Aite guys, can everyone post their line of work. I'm a college student headed towards engineering but I dunno if it's right for me. Just need to brainstorm and see what's available out there, and where the money's at.

Student..., My yearly income is about $0.47 (once in awhile i find dimes and nickels on the floor) and I get off whenever I want, as long as it's on a weekend, and if it snows real bad, I don't even have to go. I have medical benefeits as well, If I get hurt, there's a nurse always right there to make sure i'm fine...I believe I have an awesome job.

Student..., My yearly income is about $0.47 (once in awhile i find dimes and nickels on the floor) and I get off whenever I want, as long as it's on a weekend, and if it snows real bad, I don't even have to go. I have medical benefeits as well, If I get hurt, there's a nurse always right there to make sure i'm fine...I believe I have an awesome job.

I was thinking more a little more income, you know, one that'll allow me to eat.

What line of career you heading later on man?

Aite guys, can everyone post their line of work. I'm a college student headed towards engineering but I dunno if it's right for me. Just need to brainstorm and see what's available out there, and where the money's at.


I think your headed in the right direction.
One of my friends is a mechanical engineer.
He got a job with Boeing,the catch was for him to move to seattle but they bought him a house and a car.
He hasnt been there for a year and he is already gonna buy his mom a house.

I was a high school teacher for 10 years, 9 as Social Studies department chairman. I also taught Astronomy and Environmental issues during that time.

Now I'm a professional Muff diver. The pay sucks, but the fringe benifits are great.

haha. Quite the comedian.Could probably imagine you as one of the teachers the pupils found quite cool. A rarity nowadays.

Im going to school to be...hopefully...a sports journalist or broadcaster. I already have hook ups at Michigan public radio and Sports Illustrated so that sure as hell aint bad.

Im going to school to be...hopefully...a sports journalist or broadcaster. I already have hook ups at Michigan public radio and Sports Illustrated so that sure as hell aint bad.


I did the same thing. Thats my long term goal aswell to be in sports talk radio. Me and my boy had our own sports radio show out here for a year on a small local station. It only went about 50 miles.

Right now im writing and doing sports for a sports web site on the side, but not getting paid because no one ever gets paid when they start out in radio or jounalism.

Good luck OG.

I thought you were gonna say making license plates or something like they let you work in the libray.

I work at 7 11. ITs pretty cool and I get all the free slushies I want. Plus I got robbed one time and that was pretty cool, I got to be all on the news and everything.

Im going to school to be...hopefully...a sports journalist or broadcaster. I already have hook ups at Michigan public radio and Sports Illustrated so that sure as hell aint bad.

Good luck with that OG. That's a very competitive field.

i want to be a stock broker/trader and im going to school in the fall. as of right now i work on an oil rig 6 days on and 6 days off, it pays pretty well but i cant see me doing this forever.

i refuse to refer to my current line of work as a career. But it is keeping my kids fed, my house warm, allowing me to go to some live fights, and I can more or less control how much money I make a year based on how many hours I work.

Hopefully in the fall, I'll have a more interesting and glamorous job than factory worker...

This is my 3rd year with the IRS as a service rep, this year i'll be makin bout 40K...

Full Time student, Use to work at KB Toys quit that with quickness 2 days ago.

I know for sure I am going on to get an MBA but I will first getting a bachelor of science in business...Possibly in Administration or Marketing/Advertising...It is a tough call really.

But I would really like to get into Hotel Management really, except the workload is crazy and you constantly have to be their and work odd hours which may not be something I like.

I did the same thing. Thats my long term goal aswell to be in sports talk radio. Me and my boy had our own sports radio show out here for a year on a small local station. It only went about 50 miles.

Right now im writing and doing sports for a sports web site on the side, but not getting paid because no one ever gets paid when they start out in radio or jounalism.

Good luck OG.

I thought you were gonna say making license plates or something like they let you work in the libray.


I kind of figured because you can keep your side of an argument about sports without *****ing out...no one i know can do that **** w/ me.

I have a few things going for me right now...grades not being one of them. :(

I hope to be like Chris Rose on FSN....all he does it direct the conversation on BDSSE, talks with celebs, and is paid well for that ****.

I was thinking more a little more income, you know, one that'll allow me to eat.

What line of career you heading later on man?
Well right after high school I'm joing the United States Marine Corps, then I'm going to college for criminal justice and journalism, I hope to be a police officer or write for a newspaper.

Good luck with that OG. That's a very competitive field.


Thanks dude. I guess that I'm relying on my passion for sports and boyish good looks. :D

Aite guys, can everyone post their line of work. I'm a college student headed towards engineering but I dunno if it's right for me. Just need to brainstorm and see what's available out there, and where the money's at.



....My brother in law is an engineer as was his father and older brother. That left brain thinking even rubbed off on my wife who can figure out anything on the computer or anything mechanical. My brother in law now owns his own semi-conductor business and is a multi multi millionare. You could do alot worse than being an engineer. :)

I kind of figured because you can keep your side of an argument about sports without *****ing out...no one i know can do that **** w/ me.

I have a few things going for me right now...grades not being one of them. :(

I hope to be like Chris Rose on FSN....all he does it direct the conversation on BDSSE, talks with celebs, and is paid well for that ****.


Dont worry you dont need grades if thats what you want to do. Chris Rose aint well paid by the way.

Full Time student, Use to work at KB Toys quit that with quickness 2 days ago.

I know for sure I am going on to get an MBA but I will first getting a bachelor of science in business...Possibly in Administration or Marketing/Advertising...It is a tough call really.

But I would really like to get into Hotel Management really, except the workload is crazy and you constantly have to be their and work odd hours which may not be something I like.

I'll have my B.S. in Business Administration after summer session...

I'll have my B.S. in Business Administration after summer session...


....I have a BSBA(management major) with a psychology minor from good old Old Dominion University.

....I have a BSBA(management major) with a psychology minor from good old Old Dominion University.

My concentration is in Human Resources...

btw, I ****ing hate business

My concentration is in Human Resources...

btw, I ****ing hate business


.....Yeah, I kind of hate it too sometimes. I had been a mortgage broker for the last 6 years and I am now working for a bank(trying to go legit). Even when I was a broker I was never into screwing people over with rediculous broker fees. I have "friends" that are brokers that **** people over so bad it's sick. How they sleep at night is beyond me.

I always wanted to do something with my mind, something creative. I dropped out of school after a year, planning to return. Well, I did - four more times, only I felt too guilty the last 3 to let my parents pay for it. So I'm going to school on Alcoa's dime - and they require the classes I take to come from an accredited school in a field that would qualify me for a job that they would offer.

So it's business. Which requires no creativity. Much of it seems like generic economic principles, basic people skills, common sense, and self-improvement bull**** (an entire course called Leadership? come on...)

I used to make fun of the kids in the BPA club at school. Now I have to hope one of those ****ers hires me...

Nobody is in here that is taking/took criminal justice...? Damn

I always wanted to do something with my mind, something creative. I dropped out of school after a year, planning to return. Well, I did - four more times, only I felt too guilty the last 3 to let my parents pay for it. So I'm going to school on Alcoa's dime - and they require the classes I take to come from an accredited school in a field that would qualify me for a job that they would offer.

So it's business. Which requires no creativity. Much of it seems like generic economic principles, basic people skills, common sense, and self-improvement bull**** (an entire course called Leadership? come on...)

I used to make fun of the kids in the BPA club at school. Now I have to hope one of those ****ers hires me...


.....lol lol lol I took forever to get my degree. I was on the ten year plan. If it wasn't for my wife pushing me years ago I would have never finished school. Even when I was close to being finished I wasn't sure about my chosen field. Hell, I still don't know what would make me truly happy in my work. I do have tons of free time still and I can spend quality time with my wife and kids that I could never replace even if I made like 2 mil a year. We have a very good life, nice house, losts of free time, and we live in the great climate here in the southwestern part of Florida. I could work my ass off and be alot better off but it's not worth it in the long run.

I'll have my B.S. in Business Administration after summer session...


Im not even sure what Administration is haha....But it works and sounds nice I guess.


I hate business as well, it ****ing blows and I would rather much be an athlete or an actor of some sort but I cant compete at a high level and my acting skills are worst than a pro wrestlers.

However I did have a love for filmmaking and thought about that but switched my major, infact I have never really let it go and on the side currently working on a script that will be solid and bring me fame :) I can wish, but hey it is a funny movie (comedy duh) but it is deeper than dick and fart jokes.

I love boxing so I will follow it for as long as I can. I am certified to referee in the pros this year so I am looking forward to that. I also train a sweet little fighter right now, I have a feeling you will hear of him in time. Boxing as a career will not get yuou much money, sometimes its possible, but unlikely. I am in it because its in me and am not doing it for the money.

For a career I wanted to use my creative mind but found it very difficult to land jobs with out the school behind me. Hell, I have looked at work from people with 4years of graphic arts and such as a major and have not been impressed by the work. The creative mind is not something that can be taught in 4 years, it is something that is found and molded from a young age by a young mind that strives to be unique and creative. I work as a carpenter with the union right now, well, ive been laid off for a spell but thats my official job. I just got a line on doing commercial art for different schools from a man that owns a graphics company. Ya know, painting logos and walls and doing logos on gym floors and such. With me, money is not the main thing. As long as I have enough to get by but am still able to do what is in my heart than I am fine. When you are doing what you love I believe that the money will show up somewhere down the line, patience is key..........Rockin' :boxing:

Aite guys, can everyone post their line of work. I'm a college student headed towards engineering but I dunno if it's right for me. Just need to brainstorm and see what's available out there, and where the money's at.
i'm a guidance counselor for high school students and i think i have some tips for you dude:
1. know what your priorities are. if you are looking for a career that will make you earn money at once, skip the four grueling years in engineering and take a vocational course. but then again, if you are looking towards a lasting career with better earnings, go to college.

2. identify your aptitudes. know your skills and limitations for this knowledge will help you analyse what areas you are good at. example, your interest is directed towards computer and technology, and you are very knowledgable in this area, then try computer science. if you think you can do good in business and marketing and lead people, try taking business and management courses. i may also advise you to take standardized aptitude tests (you can get refferal from your guidance counselor) for you to know where your good at and at the same time you will also know your weak points.

3. be practical. college can be financially constraining to you and your family. choose a course that can also go with the budget you have. be realistic. if you can't send a rocket to the moon, don't take the chance. there are courses out there that may serve your interests but are cost-efficient. example: if you can't afford to take up engineering, even though you badly want this, you can take architecture instead (for all i know this course is less costly than engineering)

4. look ahead. college usually takes four years to finish. therefore you should think about the future and what lies ahead of you. take into consideration what the society needs by the time you graduate. some courses may not be applicable anymore by the time you finish your studies. example, is nursing. today, the global need for nursing is at its extreme high. but will it still be competitive for years later? maybe, maybe not. you have to be wise in choosing a career or you may end up at the group of unemployed professionals because your profession is already filled up.


good luck dude :)

I was a high school teacher for 10 years, 9 as Social Studies department chairman. I also taught Astronomy and Environmental issues during that time.

You? A teacher? You've GOT to be kidding me. No offense Sonny. It just sort of scares me that you're teaching kids, lol. Seem more like a frat guy to me.

Yeah, I kind of hate it too sometimes. I had been a mortgage broker for the last 6 years and I am now working for a bank(trying to go legit). Even when I was a broker I was never into screwing people over with rediculous broker fees. I have "friends" that are brokers that **** people over so bad it's sick. How they sleep at night is beyond me

Reminds me of Chinatown. You'll probably know what I mean. Great ****ing movie. Oh damn, yes, what a great ****ing movie. **** yeah, it is a great movie, holy **** that's a damn good movie. I've gotta watch it again. Damn it was good.

You? A teacher? You've GOT to be kidding me. No offense Sonny. It just sort of scares me that you're teaching kids, lol. Seem more like a frat guy to me.


....Yeah, I bet he was horny for those high school girls for sure. I know I would have been!!!

So it's business. Which requires no creativity. Much of it seems like generic economic principles, basic people skills, common sense, and self-improvement bull**** (an entire course called Leadership? come on...)

I used to make fun of the kids in the BPA club at school. Now I have to hope one of those ****ers hires me...


Come on neils, you know what you really WANT to do. It is obvious, but you're scared to fully admit it. You want to work in movies, like me. I was scared to admit it too. First I just got into theatre and tried that whole artsy crap. Then I was like "okay, filmmaking is what I really want to do." Finally, a professor showed me why it is such a reputable field and that it doesn't have to be a pipe dream.

Not just anybody can work in film. You have to have a lot of patience. I don't have a ton, but I've got almost enough to make it in film. I love it enough to do it for free, so that let's me know I want to do it for a living.

I know I'm posting a lot, but there were a good bit of replies, so forgive me...or don't.

However I did have a love for filmmaking and thought about that but switched my major, infact I have never really let it go and on the side currently working on a script that will be solid and bring me fame I can wish, but hey it is a funny movie (comedy duh) but it is deeper than dick and fart jokes.


Spinks...seriously, get into some acting classes now while you still can. Creative writing, playwriting, screenwriting, something. Keep reading below...

For a career I wanted to use my creative mind but found it very difficult to land jobs with out the school behind me. Hell, I have looked at work from people with 4years of graphic arts and such as a major and have not been impressed by the work. The creative mind is not something that can be taught in 4 years, it is something that is found and molded from a young age by a young mind that strives to be unique and creative.

I agree and disagree with you here. A LOT can be accomplished in 4 years if you have good professors. I know so much about writing, directing, acting, and so forth that I had no clue about prior to it. And I mean I thought I knew stuff. I thought, like most, that the hardest part about acting was memorizing lines. My God, that is the easy part. It is nothing. It makes me groan when I hear people say that now ("I don't see how they memorize all those lines"). Ugh.

Writing can be taught, to a degree. Form is important. Structure is very important. In order to be able to break form, go against conventions, it is important to understand those conventions first. I've had both playwriting and screenwriting now. Both are really similar. It is all about story, just presented differently. Different things are taken into consideration. For example, a play will generally have less scenes than a film because plays are live and have to have live scene changes. It is impractical for a 2 hour play to have 30 scene changes. For a movie, 30 scene changes is usually a low number (its around 60-80 in film, normally).

People constantly say "the book was better than the movie." Yeah, no ****. You've got infinitely more time to tell your story with a book than with a film or a play. Most fictional best sellers are no shorter than 300 pages. A screen writer gets 2 to 3 hours of time, maximum. This is why Stephen King is so fond of the miniseries. He can get four 2 hour segments and tell much more of his story that way.

Think about The Stand. Imagine if it had been condensed to 2 hours. Sure, it COULD have been done, but it wouldn't have been as good. Which, I'm not a huge fan of King's movies anyhow. Since they are mostly made for TV, they have budgets that are also made for tv, so the production values aren't as good. I use King as an example b/c he's a novel writer who has probably the most books made into movies, with Tom Clancy and Grisham fairly close behind. -


Back to film making, writing, whatever.

Spinks and Rockin, please buy this book...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060391685/qid=1113018073/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-5109110-8500035

It is called Story by Robert McKee. Neils, buy it too. Guys, this book is VERY ****ing good for anybody wanting to write. Or anybody just wanting to further understand movies, plays, fiction, etc. And it is very interesting actually.

Please, guys, buy that book. I don't care where you get it. Sonny could probably get you free copies if he'd use his "teachers" powers to his advantage. Or you might can. Just call publishers, tell them you're thinking about teaching a course in screenwriting and you're considering that book, would they send a free sample of the book? If they fall for it, they'll send a free copy.

I currently work at a bullsh*t job that pays my bills and allows my family and I to have just enough fun, so that we don't go crazy. I have an Associates in Computer Technology and will have a Bachelors in Technical Management by the end of the year. I'm trying to get a good paying job so I can invest in myself and open up a nightclub.

I currently work at a bullsh*t job that pays my bills and allows my family and I to have just enough fun, so that we don't go crazy. I have an Associates in Computer Technology and will have a Bachelors in Technical Management by the end of the year. I'm trying to get a good paying job so I can invest in myself and open up a nightclub.
at least your getting yourself in a very positive direction dude

You? A teacher? You've GOT to be kidding me. No offense Sonny. It just sort of scares me that you're teaching kids, lol. Seem more like a frat guy to me.

I was in a frat, but I was never a "frat guy". I had a couple fun years and then when the uptight brothers gained a majority I was out of there.

Believe me when I left the teaching profession everyone from the students to the superintendant were begging me to stay. I brought history alive *****! Problem was the money just wasn't there. I never got into teaching for the money, but you think with a masters degree and 10 years experience you could make a comfortable living for a family of four. And people wonder what's wrong with education in America. I can narrow it down to 2 items. First, the salaries aren't high enough to keep or attract the truly skilled educators. Turnover in the field of education is staggering. Second, the trend towards full inclusion which has taken hold over the last 10-20 years. Teachers these days are expected to create individual education plans for ADD and LD students plus maintain discipline with EH students, and often without any aides or special ed professionals to assist them. The result is that your average students are being lost in the mix. We're so concerned that "no child be left behind" but in the process we are dumbing down the overall quality of education and your average students are the oners who wind up paying the price.

Of course in my classes I just relied on a simple inverse grading rule. D cups and above received an "A", C cups received a "B", B cups received a "C", and flat chested chicks failed. Unless of course they had a great ass. :D

Seriously though, young male teachers like myself had to be very careful not to allow ourselves to even be perceived as showing more than a professional interest in their education. I had a young lady come on to me in my first year and I was somewhat flattered until a veteran colleague warned me to watch out. I made myself completely unavailable to her, for after school help, etc., unless there were other students and preferably another adult present. It was a good thing too because the next year this same young lady accused a fellow teacher of having sex with her. The guy was put on administrative leave while an investigation was conducted by the police, and the girl ultimately admitted she had lied, but the damage had already been done.

Master director,

Writing and such can be taught. I am talking about creative art..........Rockin' :boxing:

Hoping to make it as a cop then for swat, for right now i try to get good grades good record and enjoy some fun 2xs a week :)

****ed up stuff Sonny. Yeah I thought I'd go after a masters, still might one day, but I'm going to try the director thing, just get some more experience with film at a smaller school. I'd rather get lots of experience at a smaller school than get a degree from a bigger school and not learn jack ****. If I got a masters, I could always go back and teach at a college somewhere. Sonny why don't you get tenure at a university?

Rockin, that's why I said writing can be taught...to an extent. Yep, the creative stuff isn't always there. But, I do believe it can be developed. Just lots harder for people once they're no longer children. People take things so seriously that they can't make themselves imagine. And if they're having to force it, it tends to be obvious and come off very flat.

I just read the screenplay for Adaptation. Oh My God!! ****ing ingenious! You know that **** where you see something creative and you're like "Damn I wish I'd thought of that" ? This is like "damn I wish I were Charlie Kaufman." Seriously, read Story by McKee, then read Adaptation. I read the screenplay, 100 pages, in about 90 minutes.

im gonna be da muddafukin espn guy.

Master director,

Writing and such can be taught. I am talking about creative art..........Rockin' :boxing:

are you in that field? cause i always wondered if i could draw for a living imo its pretty fun and to get paid for it would be great. i could always draw some pretty cool pictures in art i got like 94% in that

Art...drawing, is something else that can be learned to an extent. Creative expression can only be taught so much. It has to be developed by the individual though.

You could draw for a living. How serious about it are you? What type of drawing? I'd get into as many art classes as I could. Learn Art history so you can show you know some ****. Start with the basics, go to advanced. Set goals for yourself. Figure out what you'd want to actually do.

Would you consider animation? Equipment is so cheap and good now that literally for like $5,000, you could buy an Imac and enough software to make your own animated cartoons on your own home computer. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is made on stuff from guys' home computers. Those guys are cleaning up big time. They don't have to pay big budget production costs, just have to pay voice actors.

And the two creators made themselves a couple critical voices on the show so that they can save money there. With episodic DVD sales doing very well for lots of things, there is lots of opportunity in animation.

Actually I'm wanting to bring Hajime NO Ippo, aka fighting spirit, to the US and adapt it into a film or series of films eventually. It is an anime over in Japan, about boxing.

Come on neils, you know what you really WANT to do. It is obvious, but you're scared to fully admit it. You want to work in movies, like me. I was scared to admit it too. First I just got into theatre and tried that whole artsy crap. Then I was like "okay, filmmaking is what I really want to do." Finally, a professor showed me why it is such a reputable field and that it doesn't have to be a pipe dream.

Not just anybody can work in film. You have to have a lot of patience. I don't have a ton, but I've got almost enough to make it in film. I love it enough to do it for free, so that let's me know I want to do it for a living.

I know I'm posting a lot, but there were a good bit of replies, so forgive me...or don't.

I've always wanted to write. I just like paying my bills. Sometimes you have to put responsibility first. I hope to, when I feel a little safer about not signing up for 24 hours of OT a week, do some stuff on the side and see if it's any good, see if I still have the talent I was told I had all through school (good sign; when I went back to "business school", I still had to take an English Comp class that Ball State University gave me credit for testing out of. After my first paper, the instructor asked me if I had ever been published)

But right now, I don't want to have to explain to my two preschoolers why we're passing around an economy size jar of peanut butter for dinner every evening, because daddy wants to be creative...

I've always wanted to write.
really? well, we seem to have the same goal. i also want to put all that run in my head into writing, but time constraint and stress pushes me back. :(

Thanks for the info MasterDirector appreciate it. It is something I am really interested in doing and just might (I sound up for theatre appreciation thats a start) next semester. I feel it is something I could do on the side while going still pursuing my business degree as well. It is a tough business no doubt about that, but perhaps I could check into it and see if some acting or creative writing classes are offered during the summer on my off time to keep me busy.

Master Director,

Thanks for showing interest in helping me. I am very serious about my art. I was going through the apprenticeship with the union as a carpenter and had gotten on a job where they put me with the latherer cre. With these guys we made all of the trees, rocks and waterfalls for The Rainforest Cafe. This company wanted to take me with them as they travel the country doing all of this cool work. The are into movie sets and all kinds of neat stuff. Well, the union wouldnt let me go with them because I was an apprentice so I took a 6 year leave of absence in pursuit of the art.

During this time I managed to get a few gigs with commercial art and a few private jobs but for the most part it was bare. The jobs that I did get were finished with the customer being extremely pleased with the end results.

I spent alot of time just drawing and designing and painting and anything else to do with art. I had 4 years of drafting in highschool and have always been very gifted with the process. School now is out of the question, for now atleast, as every dollar is spent on just the pure basic needs for survival.

I am hoping to get a deal designing handmade fight posters for different promoters in the Detroit area. Also, I have gotten with a man who is going to contract me to do different design and logo paintings and such. Art is something that I love and will follow through my life. If the money comes than that would be good, if it doesnt than its all the same, I will still be using the creative mind whether Im broke or rich.............Rockin' :boxing:

student.... going on to be a plane mechanic

Thanks for all the replies. Ima keep fighting those books and get that engineering degree.

I amm college freshman who also getting his engineering degree.
So mooks I know just how boring these theory of numbers are :(

I am a systems network administrator with a M.B.A. in Business Management. I plan on getting my PHD in Computer Information Systems next fall. I dont do a damn thing at work, but manage server downtime, and spam this forum.

If you work in high-tech or engineering you gotta love business as well, since you can't escape it in most companies. So as you as you can stomach strategic thinknng, balanced scorecards and just-in-time management and all that other bs you can probably make good money if you work hard.

I work in a pretty low-level position at a very successful software firm. They're a good company and treat people well, which is probably why they do well. I never work overtime, and the pay is decent enough, though I ain't cleaning up by any means. Thing is I can't stand it here, because the people are all shallow and selfish, and the sterile office envrionment literally affects my health. Fact is that most people that get to a certain level of income and comfort become so self-absorbed and shallow it's sickening.

What I'd really like to do is write, either creative or academic. I actually came <i>this</i> close to getting a story published in a big American literary magazine. For something more stable I'd like to teach History at a University and write stuff about that. I love history.

I actually just got accepted back into school for History last week, so I'm pretty psyched. I'll take classes part-time until I can afford to quit here.

trade oil for a well known multinational oil company, hey so i sold my soul at least the money is good. :eek: :D

as my pennance and to redeem myself i also cover boxing shows in the London area mainly for a successful British boxing website as well as opinion articles. :boxing: .

hmm, im majoring in economics but i am leaning towards being a stock broker... any thoughts on these guys??? i see brokers usuallu get a lot of money and i want to be in that same line...

i CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY MATE, BUT I WOULDNT BE A BROKER SURE IT PAYS WELL BUT THE TRADERS CAN BE RIGHT CNUTS TO THEM.

not persoanlly my style unless they deserve it, but you have to be thick skinned.

Neils...preschoolers love peanut butter ;)

Spinksjinx...I'd suggest dropping the theatre appreciation course. Its a bs course that you don't really need. It'll probably have the opposite effect. My first real theatre course was Fundamentals in Acting. Still to this day one of the hardest, but most eye opening courses I've taken. Then I took intermediate acting, play writing, and play directing. Then I took a theatre appreciation course (I had to have one "arts" class that was non-major, so I took it). OMG, it was so f'n lame. I was so glad that this was not my first theatre course or I know I would not have been back to theatre, thus I'd still be miserable in computer science.

Go straight for the acting courses just so you learn about it from the actor's perspective. Actors have a pretty tough job. They've to do a bit of research to be any damn good. Still I think that writers and directors have much harder jobs than actors. I never try downplaying the actors because they're needed or there is no show. However, I don't for a second buy that "I'm an actor, I'm better than the rest of the crew" bs that some actors want to get. Mostly, the ones like that can't act worth a damn anyhow from my experience.

Rockin, I'm glad you're able to find some financial avenues for your art. One of the most rewarding things to me is getting paid to do what you love. You could probably get set design work in local theatres in your area. Set designers are definitely freaking great artists if their design is worth a damn. You'd also probably be able to do storyboards very well. I suck at these, as I have to draw mostly stick figures. My non-stick figures are...screwed up. One arm will be longer and noticably thicker than the other. The shoulders never come out right. And my faces are all smiley faces b/c I really suck at faces. The nose is never better than a L type mark.

hmm, im majoring in economics but i am leaning towards being a stock broker... any thoughts on these guys??? i see brokers usuallu get a lot of money and i want to be in that same line...


Brokers CAN make a lot but for all of the big time brokers you hear about their are 10 times that of little guys. The average broker income is 30-60k a year. It's a risky business but business as a whole is.

im in my 2nd year on college and im going for medical assisting, pharmacy tech, or pharmacy counceling. Havent really decided yet. Right now im a librian but cant do that forever.

I amm college freshman who also getting his engineering degree.
So mooks I know just how boring these theory of numbers are :(

Yeah man, and I just felt like it's not for me you know, so I don't put as much effort into it as I would a subject that interested me. I know I can do it if I gave it a good shot, so that's what I'm gonna try to do,

Yeah man, and I just felt like it's not for me you know, so I don't put as much effort into it as I would a subject that interested me. I know I can do it if I gave it a good shot, so that's what I'm gonna try to do,

I've found out that you can make yourself pretty miserable in a hurry doing something you don't like even if you are good at it. Thing is, money concerns play a huge role as well, so sometimes you don't have a choice.

Working conditions are something that a lot of people don't think of. Are you a pretty active person? If so, sitting at a desk might drive you nuts. If you're not though than you might be able to handle it all right.

lol, most of you cats aren't smart enough to hold down a job pumping gas. :p

you'd be perfect at a job of pumping ass

Too bad everyone around me is self-serve...

you'd be perfect at a job of pumping ass

Yeah, I've pumped a female ass or 2 in my day. You know just for a change of pace when the ***** was on the rag. I'm not into ****ing bloody *****.

I've found out that you can make yourself pretty miserable in a hurry doing something you don't like even if you are good at it. Thing is, money concerns play a huge role as well, so sometimes you don't have a choice.

Working conditions are something that a lot of people don't think of. Are you a pretty active person? If so, sitting at a desk might drive you nuts. If you're not though than you might be able to handle it all right.

Well I'm hoping to go into a branch of engeeniring that requires time on the actual location. Hands-on type field work. If not, I've worked in an office and it does drive me a little crazy but since my work didn't consist of that many responsibilities and was somewhat repetitive, I'm crossing my fingers that engeeniring would be different.

And it IS about the money. I'm 21 but I'm already thinking of my future family's income of course. So if I had a choice between a high paying job rather than something I truly like, I'd go with the cash since I think happiness comes with financial security. Taking Sonny's example of teaching which I'm sure he enjoyed but had to find something else that paid better. That's how I prioritized it and hopefully I'm not wrong.

What pisses me off is that I'm above average in everything that I do. Sports, school, anything...so I'm sure that if applied my self in something that I loved, I would be do very very well. The thing is, I'm somewhat reluctant to take a chance and I know that there are more chances to rack up good money with a proffessional degree (enginnering, medecine, law) than to go in other fields.

Basically I'm trying to insure a good financial future at the risk of my personal preferences. I'd love to find a job in a field that I adore while getting good money for it but I don't see much of that these days so I'm taking the safe way out.