If You Were Starting A Career Today, What Would It Be?? (Or a 2nd Career).

[RogerThat99]

Knowing what you know now, If you were a young person starting a career, what would you do? What about if you were starting a 2nd career?

I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this.

 

[badluck24/7]

Knowing what you know now, If you were a young person starting a career, what would you do? What about if you were starting a 2nd career?

I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this.

I’d have a boating website and forum and a gold limo

 

[CLdrinker]

Lineman or Fireman

 

[Kachina26]

Trades

 

[Looking Glass]

Health Care and move to the Desert Southwest.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Lineman or Fireman

X2

 

[Boozer]

Networking…


I don’t care what you do. Car salesman, stock broker, engineer, philanthropist…..

Be good at what you do and make sure people know who you are.

You’ll be successful.

 

[DLC]

Water or waste water Dept
SDG&E
city employee

or a trade owner ( license contractor ) plumbing or Electrical

 

[shintoooo]

I would be involved in real estate. Sales and investments. My wealthiest clients are all in real estate. They busted their asses early in their career and now they are reaping the rewards.

 

[tostark]

Port Pilot. Huge bank for bringing the tankers in

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Heavy Equipment Operator or Mortician. I'd love to play with big toys, but a mortician wouldn't be bad because there in no bitching or whining.

 

[nameisbond]

I should have joined the RCMP right after high school. RCMP pensions are tax free. Up until 2012, you could retire with a full pension after 15 years service. Its now 25 years service. Regardless, $80k per year tax free would be nice. Graduated in 1991 and if joined the RCMP right after finishing high school. I could have retired in 2006 at 34 years old. Joined another police force and earn another pension while making $120k in taxable income and still bringing in $80k tax free. Fully retire again in 2031 at 59 years old with two government pensions.

 

[Javajoe]

Lineman or Fireman

Lineman all day. Fireman…No way. Fuck being away from wife and family like they do

 

[riverroyal]

Line chef at hooters

 

[SoCalDave]

I would be involved in real estate. Sales and investments. My wealthiest clients are all in real estate. They busted their asses early in their career and now they are reaping the rewards.

This

 

[CLdrinker]

Lineman all day. Fireman…No way. Fuck being away from wife and family like they do

Lineman are gone a ton as well. Atleast fireman are home 3-4 days

 

[Bucs 0340]

Lineman all day. Fireman…No way. Fuck being away from wife and family like they do

My buddy is a lineman and during the fire season he maybe gone for weeks at a time and works tons of OT.

 

[dezrtracer]

Architect

 

[Gonefishin5555]

I would make money on the internet. Porn website or offshore gambling. Specialty retailer or some kind of content hosting platform like only fans. Lots of different ways to go

 

[Javajoe]

Lineman are gone a ton as well. Atleast fireman are home 3-4 days

Not if you work for a City. Cush job. Edison Lineman are screwed though. Make a lot of money but travel all over. Major openings right now w/ Edison

 

[Desert Whaler]

Welder

 

[napanutt]

Port Pilot. Huge bank for bringing the tankers in

Good one.
Where I work on the Sacramento delta those pilots guide ships 50 plus miles from SF bay to either Sacramento or Stockton. The waterways get narrower the farther inland you get.

We had a port pilot speak at one of our stand down meetings probably 10 years ago now. He was asked how much they make and of course he declined to answer. I googled pay grade for them then and it was between 200,000 and 300, 000.

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

Lineman or go the Finance route.

Pops was an electrician and I worked with him all the way through college until I got my first internship. I liked it, but he never made much so I moved on, and later learned there was a lot more I could have done.

I went the Accounting/CPA route rather than Finance and think I would have liked Finance better and had an easier time getting to CFO.

If we are talking pick any career, I grew up wanting to be a pilot in the military, but being colorblind dashed that dream. That is the best job in the world IMO.

 

[chvynhra]

Elevator mechanic, big money.

 

[77charger]

Probably electrician.

 

[ChrisV]

IT

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Knowing what you know now, If you were a young person starting a career, what would you do? What about if you were starting a 2nd career?

I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this.

Knowing what I know now? I'd have invested big in Apple and all the Social Media crap and I'd be richer than Bezos (heck I think I'll steal his idea and come out with Amazon myself) then I'd retire to LHC and be the macdaddy of boating and desert fun.

 

[infield]

State Fair manager

 

[DaveC]

Illegal alien

 

[nowski]

I think I'd own a printing shop so I could forever print money like the government...

 

[Riley1]

Elevator mechanic, big money.

It’s not bad. I would call it comfortable money, not necessarily “big money”. I’ve spent time on the beach with many members here and my boat usually isn’t the topic of discussion.

I didn’t start the trade until 32 though.

 

[CLdrinker]

Not if you work for a City. Cush job. Edison Lineman are screwed though. Make a lot of money but travel all over. Major openings right now w/ Edison

Most SCE lineman have it made and are home everyday. Unless there is a fire or storm.
But when you make 150-200k a year you can’t have your cake and eat it to.

The contractor lineman are the storm chasers and OT chasers. Those guys live out of toyhaulers and travel the country.

 

[cofooter]

Trades working my way up to GC or Biz owner, working for the man sucks.......

 

[Nanu/Nanu]

Being a lineman is awesome but much like what @Riley1 says about being an elevator mechanic. It depends on how much you want to sacrifice. Lineman make crazy bank when they aren't around for family. I try to hang out in the middle.

Btw seems every apprentice I work with has a class mate in their 50's.

I had a 52 year old in my class and the class ahead of us had a 55 year old.

It's never to late.

 

[WTR&PWR]

We are always hiring if people want it.

 

[JDKRXW]

Before the .com 's came along, the saying was that the biggest fortunes were made using real estate.
Picking a career when coming out of school right now.... being a nurse with specialization would be hard to beat.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

I would have either gone to law school like I wanted to, or joined the union apprentice program back in HI. My uncle was friends with all the big wigs but I was hard headed and wanted a "degree"

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

State Fair manager

Wife worked in marketing for OC Fair and the higher ups have it made. What a cush job, with a pension and almost impossible to get fired. Not big money, but not much stress.

 

[Shlbyntro]

I love what I do. I was the very bottom of the totem pole coming into this industry in 2009. There was a lot of hard work, long hours, 2-3 places of employment at a time, and working for multiple slimey characters. I wouldnt change what I do, but I might have changed a thing or two navigating the stormy waters along the way.

 

[Angler]

Gas company, Edison. Those unions pay very well.

 

[Your ad here]

Grade checker and equipment operator for the employer job and own a small concrete cutting business on the side. Currently doing it at 32 and having fun but it takes a certain employer to make that happen, the fun part.
Did the GC thing building auto dealerships in Southern California from age 15 in 2005 to 2017. Learned a lot in that time and got burned out by 27 dealing with all the different types of people. Did civil work doing grading, paving, site concrete, and retention basins afterwards and really took a liking to it.
Money is okay but I've been pretty responsible with it and its treated me well. 401k since turning 18 and been funding it myself since 2017. Az has been real nice. Leave home at 5am now and am back home between 3 to 4:30 every day. California was 4am to 7pm hours.

 

[Singleton]

I moved into sales engineering around 40.
I get to demo software to customers and wow them into purchasing.
When I was traveling it was 1 or 2 days a week, then work from home.
Work life balance is awesome and comp is better then a desk job with no quota stress.

 

[C-Ya]

When I moved to Florida, I cant say I started a new career, but I became a boat captain for hire. I did grow up in a yachting family and have held a captain license for many years. I only had to reactivate it when I moved here. It hardly feels like a job. I have so much fun, I cannot believe at times that I get paid to do what I do.

So I will satisfy some curiosity…… On average, I earn $125 per hour. Sure I have had days during hurricane season in which i can make a couple of grand a day, but that’s not the usual. The largest single day tip I have received for just my share is $5000, for a 6 hour tour. Of course that was a very expensive yacht they chartered, but again, that is not the norm. It is also a sample of what I could make if I drove to Miami for charters, but I just can’t deal with the traffic or people. But the big charter ballers generally are more in Miami than Fort Lauderdale, as far as sheer numbers go. There is no shortage of people willing to pay 5k to 20k a day for a charter on a bad ass boat. Just saying

Lately, I spend the majority of my time doing tourist Private 2 hour charters around Fort Lauderdale. I like these because you can do up to 5 in a day, which means you get tipped up to 5 times. Each time receiving between $100 and $200, my share, for each tour. The Cruisin Tiki has been a Gold Mine! So easy it feels criminal what I am making. Last week I received a $240 tip for a 2 hour tour, plus my $50 per hour salary. But I also had a 2 hour tour in which I received the lowest tip so far…… $15. I still wished them the best and hope to never see them again. Lol

Along the way to here, I have been a delivery captain, training captain, worldwide charter captain, worldwide delivery captain, flotilla regatta lead captain. Did I mention my sailboat experience? I grew up doing competitive sailing. But it will never even come close to stabbing the pedal of a drag boat…… just saying!

Maybe the above will plant the seed to move to Florida and become a boat captain, as a 2nd career.

 

[Flatsix66]

Tech Marketing

 

[RiverDave]

When I moved to Florida, I cant say I started a new career, but I became a boat captain for hire. I did grow up in a yachting family and have held a captain license for many years. I only had to reactivate it when I moved here. It hardly feels like a job. I have so much fun, I cannot believe at times that I get paid to do what I do.

So I will satisfy some curiosity…… On average, I earn $125 per hour. Sure I have had days during hurricane season in which i can make a couple of grand a day, but that’s not the usual. The largest single day tip I have received for just my share is $5000, for a 6 hour tour. Of course that was a very expensive yacht they chartered, but again, that is not the norm. It is also a sample of what I could make if I drove to Miami for charters, but I just can’t deal with the traffic or people. But the big charter ballers generally are more in Miami than Fort Lauderdale, as far as sheer numbers go. There is no shortage of people willing to pay 5k to 20k a day for a charter on a bad ass boat. Just saying

Lately, I spend the majority of my time doing tourist Private 2 hour charters around Fort Lauderdale. I like these because you can do up to 5 in a day, which means you get tipped up to 5 times. Each time receiving between $100 and $200, my share, for each tour. The Cruisin Tiki has been a Gold Mine! So easy it feels criminal what I am making. Last week I received a $240 tip for a 2 hour tour, plus my $50 per hour salary. But I also had a 2 hour tour in which I received the lowest tip so far…… $15. I still wished them the best and hope to never see them again. Lol

Along the way to here, I have been a delivery captain, training captain, worldwide charter captain, worldwide delivery captain, flotilla regatta lead captain. Did I mention my sailboat experience? I grew up doing competitive sailing. But it will never even come close to stabbing the pedal of a drag boat…… just saying!

Maybe the above will plant the seed to move to Florida and become a boat captain, as a 2nd career.

Wish I woulda seen you when I was in Florida Jonathan! I’ll Be back soon!

You and Val Are always welcome To Come Visit the old stomping grounds as well!

 

[LBsuperJET]

In the middle of becoming a certified welder and im 37. Best decision ive ever made.

-Reid

 

[Kachina26]

Heavy Equipment Operator or Mortician. I'd love to play with big toys, but a mortician wouldn't be bad because there in no bitching or whining.

And you can always grab a cold one when nobody is looking.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

I really do enjoy construction but if I were to start over with what I know now.... I'd lean a little more on the management side and maybe specialize more in commercial refrigeration. Lots of BIG $ clients that rely on large refrigeration systems to keep ungodly amounts of product good and sellable.

 

[lbhsbz]

Firefighter….I like the idea of getting paid OT to sleep.

 

[CarolynandBob]

Power Generation or Lawyer