Jobs for non college grad people?

[Kroze]

I don't have the time or money to go to college. If i were to go to a technical school, what do you guys recommend? what field of work have a decent pay & always need people so that when i graduate, i'll have a job line up?


i don't have the time or money to go to a 4 year or grad school. i gotta work to live & pay bills as i'm not priviledge enough to have parents to pay for everything. i just turned 23 and spent most of my time i nthe marine/iraq.

 

[kmrivers]

Originally posted by: Kroze
I don't have the time or money to go to college. If i were to go to a technical school, what do you guys recommend? what field of work have a decent pay & always need people so that when i graduate, i'll have a job line up?

How old are you?

 

[j00fek]

no time or money? i didnt have the money so i filled out a loan app from the govt and i got all that i needed why no time?

 

[remagavon]

Replace time and money with want and desire. Service sector jobs/certification based jobs (plumber, electrician etc). GL.

 

[pontifex]

how is a technical school much different from college? sure, going to college might take a little longer and cost more in the long run but technical school isn't that much different imo.

also, it seemslike most technical schools are a waste of time and money from my experience.

 

[GeekDrew]

haha good luck with asking a question like that around here. most people at AT think that if you haven't gone to college, you might as well be slave labor.

 

[kmrivers]

The money is always there, but it sounds like he doesn't have the will to do it. Time... he should tell us why he doesn't have the time.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
haha good luck with asking a question like that around here. most people at AT think that if you haven't gone to college, you might as well be slave labor.

word.
I know a bunch of poeple in Tech support who don't have degrees. They work for places like Cisco, Agilent (sp?) etc...

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
haha good luck with asking a question like that around here. most people at AT think that if you haven't gone to college, you might as well be slave labor.

from some of the conversations, i think they think its worse than slave labor.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: kmrivers
The money is always there, but it sounds like he doesn't have the will to do it. Time... he should tell us why he doesn't have the time.

I agree.

And if he doesn't have the want or desire to finish a college degree, doing it at a tech school isn't going to be easier, just different. A buddy of mine is going to DeVry, and it's a whooooole lot like regular college, just smaller, and faster. Which by the way doesn't make it easier, if you don't do the work.

 

[JS80]

Best buy?

 

[DougK62]

Like someone else said - plumber, electrician, carpenter, etc. can all bank huge bucks. My brother is getting a two-year "degree" from a technical school to do computer-aided drafting and he'll make some good money when he finishes it up.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: j00fek
no time or money? i didnt have the money so i filled out a loan app from the govt and i got all that i needed why no time?

EXACTLY. Did the same thing.

 

[Kroze]

i don't have the time or money to go to a 4 year or grad school. i gotta work to live & pay bills as i'm not priviledge enough to have parents to pay for everything. i just turned 23 and spent most of my time i nthe marine/iraq.

 

[Lola]

I dropped out of college and am working in the insurance industry.
I have a lot of knowlegde and licenses/titles under my name and it came with just working and learning.

You have to want something though. You need drive no matter what you do.

I got lucky and fell into my job, but you can try insurance...

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
haha good luck with asking a question like that around here. most people at AT think that if you haven't gone to college, you might as well be slave labor.

word.
I know a bunch of poeple in Tech support who don't have degrees. They work for places like Cisco, Agilent (sp?) etc...

But they are much older when experience in the field was low and you didn't need a degree to get into the field. It is much different now. Degrees in that field or related field (ENGR, MATH...) are a given requirement for jobs in those companies now.

But I do agree with the first thing stated. College isn't for eveyone, and you can become successful without it (but your chances of becoming successful are definitely shortened). Luck is a big part of becoming successful anyways, but the more educated you are the better your chances.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Kroze
i don't have the time or money to go to a 4 year or grad school. i gotta work to live & pay bills as i'm not priviledge enough to have parents to pay for everything. i just turned 23 and spent most of my time i nthe marine/iraq.

doesn't the marines offer some kind of college tuition like other branches of the military do?

get an Associates degree instead. probably be better off doing that than going to a tech school. depends on what you want to do also.

what are you thinking of going to school for?

 

[Kroze]

let's not get offtopic and telling me i shoulda do this or college that, it's not going to work in my situation. what do you guys suggest for a tech school consider that i really like math in school and excel in it?

 

[j00fek]

why no time?

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: Kroze
let's not get offtopic and telling me i shoulda do this or college that, it's not going to work in my situation. what do you guys suggest for a tech school consider that i really like math in school and excel in it?

calculator tester?

 

[Kroze]

the reserves doesn't give you anything except the gi bill which is like $280 a month if i go fulltime. i don't even know what i want to go for in school so i picked business mgmnt. let's just forget about the college thing, it's not going to work

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Kroze
i don't have the time or money to go to a 4 year or grad school. i gotta work to live & pay bills as i'm not priviledge enough to have parents to pay for everything. i just turned 23 and spent most of my time i nthe marine/iraq.

LOL... Give me a break. If you had the will to do it, you can. I paid for my college and supported myself for the most part. It is possible, it is just hard to do.

If you have such a low income, take college loans, you may even get a grant for being such low income. Also, if you serve in the military, you can get more federal funding for tuition. There are also work study programs for state colleges, and anyone can use them.

:roll: don't even try to make such a lame excuse. A lot of us didn't come from priviledged backgrounds. I worked 1 job while in school in High school, and then I worked 2 jobs during the summers. I then took up odd jobs in College, and worked two jobs during the summers, too. My parents started to help me out more by the end of college, when things looked better at home, but even with that I scrounged for cash whereever I could get it.

I am sure there are plenty of people in ATOT that have had it much worse than me and I am grateful to my mom for helping out <she took some loans herself to help me out and she is still paying them> (at least when I drove back home during the summers and know that I had room and board). So don't even use lame excuses how there are spoiled kids that get everything handed to them on a silver platter because plenty of people don't have it handed to them.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Kroze
let's not get offtopic and telling me i shoulda do this or college that, it's not going to work in my situation. what do you guys suggest for a tech school consider that i really like math in school and excel in it?

er...what would a tech school offer to people good in math? Programming? medical billing?

 

[j00fek]

sux that the military is holding you back from doing other things with your education

 

[franksta]

HVAC tech?