Need advice with future career

skaterdude

Im 25 and i have no idea what to do in college in september i will be going back as a mature student ive been racking my brain on what to do can anyone give me some suggestions please,
All i want is a good job where i can make money and be happy
My intrests are same as anyone elses cars drinking soccer skateboarding
ive worked since i have been in school and am sick of the same dead end job that will get me nowhere looking to go and do something with my life can anyone give me any sugestions on courses that i could do?

Linguo

What about sports journalism?

ntlbell

mechanical engineering?

skaterdude

Both sound very good, wouldn't be into watching sports enough to be a sports journalist and wouldn't really know to go about being a journalist?
What exactly is involved in mechanical engineering?

sNarah

Would you really study a subject just for the sake of the career happyness?

Maybe tell us some things you are interested in? And then take it from there? What profession could you see yourself in (disregaring any lacking qualifications etc.)?

Varkov

Underground treasure hunter.

AARRRGH

What subjects did you enjoy and what subjects were you good at when you were in school?

skaterdude

I was good at engineering probably beacuse the class were such messers and history cause the teacher was really cool and made it interesting.
and was good at computers
have no idea what i could see myself in and thats the problem.
Could anyone offer some suggestions?

Elessar

Is there anything you would do for free everyday if you could?

Nolanger

Do a general Business Studies degree - then you can find out what you really like - finance,HRM,accounting,computers, economics, marketing. Better than taking a more specialised degree and realising after two years you don't like it?

skaterdude

What is involved in a business studies course?
what would i be learning? a bit of everything?
I suppose now that i think about it my best subject in school was computers
what kind of courses are there to get into the it department as in get a good job out of it?i hear a lot of people get very bored with it after a while

skaterdude

Anyone?

doolox

IT is not the bed of roses people think it is.
Unless you are good at abstract thinking and cool in a crisis and able to take abuse as panicky users scream at you for solutions stay away from IT.
If, however you thrive in such situations, like change and can absorb a lot of detailed information quickly without error then IT is for you.
It is important to keep some money aside for on-going training to keep up-to-date in this field and not expect the company to do it for you.
It has been my experience that most companies will hire the REAL IT experts from outside to do a particular project and the specialised, routine tasks will be kept for the internal staff. At junior levels these will not be paid well until they "prove themselves". The short-cut way to do this is to take external courses with your own money if necessary in focussed, relevant and difficult parts of IT that people generally don't like. The more detail and difficulty the better. This cuts out the run-of-the-mill operators like me and puts you in a position of power.
Read as many trade journals as you can to identify current areas of complexity and difficulty in the field and where the next opportunities may lie.
I have worked with many good engineers and IT people in the past and what made them good was a passion for their work.
Get an area that interests you and stick at it. Become acknowledged as an expert at it. You will know you are good when bosses ask you to attend meetings to explain techy stuff to other people or ask your opinion.
When this happens note it down for use in pay negotiations later..........
You will really know you have arrived when they start asking you to conduct techical interviews or looking for your advice in hiring new people.
If this area interests you, and if people in general interest you, a job as supervisor or human resources with a technical slant may interest you.

artful_codger

skaterdude wrote: »

Im 25 and i have no idea what to do in college in september i will be going back as a mature student ive been racking my brain on what to do can anyone give me some suggestions please,
All i want is a good job where i can make money and be happy
My intrests are same as anyone elses cars drinking soccer skateboarding
ive worked since i have been in school and am sick of the same dead end job that will get me nowhere looking to go and do something with my life can anyone give me any sugestions on courses that i could do?

dude, you're 25. if you haven't done any research on what courses are out there and don't know what you'd be good at by now, then stay away from college because you don't sound like the college type, it takes discipline, drive and four years to get a degree. Try and get a mechanic apprenticeship or do some FAS mechanic course if one exists. Many of the qualities that make good IT people would apply equally to being a mechanic - ability to diagnose problems given a partial picture, ability to understand systems, ability to come up with clever workarounds to problems etc.

Coolio

If you're really unsure about where your interests and skills lie, why not consider getting some psychometric testing done? I'm hoping to get it done soon as I'm coming to the end of a contract position in teaching and it's drying up big time with all the cuts. They can be quite expensive but from what I read the testing takes 3 hrs and you get a good read on what you are suited to.

dh0661

@ 25 going to college as a mature student - fair play to you.

but you must realise that you are 25 and a mature adult.

Grow up and get focused.

nitrogen

Most people go back to college later in life because they've found a passion and want to pursue it as a career, not solely because of financial interest.

If you need to be spoon-fed on what your own interests are, you may be wasting your time studying a random topic for four years.

InReality

I think if you want good advice you'll need to narrow down your interests yourself first.
Then tell us.
Otherwise what can people say to you ?