what job would you have done??

accountant... im great with numbers and love numbers

 

underwater welders make fucking great money. just fyi..

 

Somewhere here there's a thread in which I answered a similar question in great detail.

If hindsight were foresight...computers. I would've had my foot in the door before home PCs, before 386-16, the internet, etc.

Journalism, boxing and politics.

In a fantasy world...boxing, as in actually boxing.

 

I wanted to be either a garbageman or a forest ranger. I was told I was too smart for that. Well, I showed them didn't I?

Edit: I'm neither a garbageman or a forest ranger. I'm a computer dude. Fell into it really. Never finished 1st semester of college.

 

I would love to have been a forest ranger!

 

I should have been a dishwasher. I know that sounds odd, but I've been checking the job ads and I'm floored at how much they're paying these days.

I found two separate postings that paid very well. One was a sushi restaurant that was offering $80K a year. Sushi isn't cheap, so I guess they can afford to pay their staff a living wage. The other one was only part-time, but the hours involved no weekends and no evenings, either. That one paid $30.15 an hour, about $50K a year. I could live with that.

Both jobs required previous experience, so I was not eligible to apply.

(Just so I don't end this post on a downer of a note, here's some obligatory humor)

Sigh... I would have made a great cleaner. When people asked what I did for a living, I could have produced this picture: ("Let me show you my pride & joy!")

 

Off topic, sort of.

We've all seen movies & TV shows that make fun of prison guards for being low IQ in general.

I recall ads that ran on the radio where the Texas Dept of Corrections were hiring prison guards. The ads started with something like "You can earn up to $24K a year (this was mid 1990s)." The ad listed decent benefits...then...stated the $24K was after 5 years with ALL raises & bonuses. The sctual starting annual salary was...$18,500.00. This caught my attention because it was so misleading, & a guy I worked with was considering applying.

 

Oof, $18500 then is like $40k now.. Denver's minimum wage is $18.29 so barely that.

As a kid I always wanted to go into aviation, but had no idea how to do it. And had no idea Metro State College here in Denver has long had a well regarded aviation program that major airlines have long hired entry level pilots from.

 

While I think the guidance counselors we had in public schools pretty much sucked, I do wonder if one at your school might've been able to point you in the right direction.

I met a young guy who went into aviation maintenance because it paid a very good hourly rate. The maintenance was on the aircraft body; engine repair was handled by mechtech specialists who made serious money (for wage earners).