My own business?

[Hagan]

Wow, I now see I just need to get a good paying job!

I'm 19 and I got out of High School last year. I'm working part-time right now and I want to move out of my parents house and start my own life.

I think I am going to try to get into an electrician school. Its something i've been interested in for awhile...and I need to get off my ass and start my life. I think I am trying to combine my hobby with my life. I think that if my job was working on jet ski's I'd never come home to work on mine

Thanks for the insight

 

[KR]

I'm 19 and I got out of High School last year. I'm working part-time right now and I want to move out of my parents house and start my own life.

Sorry, but thats stupid. Stay at home and go to a local junior college and get an associates degree. Transfer to a 4-year and get a BA. Why look for a low-paying job, when a high-paying job can look for you.

 

[Mark44]

k

sorry, but thats stupid. Stay at home and go to a local junior college and get an associates degree. Transfer to a 4-year and get a ba. Why look for a low-paying job, when a high-paying job can look for you.

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[waterfreak]

My advice and I am not being sarcastic here,don't quit your day job.Honestly I am looking for something at least part time right now to get me through the winter months and am seriously considering getting a full time job and just doing the Jetski repair on the side,there is not nearly as much money in it as people may think.

I was thinking the same myself! fixing skis and staying afloat is nothing but a daily hustle!! I kinda miss the steady paychecks a job brings!

It is kinda funny though...I would say stay in school and get a degree, but I have a 4 year degree and fix jet skis for a living!! :ugh2:

I would also entertain the idea of fixing jacuzzis...I know someone that gets $75 an hour for doing it with hardly any overhead!:shocked::grumble:

 

[SuperJETT]

Just a general observation, keep your mindset of going into business for yourself, but get an education first and whenever you meet someone who runs their own business, ask them questions. How did they get started, what is their biggest headache, key to their success, etc and file those answers away in your brain.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Playing the stock market is too much like gambling. So is real estate. Use the market for retirment (IRA, mutual funds, etc). The only way you will make money, every time, is an education, hard work, and sacrifice. Don't let anyone else tell you different.

If by education your referring to is college then your 100% wrong. A college degree does not guarantee you anything. That is not a prerequisite to being successfull.

Hard work and dedication. With some jobs a degree can open doors for you though. But other than a medical or engineering degree (which can be questionable), college does not really teach you about your profession, you will not start a job knowing what to do. OJT is where you actually learn it, College just helps teach you to be able to learn something. (Again, not always required).

Years ago I was unemployed, I got an interview with the Boy Scouts of America (I did not want a job there but through some contacts (Family) I went on the interview. Sat down, talked to the guy then he asked "Do you have a college degree?" Nope, "Sorry, we will not hire you without one". Good thing, I really would not want to work there!. Other than some form of business degree I do not see where a degree would do anything to teach someone how to that job. Position was director of some kind of summer camps.

 

[Mark44]

Degreed and non degreed the difference is the person digging the ditch or the person telling someone how to dig the ditch. I prefer to be the one pointing his finger and telling them how to dig the ditch some prefer to dig the ditch. What ever makes you happy go for it. I am 44 years old and still don’t know what I want to do for a living. I am currently a mechanical design engineer but always open to offers.

But one thing I do agree with is start with an education even if you don't follow that path.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Do yourself a favor ,open up a lawn cutting service this summer,that will at least give you some real business experience.Opening a business with no prior business experience is like trying to disarm a bomb blindfolded,it will blow up in your face.

 

[SuperJETT]

I am 44 years old and still don’t know what I want to do for a living.

But you've been Mark44 since at least 2006 when we started the site, do you not age? :Banane09:

 

[The Penguin]

Degreed and non degreed the difference is the person digging the ditch or the person telling someone how to dig the ditch. I prefer to be the one pointing his finger and telling them how to dig the ditch some prefer to dig the ditch. What ever makes you happy go for it. I am 44 years old and still don’t know what I want to do for a living. I am currently a mechanical design engineer but always open to offers.

But one thing I do agree with is start with an education even if you don't follow that path.

unless something goes extremely wrong - I tell them WHERE to dig it - not HOW.

if the chit hits the fan, then I tell them HOW to dig it.

:biggrin:

 

[Matt_E]

As an EE, I sit back and do nothing but wait for them to dig into electrical cables.

 

[Mark44]

But you've been Mark44 since at least 2006 when we started the site, do you not age? :Banane09:

LOL I found the fountain and Katie keeps me young. :nana:

 

[WaveDemon]

If by education your referring to is college then your 100% wrong. A college degree does not guarantee you anything. That is not a prerequisite to being successfull.

Hard work and dedication. With some jobs a degree can open doors for you though. But other than a medical or engineering degree (which can be questionable), college does not really teach you about your profession, you will not start a job knowing what to do. OJT is where you actually learn it, College just helps teach you to be able to learn something. (Again, not always required).

Years ago I was unemployed, I got an interview with the Boy Scouts of America (I did not want a job there but through some contacts (Family) I went on the interview. Sat down, talked to the guy then he asked "Do you have a college degree?" Nope, "Sorry, we will not hire you without one". Good thing, I really would not want to work there!. Other than some form of business degree I do not see where a degree would do anything to teach someone how to that job. Position was director of some kind of summer camps.

Thats funny, the only difference between me and an engineer is a degree and twice the paycheck. Oh, and boneses and company stock...... and the ability to work for myself designing engineering projects.

my wife works as a paralegal, same deal for her but the pay difference is much bigger.


My outlook is you can have a very good work ethic or have a degree. If you want to make good money you need both.

 

[oxnard111]

If you have any liquid funds you can tap into, it's a great time to invest in real estate... Got to know your market though...

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[Mark44]

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Thats funny, the only difference between me and an engineer is a degree and twice the paycheck. Oh, and boneses and company stock...... and the ability to work for myself designing engineering projects.

my wife works as a paralegal, same deal for her but the pay difference is much bigger.


My outlook is you can have a very good work ethic or have a degree. If you want to make good money you need both.

Can't totally agree with that statement it takes a lot of responsibility as an engineer. We have some great cad guys in our office that do great work but the responsibility still comes down to the engineer.

Mark44

 

[Idok]

education is a necessity, but it also matters what type of education.....and where it comes from


dont think youre going to go get a criminal justice degree, or a psychology degree and you go out and make 100K a year


medical field is great, just not schools that advertise during Jerry Springer, Judge Mathis or Peoples Court

 

[Matt_E]

Figure out what you like to do. The money will follow.
A life spent doing something you don't like, just for the money, will be misery.

 

[Hagan]

Figure out what you like to do. The money will follow.
A life spent doing something you don't like, just for the money, will be misery.

But can you complain being rich?:fing02:

I have a lot of interests...but I dont want to take my hobby and turn it into a job, then it is a job...not a hobby.

Thanks!

 

[Hagan]

I think money makes people do stupid things.

 

[WaveDemon]

Can't totally agree with that statement it takes a lot of responsibility as an engineer. We have some great cad guys in our office that do great work but the responsibility still comes down to the engineer.

Mark44

There is also a big difference between me and a cad guy too. I hold the clients hand, I respond to reviewer comments, I get the job out on time, I answer the contractors questions, I do all the engineering calculations and design work. Hell, I train the young engineers. In a company meeting the director of engineering tells everyone I'm their best designer and to come to me with questions.

All that to make less than a kid in his 20's with a degree.