to finish in the future) but I did just finish my first year of school for Massage Therapy. And am working as a therapist now - taking my second and final year in September.

I have a feeling that eventually it will be something to fall back on, or something I do to make a little money on the side, once we have kids. It's a perfect career for someone with kids - super flexible and tons of options. Once our kiddos are in school - I might go for something different.

Well I've got a music degree and I work in a bar. Absolutely no correlation whatosever. To be honest though, getting a job/having a career was the absolute last thing on my mind when I decided to stufy music. I can perfectly understand wanting to get a degree in something so you can get a career but I lived with people doing Human Resource Management degrees and shit like that and it just looked like the shittest thing ever. Fuck doing that just so you can get a slightly better paid job in HR.

I'm studying Nuclear Medicine and work in credit payment processing...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Esternogligen @ May 31 2009, 06:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I&#39;m studying Nuclear Medicine and work in credit payment processing...[/b]

Nuclear medicine wtf ester that&#39;s badass. One of my friend&#39;s dad works in that field except he&#39;s the fix-it man for some radioactive isotopes machine and one of the only ones in the midwest. He makes bank.

<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE (Ghetto Onion @ May 31 2009, 05:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE (Esternogligen @ May 31 2009, 06:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class=\'quotemain\'>I&#39;m studying Nuclear Medicine and work in credit payment processing...[/b][/quote]

Nuclear medicine wtf ester that&#39;s badass. One of my friend&#39;s dad works in that field except he&#39;s the fix-it man for some radioactive isotopes machine and one of the only ones in the midwest. He makes bank.[/b][/quote]
It sounds cooler than it is.
It&#39;s medical diagnostics, like Radiology (x-ray) only you inject the patient with a small dose of radiation and then the machine reads the radiation.
Xrays are used to see bones, nuclear medicine diagnostics are used to see tissue.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fire @ May 30 2009, 06:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I have a bachelors degree in Biology and I haven&#39;t done anything science related at all with it, and probably won&#39;t either.[/b]

just wondering why? you don&#39;t like the jobs related to bio? what types of jobs have you had that are unrelated?

Sort of.

Most of my life I have been looking to diversify (the current state of the economy is not much of a surprise, so I have been bracing for it). However, there are certain things that have always looked sort of attractive, careerwise.

In my high school, aside from the wood, metal, and car shops, we also had an electronics shop. Technically, learning basic electricity and appliance repair was my first trade skill.

When I got out of the Marines, there was a vocational training dealie that I was eligible for, so I grabbed Culinary Arts. Why? Well, there might be times when no one needs the toaster fixed, but there will always be people who do not feel like cooking. Being a cook AND an electrician broadened my potential customer base, therefore giving me a better shot at making my rent check.

When I did go to the Navy, my electrical skills made me a hot commodity.

Likewise, (for some weird reason) with my application to the shipyard.

So yea, being an electrician has been good to me. Mostly good anyway.