Career aspirations?

[564826]

You just never know were life is going to take you.

[SVT Lurch]

They told me lying on the beach doing nothing wasn't the answer they were looking for...

[46Tbird]

Momma wouldn't let me grow up to be a cowboy.

[Sean88gt]

this. i graduated in 92 and still do not have one fond memory of the process. and its a dog eat dog world trying to make a living. i know plenty of fresh graduates applying for jobs in the mid 20 k range just to get their foot in the door, any door....

Yep. I think that has a lot to do with failure to network, build contacts, and focus on the other side of work...the one that has nothing to do with the law.

Seeing everyone be so dialed in on a specific focus is wild, especially when you know they are too stupid to get it, and by it, I mean life.

We'll see though, I'm not doing this for money, but rather satisfaction. My focus will either be government or international.

When I grow up I want to be a forest ranger and man a fire lookout somewhere.

This isn't too far off. The idea is to practice for awhile, then move to some small and remote mountain town where I can be a sheriff.

I still have no idea what I'm going to do in May.

Not that close but when asked about my direction my default answer is "I dunno"

Momma wouldn't let me grow up to be a cowboy.

Momma didn't want you to be mediocre. She also knew you wouldn't have hair to pull out during frustration.

[Baba Ganoush]

I always said I'd be a millionaire by the time I was 27, but it I'm still working on it at 35 lol. I'd love to have retired by now and live the minimalist life style. Must keep working, future is uncertain.

[KBScobravert]

How many of you here are doing anything where your high school public education benefits you now? Other than math and grammar, any other skill sets you learned in k-12 apply to you today?

I enjoy reading the thoughts and rants of Mike Rowe. He is a huge proponent for teaching our youth trades and skills. A high school education these days doesn't prepare anyone for shit. Why are we not instituting a vocational course of some sort into their curriculum?

Out of ALL the work I have had done on my house, I am 100% confident not a single worker graduated from an American public education. I am not upset about it and not to make this an immigration thing but shouldn't we be producing electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC techs etc? I know that there are vocational schools for this but I think public education is to benefit the public and is an obvious failure at that.

I had unrealistic aspirations when I left the nest at 17. I am reminded even more of them as I go into my 20yr reunion next weekend and as I sit on my couch, unemployed and not sure what the hell I am going to do next.

Sorry to rant.

[Baron Von Crowder]

How many of you here are doing anything where your high school public education benefits you now? Other than math and grammar, any other skill sets you learned in k-12 apply to you today?

I enjoy reading the thoughts and rants of Mike Rowe. He is a huge proponent for teaching our youth trades and skills. A high school education these days doesn't prepare anyone for shit. Why are we not instituting a vocational course of some sort into their curriculum?

Out of ALL the work I have had done on my house, I am 100% confident not a single worker graduated from an American public education. I am not upset about it and not to make this an immigration thing but shouldn't we be producing electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC techs etc? I know that there are vocational schools for this but I think public education is to benefit the public and is an obvious failure at that.

I had unrealistic aspirations when I left the nest at 17. I am reminded even more of them as I go into my 20yr reunion next weekend and as I sit on my couch, unemployed and not sure what the hell I am going to do next.

Sorry to rant.

We had a pretty fair vocational/technical department when I was in high school, and I even got hired to tech for them a few years back. Politics has gotten in the way, and a lot of schools dropped those programs. They are making a come back lately.

[Chili]

When I grow up I want to be a forest ranger and man a fire lookout somewhere.

My step-mom's mother did that for a few months a year, decades ago, back up in WA. This was the sign that hung at her post (at my dad and step-mom's house in WA now):



Looks like it's been gone since 1971. It's likely she was there closer to 60's or 70's after her kids were all grown. She would stay there alone for weeks at a time. She actually manned another one too, that was elevated. She would have to pull up her supplies in the bucket on a pulley. lol

http://www.firelookout.com/wa/point3670.html

[SonicblueGT03]

Yes? Go on....

It's a great gig, I really enjoy what I do. Have a nearly unlimited budget, and the financial backing of one of the largest publicly traded corporations. As far as IT work goes, I couldn't imagine it getting much better than this.

I do wonder how I didn't end up working with cars in some way though, since all my spare cash goes to the hobby anyway.

[bcoop]

Blood in the water, Ross!

[JC316]

This! I was sponsored by a country club from age 11 to 17, but never really had the drive to do it. I just liked idea I'm just building semi trucks now.

Nice to see another tennis player on here. Try training and playing in the heat with an unknown disease that causes crippling stomach pain, an infection, and is set off by stress.

Fortunately I was also flipping/wrenching on cars during those years and honed my mechanical skills along with my tennis game.

[Roscoe]

It's a great gig, I really enjoy what I do. Have a nearly unlimited budget, and the financial backing of one of the largest publicly traded corporations. As far as IT work goes, I couldn't imagine it getting much better than this.

I do wonder how I didn't end up working with cars in some way though, since all my spare cash goes to the hobby anyway.

Shoot me a pm with who you work for, if you don't mind.... We may have some mutual connections...

That, and you could always use more spare cash to support your hobby!

[Roscoe]

Blood in the water, Ross!

[Nash B.]

I'm a software developer. I'm happy. It's engaging and challenging. I want more money (and don't want to move into a position that gets me away from the hands-on development, at least not yet), so I started a horse-drawn carriage service company with my brother in law and sister. Working with the horses, when they're not sick or misbehaving, is very relaxing.

How many of you here are doing anything where your high school public education benefits you now? Other than math and grammar, any other skill sets you learned in k-12 apply to you today?

Yo! Although to be fair, I didn't really learn any totally new content in HS computer science courses, just different ways to approach content I had already been exposed to or was already familiar with.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

How many of you here are doing anything where your high school public education benefits you now? Other than math and grammar, any other skill sets you learned in k-12 apply to you today?

I enjoy reading the thoughts and rants of Mike Rowe. He is a huge proponent for teaching our youth trades and skills. A high school education these days doesn't prepare anyone for shit. Why are we not instituting a vocational course of some sort into their curriculum?

Out of ALL the work I have had done on my house, I am 100% confident not a single worker graduated from an American public education. I am not upset about it and not to make this an immigration thing but shouldn't we be producing electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC techs etc? I know that there are vocational schools for this but I think public education is to benefit the public and is an obvious failure at that.

I had unrealistic aspirations when I left the nest at 17. I am reminded even more of them as I go into my 20yr reunion next weekend and as I sit on my couch, unemployed and not sure what the hell I am going to do next.

Sorry to rant.

High school didn't benefit me a bit. The high schooler next door is in all sorts of engineering prep classes that seem to be of real benefit to someone inclined to that field.