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05-07-2008, 06:31 PM
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| I wish I had never gone to college
If I had entered construction right out of high school, I'd be loaded. I would have earned tens of thousands of dollars during the 4 years I spent in college, would have saved tens of thousands of dollars on college tuition, and my current salary would probably be at least twice the amount of money I currently earn. In addition to having a decent bank account, I'd have a job that would keep me in good physical shape and wouldn't require me to be in an office from 9 to 5.
It just seems like I've gone down the wrong path all my life. I wish I had listened to... well, I'm not sure who I should have listened to: I listened to my parents, I listened to my teachers, I listened to my guidance counselor. I guess I should have listened to the kids who teased me for being a nerd. | 
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05-07-2008, 06:32 PM
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| Are you serious? Yeah, that job in construction will be good, up until you get old, then you're screwed. Plus, the earning potential granted by a degree is light years ahead of whatever you could have made by being in construction. Now just get out there and exploit that earning potential. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:33 PM
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| Then learn a trade and stop whining about how your math degree is useless. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:38 PM
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Are you serious? Yeah, that job in construction will be good, up until you get old, then you're screwed. Plus, the earning potential granted by a degree is light years ahead of whatever you could have made by being in construction. Now just get out there and exploit that earning potential.
| Earning potential varies from person to person. There is no point in arguing about it. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:41 PM
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| Moire, judging by most of your posts and by your attitude.. you wouldn't have made it in construction. America isn't a place for people who expect things handed to them and complainers. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:42 PM
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| Construction is a horrible job. You will be physically drained by the time you become 40. It's not a job you want to take out of choice.
If your math degree is useless, try getting a Master's in the sciences or engineering or computer science, or perhaps an MBA. It's not too late to get a degree in something with a practical application. If you're so inclined, you could even go to a professional school, like law school or medical school. Having work experience would definitely be helpful when applying, and with your grades, you'd definitely have a chance of getting in.
And don't make a new thread when it's completely unnecessary. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:53 PM
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| Don't construction jobs require you to do an apprenticeship first? | |
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05-07-2008, 06:54 PM
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Construction is a horrible job. You will be physically drained by the time you become 40. It's not a job you want to take out of choice.
| I'd be careful to manage my money in such a way that by the time I'm 40 I can retire. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:58 PM
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| moire, give me a break.. If I didn't know you already graduated from college I'd think you were 12 years old. | |
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05-07-2008, 07:11 PM
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| This is one of the most arrogant posts I've ever read on this forum. Do you know anyone in construction? My father worked construction since he came out of the navy, and they pay is okay, $50,000. But like others have said, it is a physically draining career. Not to mention he's been working thirty years to make that much. Perhaps you should take the advice of others and chose a different major. | |
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05-07-2008, 07:44 PM
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| Not to mention that housing is in the toilet, so lots of people in construction are unemployed. | |
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05-07-2008, 08:51 PM
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This is one of the most arrogant posts I've ever read on this forum. Do you know anyone in construction? My father worked construction since he came out of the navy, and they pay is okay, $50,000. But like others have said, it is a physically draining career. Not to mention he's been working thirty years to make that much. Perhaps you should take the advice of others and chose a different major.
| I know someone in construction. He claims to earn about the same amount of money you say your father earned. Frankly, I don't see any arrogance in my post, with the exception perhaps of the part where I implied that not much besides good physical health and willingness to undergo arduous physical labor is required to work in construction. I also don't see arrogance in fantasizing about being a construction worker (a job that's looked down upon by society) in spite of having a college degree. I believe it should be all the opposite.
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05-07-2008, 09:04 PM
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| Moire, arrogant? No, I consider you just dumb. My dad runs marathons and bench presses 300 pounds.. he said constuction was the worst job he's ever worked in his entire life. It is not a lifestyle you choose because you "want to retire by the age of 40". You come off as a misguided person who has no sense of reality. | |
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05-07-2008, 09:22 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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| Yeah, you're right. Earning potential varies from person to person, because a great deal is dependent on attitude and how you deal with adversity. And judging by your attitude towards life, you probably have no earning potential.
PS. get real, with such a whiny "lets complain about life" attitude, you would have NEVER made it in construction. | |
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05-07-2008, 09:32 PM
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| Can you fax me that math degree instead? Thanks in advance. | |
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