| stealth |
Hey i was wondering, what are some good jobs or fields to go into where I can make some serious cash? I have the grades, just dont know what to go into, i mean something that can get me a down payment on a big house and an exotic car. Lol it sounds funny but I am serious, I am not sure what to go into, that pays good cash, right now it doesnt matter if I like it. Any ideas?
Thx
Plus i would also like to run a buisness in the future not sure what kind though. |
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| JeffZ28 |
how old are you?
go into something you LIKE. otherwise you wont make good money at it
lawyer, doctor, accountant, engineer, managers (board of trusties), etc...
name almost anything, if your good at it you will make good money with it.
I know someone that is a server and makes upwards of 90k a year.
Lawyer... I know one that makes damn near a million a year.... I also know one that can hardly afford the note on his cavalier.
Doctor.... little most stable, but can range from million all the way down to 60k a year.
Welder.. I know some good ones makes 130k+ a year.
Pretty much any job if your good can make good money, even great money. What gets you there is enjoyment for your job. |
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| 98 teg |
| exactly man you can make coin on almost anything if you are good at it |
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| 2003specv |
If you like working with your hands, get into the trades. A union journeyman welder working in the field (out of town) can EASILY make 80-100k per year. Thats only like 10 months of work too. Guys that go hard, regularly make over 100k per year, no BS. When I got into this trade I thought everyone was exagerating about the money that could be made. Trust me, it's there.
Not sure if this is what you were looking for but I figured I'd throw it out there.:bthumbup: |
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| BZZRTN |
| you sound like every young person out there....got grades, no experience in anything but want the big money and run the company.....sorry man it will more likely take you 5-10yrs to start making big money. i highly recommend takeing autocad(sp) drafting and engenerring. you can make some great money if you get on with the right company. |
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| Flex |
| Do something you are interested in as well. Dont just pick a job for money.......no fun going somewhere you hate everyday just to collect a paycheque. |
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| stealth |
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Originally posted by BZZRTN
you sound like every young person out there....got grades, no experience in anything but want the big money and run the company.....sorry man it will more likely take you 5-10yrs to start making big money. i highly recommend takeing autocad(sp) drafting and engenerring. you can make some great money if you get on with the right company.
JeffZ28 im 16.
Well my family owned and ran 3 buisness so I kind of have a feeling how it is done.
Ya im not planning on making money my first year in the first year.
I was thinkning of Petrochemical Engineering, something with Politics, or Lawyer as I am good at lying;) |
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| REFLUX |
1) Good lawyers don't lie ;) It's called subjective truth
2) Making big money from running your own business is extremely difficult especially if you're starting an independent company (i.e. not a chain). Businessmen are some of the wealthiest people in the world but are also the most frugal (nice term for CHEAP)
3) On average, WEALTH does not come even within 10-20 years, it takes a lifetime to accumulate...ESPECIALLY in running a business.
So far, every single person has given you awesome advice, most notably JeffZ28:
Do what you enjoy.
If you are an ER doctor that makes $200k/year (after tax) but has to work 100+ hours/week, cut people open, see people die, deal with their families, sleep 4 hours a day, are in the operating room for 7-10 hours at one time
A) You won't even have time to spend your money/use the things you buy
B) You will hate what you do
imagine spending 100+hours/week doing something you hate??? |
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| VerbotenZ34 |
Well, if you're considering some business instruction, I would suggest the NAIT School of Business. The training is extensive, if not particularly moral or ethical ("Wages too high in North America? Move your production to Asia!"), in addition to being more hands on. It's less expensive, and you can obtain your Batchelor's in four years as opposed to 6+ at the U.
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by VerbotenZ34
Well, if you're considering some business instruction, I would suggest the NAIT School of Business. The training is extensive, if not particularly moral or ethical ("Wages too high in North America? Move your production to Asia!"), in addition to being more hands on. It's less expensive, and you can obtain your Batchelor's in four years as opposed to 6+ at the U.
Verboten
I would love to know how it takes 6+ years to obtain a Commerce degree at the UofA and why you think that a Bach. Of Management degree from Lethbridge is the equivalent of a Commerce degree from the UofA.
IMHO NAIT is where you go when you don't have the marks to go into Commerce at the UofA. It's courses are nothing near University level. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| Like everyone is pointing out, do what you enjoy. I opted to go to school for a job that I was told would bring me over $100k/year. Over the course of the first school year I came to find out from others that it was pure bullshit unless you completely gave up any hope for a real life. As I worked for 3 years at a dead end job I came to realize my true passion and am now working towards a career in the journalism field. Think about the one thing that you love more than anything in this world. Do you love racing cars? Try and get a job with a professional race team and work your way up. Do you love to snowboard? Work at a ski resort doing patrolling or instructing. The point is that if you despise what you do it begins to control your life. I've seen miserable people that make over a $1,000,000 per year being waited on by some of the happiest people you'll ever meet that are making $20,000 per year. Do what you enjoy and you'll always be successful!:bthumbup: |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
Do what you enjoy and you'll always be successful!:bthumbup:
Exactly (Successful doesn't necessarily = rich). |
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| black5speed |
definetly do what you will enjoy ......
and there is tons of money in the Film industry .... the trouble is finding it ... and again .. you don't start making good money for atleast 5-10 years. and you have to like the film lifestyle (ie. long hours, sometimes you can go months without work, stuff like that) |
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| stealth |
| Thank you all for the great advice. |
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| VerbotenZ34 |
:dunno: I sat in on a few days worth of Commerce classes with a friend when deciding what to do, and they didn't seem to be as focused as NAIT's. When I asked a number of Commerce grads if they would suggest the program they told me they would have rather have gone to NAIT, and after the number of retaken classes was added up they estimated most people graduated in 6 years. My post was just expressing my experiences.
Besides, a Diploma/Degree/Bachelor's is just a slip of paper to get your foot in the door; you have to seal the deal with your performance afterwards, right?;)
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| Anonymoose |
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Originally posted by VerbotenZ34
When I asked a number of Commerce grads if they would suggest the program they told me they would have rather have gone to NAIT, and after the number of retaken classes was added up they estimated most people graduated in 6 years.
I dunno but if you have to take 2 years worth of classes again because you failed them then I don't know if University is really where these people should be.
FWIW, all of the people I know who graduated from business at NAIT are now back in school. Only 1 of 6 people was actually able to find a business related job after getting his diploma (working at a bank in Ponoka) and he quit and has gone back to school also. |
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| REFLUX |
To shed a bit of light into the NAIT vs UA debate:
1) I have found/discovered/heard that NAIT primarily = you get a job in essentially what you learned @ NAIT quickly but you need to update yourself regularly (seminars, classes, etc).
2) UA primarily = you get a job that has SOME relation to what you learned @ UA and you have more ability/potential for promotion within your company but it takes longer to find a job.
of course these aren't universal truths and there are many variations amongst the different career fields but I believe you will find similar experiences from others. |
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| s2oooR |
I totally agree with what Verboten said though.... I have a university degree and about to get my nait diploma in accounting (im actually taking the CGA courses right now, hoping to get my designation) ....and if i had to do it over again, I would have totally gone to nait instead of university..... i think, by far, i learned much more "useful" things at nait than university.
Well, at least i didnt totally waste my time at the UofA....u need a degree to get your CGA accounting designation so i guess it all worked out? |
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| s2oooR |
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Originally posted by REFLUX
To shed a bit of light into the NAIT vs UA debate:
1) I have found/discovered/heard that NAIT primarily = you get a job in essentially what you learned @ NAIT quickly but you need to update yourself regularly (seminars, classes, etc).
2) UA primarily = you get a job that has SOME relation to what you learned @ UA and you have more ability/potential for promotion within your company but it takes longer to find a job.
Hey Terry! Looks like I got the best of both worlds :p :D
maybe i'll start looking for a job with my diploma and degree, see what i get.....and just finish off my CGA courses along the way? ....im just hurting for cash right now going to school now full time for the past couple years or so.... :( |
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| stealth |
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Originally posted by s2oooR
Hey Terry! Looks like I got the best of both worlds :p :D
maybe i'll start looking for a job with my diploma and degree, see what i get.....and just finish off my CGA courses along the way? ....im just hurting for cash right now going to school now full time for the past couple years or so.... :(
hey if you dont mind, what did you go to the UofA for? as i see its something dealing with math, cause you are taking accounting. |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by REFLUX
To shed a bit of light into the NAIT vs UA debate:
1) I have found/discovered/heard that NAIT primarily = you get a job in essentially what you learned @ NAIT quickly but you need to update yourself regularly (seminars, classes, etc).
2) UA primarily = you get a job that has SOME relation to what you learned @ UA and you have more ability/potential for promotion within your company but it takes longer to find a job.
of course these aren't universal truths and there are many variations amongst the different career fields but I believe you will find similar experiences from others.
The other big factor is salary - a lot of NAIT grads from the Business program look at 10-12/hour as a starting wage. While a Commerce student commands quite a bit more than that.
If you have the time/money/abilities/desire to go to the UofA it's worth it. But if you just want to get out in the real world as quick as possible, it's best to go to NAIT and possibly attend night school afterwards.... |
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| 2003specv |
| Where is the brains in going to school for 4 years for a job that starts at 10-12 per hour? What a waste of time. |
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| VerbotenZ34 |
:dunno: I've got a $20/hour day job locked for when I attend my UofL night classes for my Bachelor's. I guess its all about where you get in.
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| s2oooR |
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Originally posted by stealth
hey if you dont mind, what did you go to the UofA for? as i see its something dealing with math, cause you are taking accounting.
Actualy i was all over the place at the UofA. I started out in Science (maj. in chem, minor in Bio) ....i actually have one more semester left if i ever wanted to finish that degree but i really hate it :mad:
...then i switched over to arts...and thats where i have my degree! :D ...get this, Classical History! ... I think i switched just so i could play an extra year or so on the UA tennis team :p
...but yeah, i suppose i took enough math courses while i was in Science....not that u really need all those technical stuff for accounting.....accounting is just adding and subtracting LOL (for the most part) |
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| stealth |
cool, im looking in getting into Political Science, something with Politics interests me.
Besides being a F1 Driver lol or a Engineer for Hondas F1's lol or a test driver thing like on Speed Vision but I dont think u can take courses for that. |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by stealth
cool, im looking in getting into Political Science, something with Politics interests me.
Besides being a F1 Driver lol or a Engineer for Hondas F1's lol or a test driver thing like on Speed Vision but I dont think u can take courses for that.
I knew a Poli-Sci grad. He became a bank teller....
Just keep that in mind - if you take Poli-Sci, doesn't mean you're gonna end up in Politics. Hell, I had a student teacher in junior high school who got his teaching degree, and became a politician (He's now a MLA) |
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| MightyMidget |
you could always join the military for a few years.....go on a few tours and save all your 'danger/hazard' pay (which is taxt free) and then after a few years you will have some fun money. Hey you get payed to workout, play war games and go camping!!
no disrespect intended to CF people......a bit of humor in there!!
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| stealth |
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Originally posted by TrevorK
I knew a Poli-Sci grad. He became a bank teller....
Just keep that in mind - if you take Poli-Sci, doesn't mean you're gonna end up in Politics. Hell, I had a student teacher in junior high school who got his teaching degree, and became a politician (He's now a MLA)
Yea thx, I guess peoples mind change, throughout school ,or things dont work out for them. |
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| stealth |
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Originally posted by MightyMidget
you could always join the military for a few years.....go on a few tours and save all your 'danger/hazard' pay (which is taxt free) and then after a few years you will have some fun money. Hey you get payed to workout, play war games and go camping!!
no disrespect intended to CF people......a bit of humor in there!!
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although that is good, and u can still go to schoo while your in it. My parents want me first to get into post secondary. |
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| 2HIGH~PSI |
you're talking about making the big money and deciding how to spend it already, one phrase that i found the most useful and meaningful to making money was
Live well below your means
don't over spend, and stretch to afford the things you want..exotic car...huge house, wait, or buy something you know you can afford easily because then the money you make after will not all go to a debt you owe, you will be able to put some of it in your pocket
Once you make the money (by doing what you really enjoy doing)
don't go and blow it, it takes money to make money. Once you make money then invest, keep doing what you're doing until you have alot of money and buying a house or a car (preferably a house because at least that increases in value) doesn't take up most of what you've earned already
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| scooby_dooby |
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Originally posted by VerbotenZ34
:dunno: I've got a $20/hour day job locked for when I attend my UofL night classes for my Bachelor's. I guess its all about where you get in.
Verboten
Is it a government job? Most of these guys are right, about the business admin course, everyone I know who took it has gone back to take something else. The majority of people who take these business admin jobs get stuck in some low paying job and realize they need to go back to school.
Unless of course if you have friends or relatives that work for the government, then you can become a lifer on just a business diploma, but that's all about contacts.
My opinion on NAIT vs. University, when hiring to fill position here we don't care whether you have a diploma or a degree because it's all about practical experience. Can you actually DO what we need you to do? NAIT students seem to have a slight edge but they're all pretty bad.
IMO, NAIT is much cheaper than university and is a good option for some, I only owe $10,000 from my 2 years of school if gone to the U I'd be $50,000 in debt now, and the chances i would have found a "better" job are pretty slim.
That said university is much more fun socially, now that I work here I wish I'd went. The outdoor concerts, hot tubs outside at -20, house parties it's pretty cool. At NAIT you just go to class.
Sam, a good job that makes lots of money is instrumentation, my friend took it at nait and there's a ton of demand out there and it pays good. Personally, in a few years I'm gonna start my degree as a mechanical engineer. |
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| REDX2NV |
Just wondering, has anyone taken or know anyone that has taken electrical engineering course at nait?
Im contemplating wether to take that or heavy duty equipment technician... I just dont know if that engineering course will take me far in life since its not a university level course... Hmm... :dunno: :dunno: |
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| VerbotenZ34 |
Infortunately I'm not at liberty to speak about my potential employment, as the standard process may have been circumvented ;)
But the lifestyle of NAIT is alot different from the U. Sure, we have Ookfest, but thats right at the beginning of the year. And BAS hasn't planned very many events.
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| S2000_rider |
| Like most people have said, do something that you enjoy. Whether or not it makes major $$$ is obviously dependent on the profession but again don't do something for the $$$ because you won't last long. |
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