Best career field to make serious money? Degree?

[Pecs]

Be an IFBB pro!!!!! This is ANIMAL, can you handle it??

[big14]

Used car sales...find a dealership in an area with a lot of minorities/immigrants with shaky credit.  You should be able to pull a couple of g's a week plus.  You will always have dough in your pocket and have strippers around you.

Damn, ghettokid, used cars salesman is what successful men joke about.
Dirty wrinkled dollarbills in the pocket and strippers, man you are fucked and lost.


To the thread starter If you come to a schmoe homo forum and ask for advice like this you will
probably struggle with bills the rest of your life.
The average Getbigger is even dumber than the average Joe and I have never even spoken to
trailer people before getbig.

Making serious money is pretty easy if you have the right people guiding you and
the financial backup.
Managing funds or taking advantage of a global falling stockmarket, endless possibilities out there
for a few people.
preferably have a rich dad with tons of contacts.

Since you come to getbig :
For you my friend, I advice you to become a janitor or something where you can sleep at work
(you dont need a home or pay rent) and a job where they give you free food.
Never take a day off, never go anywhere, dont take the bus, walk, save 100% of your weekly100dollar salary
and keep saving for another 60years or so.

[Dreadlord]

Im a internet millioniare, having Millions stashed in Bemuda and im ripped...and i got a benz that i aint even drove yet.

 .

I'm sure you're also planning on stepping into the cage soon to win the HW title while entertaining various movie projects that are presented to you on a daily basis.
 
DAmn QB - you've got it all.
All haters beware
 

[Fury]

Im a internet millioniare, having Millions stashed in Bemuda and im ripped...and i got a benz that i aint even drove yet.

A Benz? I'm picking out the colors on my fifth Veyron that I intend to turn into a destruction derby car. It's only $1.2 million and it's not like I have four sitting in the garage.

[DK II]

Asking for career advice on getbig is a serious self owning.

[Dreadlord]

A Benz? I'm picking out the colors on my fifth Veyron that I intend to turn into a destruction derby car. It's only $1.2 million and it's not like I have four sitting in the garage.

Lets not forget that mind warping device you own that fried poor demented blutos pea brain and scarred him for life.

He cowers in his attic with his security blanket wrapped around him - fearing and wondering - when will berzerkfury strike next........

[Fury]

Lets not forget that mind warping device you own that fried poor demented blutos pea brain and scarred him for life.

He cowers in his attic with his security blanket wrapped around him - fearing and wondering - when will berzerkfury strike next........

It's like breast feeding. I'm trying to ween him off my nutsack but he keeps hanging on. Damn teething. 

[Dreadlord]

It's like breast feeding. I'm trying to ween him off my nutsack but he keeps hanging on. Damn teething. 

he's just a MENTAL MIDGET- he doesn't know when to let go

 

[Devon97]

Power engineers make 150-200k per year in northern Alberta around the oil sands.  I think it only takes two years of schooling and the work is very relaxed - often they say they just sit around and watch movies on the job.  They usually work 12 hour shifts for 4-5 days a week then have 4-5 days a week off where they go back to their home in a larger city.  Lots of guys I went to high school with who were considered part of the "dumber" crowd ended up taking up that route since they did not have the grades to get into university, and started making 150k in their earlier 20's, much more than the "smart" high school crowd.

150k in CAN = about $115K USD

[Tapeworm]

As with most things, there's a risk/reward to consider.  It's unlikely you'll make "serious" money as anyone's employee, but you could still make very good money and possibly enjoy a better quality of life.  There's more earning potential in running a business, but it's a lot riskier, more stressful, more involved, and you're essentially working 24 hrs a day.  An employment position suits most people best in the long term, but if you're prepared to sell your soul and are reasonably clued in about a particular subject, you can build a successful business doing anything.

BTW, the notion of a "career" is illusory.  There is only your time and how you spend it, and your assessment thereof.  People who talk about their "career" usually get more of a thrill from a prestigious sounding job title than from actually having a good job.  That's why it's such a buzzword for kids in their 20s (and why its so easy to exploit them) but you rarely find older, wiser, and more cynical people making reference to their "career."

Bottom line is you'll probably do well to get a degree in something you enjoy and which you feel will make you reasonable money.  Be a consistent saver and long term conservative investor.

[240 is Back]

Jeez remind me not to ask you for investment recommendations.  Anyway buy income property.  Multi-family and small apartment buildings.  Even the people not doing great right now have to have a place to live.  Have others make your mortgage payment for you while you ride out the storm.  Generate enough to cover all your expenses associated with the property and still make a small income.  Take your equity and roll it into another property.

You believe what you'd like, I'll believe what I'd like.

Property bubble isn't NEAR popping yet.  Market hasn't hit rock bottom.  How do I know this?  Because we haven't yet seen the true longterm implications of depressed areas.  You know, family areas where homes used to sell for $300k each... those streets now have scumbags living in 2-3 of the homes, as the bank is renting them at $700 a month, or re-selling them at 70 cents on the dollar.

bringing low-class people into higher-class areas makes the other 17 homes on that block lose value when 3 or 4 concerned parents all put up their homes for sale at once.  And this will happen on every block in America.

As a result, you'll have a ton of houses up for sale below perceived market value.  And 2009 rolls around, you'll have a bunch of companies who just cashed in all their stocks to avoid Obama's new tax plan on their monster gains.  They'll need a protected place to put their cash.  And all these cheap homes will be the perfect place.

From 2003 til 2005, I wsa the black sheep in my MBA classes - kids and professors alike - thought I was crazy when I said that the real estaet/construction market wasn't sustainable due to ARMs and simple supply/demand - there weren't enough people to live in these places.  They all laughed, but I was absolutely right.   And I think I'll be right again, when 2009 rolls around and corporations buy up a shitload of homes and property. 

You can tell folks to buy income property, but since individual owners lack the economies of scale that corporations will have, by 2010 they'll be begging the companies to buy it from them. 

[onlyme]

You believe what you'd like, I'll believe what I'd like.

Property bubble isn't NEAR popping yet.  Market hasn't hit rock bottom.  How do I know this?  Because we haven't yet seen the true longterm implications of depressed areas.  You know, family areas where homes used to sell for $300k each... those streets now have scumbags living in 2-3 of the homes, as the bank is renting them at $700 a month, or re-selling them at 70 cents on the dollar.

bringing low-class people into higher-class areas makes the other 17 homes on that block lose value when 3 or 4 concerned parents all put up their homes for sale at once.  And this will happen on every block in America.

As a result, you'll have a ton of houses up for sale below perceived market value.  And 2009 rolls around, you'll have a bunch of companies who just cashed in all their stocks to avoid Obama's new tax plan on their monster gains.  They'll need a protected place to put their cash.  And all these cheap homes will be the perfect place.

From 2003 til 2005, I wsa the black sheep in my MBA classes - kids and professors alike - thought I was crazy when I said that the real estaet/construction market wasn't sustainable due to ARMs and simple supply/demand - there weren't enough people to live in these places.  They all laughed, but I was absolutely right.   And I think I'll be right again, when 2009 rolls around and corporations buy up a shitload of homes and property. 

You can tell folks to buy income property, but since individual owners lack the economies of scale that corporations will have, by 2010 they'll be begging the companies to buy it from them. 

I never said it hit rock bottom.  I am pretty sure the market will still go down too.  But I also know it will go up.  This may not be the best time to buy but it is not a bad time to buy either.  Buying at the lowest price possible is always best.  I know that and I didn't waste time in college.  But also, as you wait for the prices to go down you are also taking the chance of losing money on the way.  If you have the money spend it and invest it in property.  Real Estate you can not go wrong on like I said, if you can afford to keep it.  That is a fact.  Like I said before, "they aren't making land anymore"

[240 is Back]

I never said it hit rock bottom.  I am pretty sure the market will still go down too.  But I also know it will go up.  This may not be the best time to buy but it is not a bad time to buy either.  Buying at the lowest price possible is always best.  I know that and I didn't waste time in college.  But also, as you wait for the prices to go down you are also taking the chance of losing money on the way.  If you have the money spend it and invest it in property.  Real Estate you can not go wrong on like I said, if you can afford to keep it.  That is a fact.  Like I said before, "they aren't making land anymore"

Hey, you might be absolutely right.

[sgt. d]

Become a pro bodybuilder

End of topic

[bigbobs]

150k in CAN = about $115K USD

What year are you living in? 

http://www.xe.com/

[Camel Jockey]

Finance or Accounting

Although to take the CPA certification exam you'll need a masters degree.

[Camel Jockey]

Power engineers make 150-200k per year in northern Alberta around the oil sands.  I think it only takes two years of schooling and the work is very relaxed - often they say they just sit around and watch movies on the job.  They usually work 12 hour shifts for 4-5 days a week then have 4-5 days a week off where they go back to their home in a larger city.  Lots of guys I went to high school with who were considered part of the "dumber" crowd ended up taking up that route since they did not have the grades to get into university, and started making 150k in their earlier 20's, much more than the "smart" high school crowd.

It seems as though in Canada people who simply go through the motions can be employed in a good field. Not too many people up there.

[MB_722]

150k in CAN = about $115K USD

Live rates at 2008.08.11 17:10:28 UTC

150,000.00 CAD
   
=
   
140,437.13 USD

[bigbobs]

Live rates at 2008.08.11 17:10:28 UTC

150,000.00 CAD
   
=
   
140,437.13 USD

That's right for today, it hasn't been the rate that Devon97 was implying for ages.

In any case, I'm sure you would agree that $150k Canadian is a lot of coin for someone in their early 20's to be making who just got by in high school and did 2 years of a relatively simple program in college, and then to be at 200k or more by the time they are 25?  Maybe that's chump change for the typical getbig millionnaire 

[Moosejay]

As with most things, there's a risk/reward to consider.  It's unlikely you'll make "serious" money as anyone's employee, but you could still make very good money and possibly enjoy a better quality of life.  There's more earning potential in running a business, but it's a lot riskier, more stressful, more involved, and you're essentially working 24 hrs a day.  An employment position suits most people best in the long term, but if you're prepared to sell your soul and are reasonably clued in about a particular subject, you can build a successful business doing anything.

BTW, the notion of a "career" is illusory.  There is only your time and how you spend it, and your assessment thereof.  People who talk about their "career" usually get more of a thrill from a prestigious sounding job title than from actually having a good job.  That's why it's such a buzzword for kids in their 20s (and why its so easy to exploit them) but you rarely find older, wiser, and more cynical people making reference to their "career."

Bottom line is you'll probably do well to get a degree in something you enjoy and which you feel will make you reasonable money.  Be a consistent saver and long term conservative investor.

there it is

[liberty]

Solar -Mech Engineering-Electrical Engineering

Remember NASA is going to the moon again....Mars by 2020
Aerospace Engineering and other Engineering Fields  Mech/Electronic/Elec/Optics

[alejandro_torres]

grow  weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

cocaine

xtasis!

[The RedMeatKid]

, is this what you do. 

OH YEAH.

[Quickerblade]

 .

I'm sure you're also planning on stepping into the cage soon to win the HW title while entertaining various movie projects that are presented to you on a daily basis.
 
DAmn QB - you've got it all.
All haters beware
 

My agent deals with the movie scripts, have not seen anything that i really like to be honest, waiting for that perfect role.

[dov]

just don't do anything stupid like getting married or having children...your $$ stays in your pocket and nobody elses...work a modest job and live comfortably and happy. $50k/yr should do it