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Posted: 10/20/2021 8:26:20 PM EDT
If you had to start all over with a basic education and no training, what path would you take today in your pursuit of a comfortable living?
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:27:08 PM EDT
[#1]
Male prostitute.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:27:35 PM EDT
[#2]
Medical Doctor if I could it all over again
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:27:41 PM EDT
[#3]
Day trader.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:27:44 PM EDT
[#4]
Professional assassin.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:28:00 PM EDT
[#5]
Probably an electrician...
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:28:52 PM EDT
[#6]
Fund Manager; my brother makes like seven figures a year from his basement office in his boxers. And is done with work around 3pm.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:29:45 PM EDT
[#7]
Retire.

Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:29:47 PM EDT
[#8]
Go into politics, or some other form of high-value scam.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:30:21 PM EDT
[#9]
Forensic accountant
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:30:39 PM EDT
[#10]
I’m currently in the process of rebooting my career to data science, including taking a three month immersive bootcamp to learn how to do everything
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:30:57 PM EDT
[#11]
Onlyfans, $20 is $20.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:31:08 PM EDT
[#12]
Onlyfans.   Nothing held back.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:31:10 PM EDT
[#13]
I worked in machine shops and tool rooms when in college.

Machinist that can great everything out of metal are true artists.

I would be a machinist apprentice.
A lost skill—

Mike Rowe admirer.

But then again I grew up in a better and different world.

Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:31:15 PM EDT
[#14]
Narco trafficante’
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:31:32 PM EDT
[#15]
We’ll if we’re playing that game. Go into one of the better trades in the area. Bust ass, live cheap to save up and buy a 100acre farmstead with multiple water sources dirt cheap in the 08 crash. For cash.

Then learn how to live primarily off the land and make money doing it.

In other words. I’d choose to figure out how to be free.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:31:45 PM EDT
[#16]
Farrier or equine dentist.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:32:08 PM EDT
[#17]
Surprisingly enough.. ide have stayed in the army, got my associates and applied for the IPAP. Or stayed the NCO route, and retired in 6 years. ??????? Now I work in healthcare. I wouldn’t have known I loved healthcare though if I didn’t ETS. Idk.. if I knew what I knew now… ide have made better grades in high school and went to med school and been an ortho surgeon. $$$$$$
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:32:57 PM EDT
[#18]
I would sell my place and buy more land and some cattle. Build a small new house myself and basically retire.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:34:59 PM EDT
[#19]
OnlyFans is legalized pimping so I guess I’d pay a bunch of hoes to do what comes naturally to them and I’d keep the other 90%.
or gunsmith ??
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:35:16 PM EDT
[#20]
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Retire.

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[#21]
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Probably an electrician...
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I've always thought I would enjoy it
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:38:17 PM EDT
[#22]
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I’m currently in the process of rebooting my career to data science, including taking a three month immersive bootcamp to learn how to do everything
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@Rudukai13
How old are you, and can you be more specific about what you’re learning to do and get certified in?  I’m 51 and despite an excellent work history I find myself having to do the same

Feel free to DM me so it’s not hijacking this thread
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:39:57 PM EDT
[#23]
Camgirl?
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:41:17 PM EDT
[#24]
Fluffer for the gay porn industry.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:41:51 PM EDT
[#25]
Only fans. Fuck off.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:41:54 PM EDT
[#26]
Conductor on the Imitatuon Krab Exress.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:42:40 PM EDT
[#27]
Physical therapy.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:42:55 PM EDT
[#28]
Hang around the bars in the afternoon and sell dumpster services to contractors.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:43:18 PM EDT
[#29]
Welder. Seriously.

Fuck higher learning. It’s all a politically-driven scam.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:44:45 PM EDT
[#30]
Live under a bridge
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:45:42 PM EDT
[#31]
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I've always thought I would enjoy it
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Probably an electrician...


I've always thought I would enjoy it


It's a good job. Depending on your employer's business model, you can rope houses, wire office buildings or hospitals, build power plants and even work in food processing/manufacturing facilities...
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:46:30 PM EDT
[#32]
Plumber.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:46:58 PM EDT
[#33]
Lawyer, so I can drag all the commies to court.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:48:21 PM EDT
[#34]
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Medical Doctor if I could it all over again
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This. Never even gave it a thought in college, but now I’m really fascinated by the medical field.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:48:30 PM EDT
[#35]
I'd probably still go into the Information Technology field, however I would lean towards the data / business intelligence side rather than the operations and IT service management side where I ended up.  Data-driven decisions are a huge benefit to any business and a well-connected IT department can deliver that in spades.  

IT is still where its at, is still growing exponentially and you can still 'work from anywhere' that has WiFi.  It was the original 'work from home' gig.  

And tell Picard to 'suck it'.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:49:28 PM EDT
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Male prostitute.
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@kakirubi would your butthole last long enough for it to make a career?
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:50:10 PM EDT
[#37]
Hunting or motorcycle related.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:50:23 PM EDT
[#38]
I would know where not to go and keep my leg and be able to retire intact.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:50:49 PM EDT
[#39]
Fireman
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:50:50 PM EDT
[#40]
Some type of trade or an accountant.  Most likely accountant.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:50:51 PM EDT
[#41]
Are we talking go back in time, or at current age in current year?

If I could go back in time I would have learned to code.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:51:39 PM EDT
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Me too- just like my older brother did
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:51:49 PM EDT
[#43]
International man of mystery, for sure. I love tacos and General Tso’s chicken, so I have the international part down perfectly.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:56:20 PM EDT
[#44]
College is out.  Too much sunk cost with too little ROI.  Probably pursue a skilled trade such as auto or A/C repair and eventually open my own shop.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:56:43 PM EDT
[#45]
Coding.  Writing compute code!
My company is heavily computer/network/ internet dependent and our product has to work on all platforms
I have 2 floors of computer nerds that stick their face into a monitor all day.working on coding

We cleaned out a cube of one that had left, and found his pay stub before his direct deposit started.  Mind you ,he was a middle of the run cube rat.
Not a boss , not a leader.

100.00 per hour.  

Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:57:09 PM EDT
[#46]
Worked in Prisons for 15 years. Just started with an HVAC company at 35.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:58:00 PM EDT
[#47]
Cybersecurity
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:58:02 PM EDT
[#48]
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:58:36 PM EDT
[#49]
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We’ll if we’re playing that game. Go into one of the better trades in the area. Bust ass, live cheap to save up and buy a 100acre farmstead with multiple water sources dirt cheap in the 08 crash. For cash.

Then learn how to live primarily off the land and make money doing it.

In other words. I’d choose to figure out how to be free.
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This guy gets it.
Link Posted: 10/20/2021 8:58:47 PM EDT
[#50]
I’m applying to some maintenance advisor/service advisor positions at a local trucking company and some dealerships.

So, that.
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