EVERYONE! What Do You DO...

hey,

this is a bit off topic but i was doing a bit of homework (Major Independent Study) for my Co-op class and i have to do a project on what I would like to become/ do after i graduate high school/ post secondary education...

So my question is what does everyone do to make $?...and buy models of course :iceslolan

Right now im a paper boy( get rich quick scheme gone terribly wrong :banghead: ) but hey, im only 16, and its reallly difficult to get a job around here unless your parents are extremely well known.

i build websites... not exactly money out the yin-yang, but i could afford a good tamiya kit every, say, month... lol

i am a landscaper, pretty good money but i only have my car payment so i can save most of it

i own a boatyard in florida lotta work but it brings in the moolah and its probably not the boatyard your thinking off this is mechanical fixes bottom painting storage everything thats why its hard work :evillol: hope this helps :biggrin:

I work for Uncle Sam. Pay gets good when you make General :cwm27:

I work for a complete asshole as an ASE certified electronic automotive technician. Fancy word for mechanic, and trust me the money, aint as good as say if I where working for Mercedes or BMW.

I am a network administrator/engineer. Don`t get into this field kids. It is ugly right now. And definitely don`t believe the Microsoft Certified yadda yadda $75K/year ads for beginners. You will be fortunate if you can find a job. Luckily I`ve been in this before the big tidal wave of newbies (not an insult) came in.

My occupation is in my profile.

I am another one in a position that sucks but what can you do when the job market sucks worse than the job you have?

i go to school, but i plan to work at a local auto parts store soon.

I have an engineering degree, and used to work in the CAD/CAM/CAE software development and sales field, but somehow, I ended up being a full time translator for an anime magazine called Newtype USA, which is quite enjoyable, and I like the job actually.

Anyway, before it's too late, become familiar with the national survey of income in your country, and how much you can be making in a particular field. If you haven't decided what to do, (which I'm sure you haven't at that young), and if you have several options to choose from, it's better choosing the well paid job, and go to college of that field to achieve the goal.

im in college and i also work at a grocery store part time for $4.70 an hour.... so basically im broke...

I'm a bum. The pay sucks, but there's plenty of vacation....

I work for Uncle Sam. Pay gets good when you make General :cwm27:

same here but we have to make Admiral. navy here

I'm a bum. The pay sucks, but there's plenty of vacation....

haha, thats great... wish i had a job like that

hey,

this is a bit off topic but i was doing a bit of homework (Major Independent Study) for my Co-op class and i have to do a project on what I would like to become/ do after i graduate high school/ post secondary education...


What you need to ask yourself is, "What would I do if I had a million dollars?" Then you'll find your career. :iceslolan

I'm a database admin. I agree with Hawk, stay away from IT. Only reason I'm still around is there were a bunch of guys ahead of me that made much more money. Now they make $0. We're going to be like lawyers of the 90's. "Oh great, that's what the world needs, more IT guys!" :biggrin:

finished high school yesterday and next year im gonna study biomedical science at uni. then hopefully either get into medicine, make my doctors, or lead some research institute hopefully..
I know, I have big ambitions, lol.
And next year i'll prolly work at a servo or somewhere

My dads best friend owns an industrial plumbing company, he makes a lot of money. For example, he has a 2002 Porsche 911 Targa, Hummer H2, 2 new Harley's, a speed boat, and a couple of houses and condos in Alberta.
Right now Im still in school, but after I might go work for him and take over when he retires :devil:.

I am a network administrator/engineer. Don`t get into this field kids. It is ugly right now. And definitely don`t believe the Microsoft Certified yadda yadda $75K/year ads for beginners. You will be fortunate if you can find a job. Luckily I`ve been in this before the big tidal wave of newbies (not an insult) came in.

Similar to me. I work as a Data Communications Engineer and Project Manager for the state run Rail Corporation. The IT area is not what it is cracked up to be after Y2K. These days most MCSE's only get a job by agreeing to get everyone else coffee during the day. Similar things apply to the Cisco certifications. Anyway my pays not bad ($70k) and the work is fairly enjoyable - though at times it stresses me out which is why I build model cars to relax me again.

Me...I'm a Engineering CAD Draughtsman, but also a Director of the Engineering Company with my younger Brother,
I the past i've owned my own Website design company
But these days I also run type F Products making Car Parts for the FTO.
Thinks you have to do to make money..........
None of those was what I wanted to do when I left school in 1983 (i'm old) I wanted to be a Wood Worker like Norm Abram.

None of those was what I wanted to do when I left school in 1983 (i'm old) I wanted to be a Wood Worker like Norm Abram.

:smile: Norm is so cool! I love of the guys on TOH. That'd be a great job. Being modelers, I think we appreciate more things being built by hand, like the guys on TOH and similar professions.

im a rich student :)
drive nice car hehehehe jk poor student :(

I am a network administrator/engineer. Don`t get into this field kids. It is ugly right now. And definitely don`t believe the Microsoft Certified yadda yadda $75K/year ads for beginners. You will be fortunate if you can find a job. Luckily I`ve been in this before the big tidal wave of newbies (not an insult) came in.

I feel for you there Hawk.
I'm a Sales manager and Senior consultant for a digital video reseller in the UK. We supply Video over IP, broadcast / film equipment and high end 3D software solutions.

The IT industry has taken a kick in the nuts of late with big names like HP/Compaq dropping people by the day. It all has a knock on effect to most Computer based industries so stay clear for now.

Plus sides of my job are working with some of the UK's top FX houses on big films (Thunderbirds, Harry Potter, king Arthur etc) and UK Games developers with software like Maya, lightwave etc.
I also get to work from home, so I can take the odd 10min break to work on my models.

Like most people here will agree you'll almost never end up doing what you first wanted to do in collage / school. I started off wanting to join the Royal Air Force which I did for 6 years. But the pay sucked big time!!

Best advise is find something specialised that there's a market for but not a lot of people do. Plus make sure its something you enjoy.

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Thanks alot guys, I really appreciate you all showing interest in this thread, its helped me out alot, given me some good advice, and its neat to see all the different fields of employment. Thanks to everyone who replied,

I'm only a student right now, but I just go around making little bits of money everyonce in a while. I help out a little bit at my parents store, I used to deliver papers, but now I have too much homework. I also just keep all the money that my parents give me for Christmas and stuff, and just try to use a little for models, but of course, that never happens.

I'm a juvenile counselor/corrections officer. I work with juvenile delinquents. I don't make much money but I'm able to afford my hobby :smile: . The pay could be better but the benefits are quite good!! :smile:

I m a semi-professional Barfly!

In my spare time I m a student in Communications, and in my spare times' spare time, I sometimes model ;-) if I m not cooking for one of my future ex-girlfriends ;-) and to the spite of some of my friends, sometimes I tend to try to be funny.


Well, that pretty much sums up my life...

Olivier

Well right now i don't have a job so i surf the next earning .0165$ an hour... hmm i need a job... but over the summer (and hopefully this coming summer) I worked for Osmose Utilities as a GIS Tech which is a Graphical Information System Tech and I walked around to utility poles with a GPS backpack! It was cool!

O yeah and my major is Mechanical Engineer. :biggrin:

I do forensic PC work for a law firm, if you do get into IT this might be the ticket. You could goto work for a law firm, the FBI, local police....

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Senior PEO for Fluke Electronics. Those words are too fancy for me. A lot of you know them as the high priced yellow multimeters/calibrators. I get to hack up internal resistors with high powered lasers. Not a bad job at all.....after 6 years I still like it.

Mechanical engineering student at University of Arizona. The models come from a magical piece of plastic that only requires my autograph :)

I m a semi-professional Barfly!

In my spare time I m a student in Communications, and in my spare times' spare time, I sometimes model ;-) if I m not cooking for one of my future ex-girlfriends ;-) and to the spite of some of my friends, sometimes I tend to try to be funny.


Well, that pretty much sums up my life...

Olivier

What exactly is a barfly? Something like a bouncer? future ex girlfriends hahah :rofl:

I work in IT and I hate myself for it. -going to school, getting $23,000 worth of loans, and coming out to work in a f_#king call center where Im disrespected just to get experience (I help ppl with their internet connection.. oooh.), while I lose all the skills I learned in the meantime. everything the others said about the computer field is true. also, everything you study and learn is pretty much useless 3 years later.

Don't do it or you'll wind up looking at bridges not as a road to drive down, but as a means to an end.

I hate my job. /rant