Want to go back to college or university. What shoud I take?

[gicantor]

I'm sick of my job and want I career change. I can't ****ing put up with managements bullshit anymore. I have the options of either university or college. I will only be able to go part time though cause I still have to work full time to pay the bills. My problem is I have no idea what I want to take. I want a job that's going to pay the most when I'm done. I'm also afraid of going through all this schooling and no being able to find a job in that field. So whats a good job to get into? Advice?

[cdnsoldier]

I'm sick of my job and want I career change. I can't ****ing put up with managements bullshit anymore. I have the options of either university or college. I will only be able to go part time though cause I still have to work full time to pay the bills. My problem is I have no idea what I want to take. I want a job that's going to pay the most when I'm done. I'm also afraid of going through all this schooling and no being able to find a job in that field. So whats a good job to get into? Advice?

I ma going to law school in Sept but I tell you this: If I had to do it all over again I would go intothe medical field.

Get a degree in Kins. and hit all the chmistry , phys., biology courses andthen do something inteh medical field:
Doctor, eye doctor, physio,speech therapist, audiologist etc.

Anyone with children will tell you some of these speech therapist etc. make tons of cash at a job that is pretty easy. A speech therapist charges 125 an hour and most ofthem seem to enjoythe job and there is never enough of medical people esp. with all the ones retiring.

[gicantor]

I ma going to law school in Sept but I tell you this: If I had to do it all over again I would go intothe medical field.

Get a degree in Kins. and hit all the chmistry , phys., biology courses andthen do something inteh medical field:
Doctor, eye doctor, physio,speech therapist, audiologist etc.

Anyone with children will tell you some of these speech therapist etc. make tons of cash at a job that is pretty easy. A speech therapist charges 125 an hour and most ofthem seem to enjoythe job and there is never enough of medical people esp. with all the ones retiring.


Alot of people are telling me to go into the medical field. They say with all the baby boomers going deaf and blind and getting old, medical care is going through the roof.

[cdnsoldier]

Alot of people are telling me to go into the medical field. They say with all the baby boomers going deaf and blind and getting old, medical care is going through the roof.


Not only that but think abot car insurance. My buddy is an Occupational Therapist and the insurance companies here in Toronto just don't ave enough. He gets a $500 bonus on top of his regular pay to work weekends. So he ends up making over one grand for 2 days work and he bitches about working weekends when he probably sees 6 people all weekend.

It's crazy. My friend is graduating as an Optometrist from Waterloo and he has offices in Vancouver and Toronto offering him ridiculous money to sign a one year contract.
I have seen the letters and it seems BC and Ont. are short of eye doctors . I wonder why? LOL.

But parmacy etc. they all are cruise control jobs.

[Houstonbc]

Do an apprenticeship get a trade ticket

[LonelyBedouin]

Im doing Geography with minors in environmental sciences and GIS (geographic information systems) and Id say get into GIS. They are in high demand and usually make six figure salaries, since very few people actually specialize in it. And you can even master in it and teach at a university in it. My prof did it and does GIS analysis on the side, and charges just over 200 a hour plus her employer cover all costs for traveling and accommodations.

[gicantor]

Do an apprenticeship get a trade ticket

LOL thats what I'm trying to get out of. The trades in general. I was a sheet metal mechanic when I was 16-18 then the place closed up shop. Now I've been welding from 19 until now. I'm already heavily certified for my age.

-Nuclear code certified
-T.S.S.A "B" pressure pipe ticket
-C.W.B all positions M.I.G
-T.I.G stainless and mild steel experience not certified though
-and X-ray welds for the last 3 years

[hommes]

why not try out sports medicine.

[gicantor]

why not try out sports medicine.

hmmm never really thought about it.

[lunkhead]

if you want great hours, great pay and boredom, go into dentistry. You run the show in your office and don't have to deal with frustrations of the hospital etc. Training is much shorter too.

Medicine is great but you need to really have a passion to do the job or you'll hate it. I can't imagine doing anything else. You won't get paid as much as you think and less than 1/3 a dentist makes-- most days I make $50/hr gross. I just make more than other people because I work 100 hr+ weeks. I tell people that if you are not OBSESSED about becoming a doctor, don't even think about applying to medical school. It's a great career and a really shitty job if you know what I mean (ask my wife).

I have some friends who are chartered accountants. Some works as CAs, others are CFOs of their own companies and others work in private equity companies. They all are happy, prosperous and look way more rested than I do all the time (except in March... lol).

Most engineers seem to be an unhappy lot. Not sure why.

[LonelyBedouin]

Have you thought of deep sea welding? A old roommate of mine did it and he loved it. Great money but lots of training. Apparently it paid well. But I dont know if you want to get back into welding but in a different area of the field.

[gicantor]

Have you thought of deep sea welding? A old roommate of mine did it and he loved it. Great money but lots of training. Apparently it paid well. But I dont know if you want to get back into welding but in a different area of the field.

I have looked into. But I want out of welding all together.

[Houstonbc]

bro if you arent sure of what you want to do, the last thing you want to do is enroll in college without an end goal thats just pissing money down the drain. Both of my sisters are doing this right now.
Welding aint so bad is it? I have 3 buddies who are pressure welders and the one who makes the least $ makes 40/hr

[CanadianEagle]

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[O-Train]

^^^ Took me a second, very clever. ^^^

Figure out what you want to do first then get whatever training/education is necessary to do it. Make sure it's something in demand that you will enjoy. The key is figure out what you want to do first.

[gicantor]

bro if you arent sure of what you want to do, the last thing you want to do is enroll in college without an end goal thats just pissing money down the drain. Both of my sisters are doing this right now.
Welding aint so bad is it? I have 3 buddies who are pressure welders and the one who makes the least $ makes 40/hr


Your right, I won't enroll until I figure it out. I don't have money to burn. The job itself is hot,dirty,grimey, which I don't mind for now. I just don't want to be doing this when I'm 50 years old. I'm just trying to set myself up with a gravy job for the future and make more money of course.

I make 46000/gross. That's like 22.50/hr.

[gicantor]

lol good one canadianeagle

[Danger]

... wow your vastly underpaid for someone with their B pressure ticket.

I just quit my job building deep sewer tunnels to go back to school, decided on becoming a Civil Engineering Tech. The other option was Power Engineering but I just dont have the math skills for that. I wanted something I could do in 2 years that pays well and had alot of room for advancement start school in 3 days and I cant wait.

Dont worry about it too much just pick something and go for it especially since your young, I know a ton of sucessful people who went through 3-4 jobs before they found the one that really worked for them and its not like you dont have the entire rest of your life to work.

[St]

Well i will be going back to school after my lay-off from work.Going to take Medical Lab Tech.Just did my test and passed for college last week,now i'm just putting the finishing touches to my Paper work to get money from the Ontairo goverment to go back to school.They pay up to 28 000 grand,like Gsrx750 said,but if they want they can ask for there money back,and i don't have any problem with that,i will do a payment plan if they like.

[deleteduser0002]

Well i will be going back to school after my lay-off from work.Going to take Medical Lab Tech.Just did my test and passed for college last week,now i'm just putting the finishing touches to my Paper work to get money from the Ontairo goverment to go back to school.They pay up to 28 000 grand,like Gsrx750 said,but if they want they can ask for there money back,and i don't have any problem with that,i will do a payment plan if they like.

I'm in the exact same boat as you right now. But the BC government doesn't have a max dollar figure they'll pay. Just a maximum time line..up to 3 years of school. I've got a fair bit of up grading to complete first, then off to University next year.

[drdnj]

if you want great hours, great pay and boredom, go into dentistry. You run the show in your office and don't have to deal with frustrations of the hospital etc. Training is much shorter too.

Medicine is great but you need to really have a passion to do the job or you'll hate it. I can't imagine doing anything else. You won't get paid as much as you think and less than 1/3 a dentist makes-- most days I make $50/hr gross. I just make more than other people because I work 100 hr+ weeks. I tell people that if you are not OBSESSED about becoming a doctor, don't even think about applying to medical school. It's a great career and a really shitty job if you know what I mean (ask my wife).

I have some friends who are chartered accountants. Some works as CAs, others are CFOs of their own companies and others work in private equity companies. They all are happy, prosperous and look way more rested than I do all the time (except in March... lol).

Most engineers seem to be an unhappy lot. Not sure why.

EXCELLENT advice......I echo your sentiments!

[Born2Juice4Ever]

I have an unfinished 3 year education: Honors bach in finance, dropped out after my high school sweetheart and I broke up----I have been able to land very good positions, but have only maxed out at mid 50s with what I have.
2 years ago, I got into the restaurant industry by chance and I love it.
My goal is to eventually open up my own restaurant--this things take time, bridge building, on hands experience....

If I were to explore going back to school--I would not finish my CFO, I think I would go into computer engeneering.

B2J

[pseclint]

I have a little oil and gas engineering left in University, all my buddies graduated and most of them hate their jobs an life lol.... dirty industry....

everyone is saying be a doctor or a dentist, its easier said than done though, it is a lot of work and no life to become something like that..... not saying you arent smart but my cousin had a 95% average out of high school, was going into the pre-dent in Edmonton and could never keep up with everyone elses marks....

my cousin is a welder with his B pressure. he bought a $4500 welder for the back of his truck and charges out at $85/hr.....

[BIGABOY]

if your in ontario by one of the NUC plants(OPG) i know they pay some big bucks 3 of my buddies work there as millwrights, i heard it is so clean you can eat off the floor, I heard there mxing out at 42-43 an hour overtime is double, when my buddy was an apprentice he was pulling 110,000 a year.
awsome pension, benifits.

BIGABOY

[wolverine]

Move to Alberta, at 22 you are young man! get an "A" Class drivers license, you will work 8 months of the year, and you will make no less than $120,000 to start, lots of room top move out here.

[ubcpower]

Move to Alberta, at 22 you are young man! get an "A" Class drivers license, you will work 8 months of the year, and you will make no less than $120,000 to start, lots of room top move out here.

agreed, dont know too much detail about specific alberta jobs but i had some highschool buddies from B.c., who left for alberta right after high school (meanwhile i went to University and dropped 100k on school lol)...they started their own waste removal business where they go in with their trucks and clean up after oil companies research sites.... both guys are 24 , OUTRIGHT own houses in both Calgary and Vancouver, and can afford to take 3-4 months off a year for holidays.

[wolverine]

^^^ UBC can you PM me these two fella's info, that's the business I'm looking to get into out here as my background is Hazmat!!

[gicantor]

if your in ontario by one of the NUC plants(OPG) i know they pay some big bucks 3 of my buddies work there as millwrights, i heard it is so clean you can eat off the floor, I heard there mxing out at 42-43 an hour overtime is double, when my buddy was an apprentice he was pulling 110,000 a year.
awsome pension, benifits.

BIGABOY

I am in ontario. about 4 hrs away from bruce power but I don't have a problem moving for that kind of money.

[gicantor]

Move to Alberta, at 22 you are young man! get an "A" Class drivers license, you will work 8 months of the year, and you will make no less than $120,000 to start, lots of room top move out here.

Is the cost of living higher out west? Everyone always tells me it is but it's all word of mouth.

[Danger]

lol, people actually say that? We pay what like 6-7% less for everything because we have no PST.

[Danger]

I guess right might be a lil higher since people actually want to live here but its not all ****ed up like it was in '07 anymore you can get a decent 2brd Apt for like $700-$950mo right now or even cheaper if you look around.

[wolverine]

Is the cost of living higher out west? Everyone always tells me it is but it's all word of mouth.

Brother, I lived in Milton all my life and could barely make bills, that being said I'm a ticketed carpenter with a union back home. I went back to school for firefighting and moved my ass out to Alberta, This is the best thing I ever could have done, All my debt is gone, I came out a year ago with roughly $ 20,000 in debt. I have never made this much money in my life, as for cost of living, it is actually cheaper out here, what one would pay for a house in southern Ont, around $ 400,000 or so, that same house is $ 100,000 cheaper in Alberta, don't get me wrong, I miss homebut won't beheading there anytime soon!!

[gicantor]

lol, people actually say that? We pay what like 6-7% less for everything because we have no PST.

Oh yeah man. I remember in welding school the big thing was don't move out west because a bag of milk is 15 bucks and a small house is a half million and anymore money you make is just offset by the cost of living. Apperently it was just people talking out of their ass.

[gicantor]

Brother, I lived in Milton all my life and could barely make bills, that being said I'm a ticketed carpenter with a union back home. I went back to school for firefighting and moved my ass out to Alberta, This is the best thing I ever could have done, All my debt is gone, I came out a year ago with roughly $ 20,000 in debt. I have never made this much money in my life, as for cost of living, it is actually cheaper out here, what one would pay for a house in southern Ont, around $ 400,000 or so, that same house is $ 100,000 cheaper in Alberta, don't get me wrong, I miss homebut won't beheading there anytime soon!!

yeah 300-400,000 thou would get you 2 story 2500sq ft house around here. Problem is all the jobs around hear suck.

[wolverine]

^ ^^^^^^^^^
you go to Lakeland in Vermilion AB for welding?? as for jobs, there are tons of good jobs, you are going to work some long hours through the winter months but make some mad money!! Have you ever thought of welding pipeline or even a mobile unit? Saw a welder come out to fix a crack on a blender uint for a Frac crew, the bill was huge, legal operation to print money!!