Tell me what field/career to pursue!

[VanillaGorilla]

Go crazy. I have no idea.

 

[MickZagger]

phlebotimist

 

[barfo]

Go crazy. I have no idea.

What do you love to do? If you can make a career of what you love, you'll be happy.

For example, if you like to blow shit up, you could become a terrorist or a suicide bomber.

barfo

 

[VanillaGorilla]

What do you love to do? If you can make a career of what you love, you'll be happy.

For example, if you like to blow shit up, you could become a terrorist or a suicide bomber.

barfo

I love basketball and football.. And I love being an atheist. Not really things to build on.. I do like cooking and cooking shows and stuff, but I don't really want to do that... I absolutely HATE writing essays. So much so that I really want to try to find something that doesn't require a ton of that for schooling.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

phlebotimist

Why?

 

[barfo]

I love basketball and football..

Ok, so assuming that you aren't spectacularly gifted athletically, there are still some things you could do, coaching and journalism being the most obvious. Note, however, that both are very hard to break into and pay quite poorly unless you are at the top of the profession. More lucrative might be sports medicine, sports marketing, or the business side of sports.

And I love being an atheist.

I think since you don't like writing, there's not much you can do with that, although if you are extremely charismatic, you could perhaps lead the sheeple into the new age of reason.

barfo

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Go crazy. I have no idea.

Pimp.

 

[santeesioux]

I'm in the same boat as you and i'm in college. I want to do something with history, but definitely not teaching.

 

[crandc]

Barfo had good suggestions. Have you considered teaching physical education at High School level?

Not sure how atheism can turn into a career, those who write so-called "atheist books" like Richard Dawkins did so after establishing very successful careers in other fields. And since you are not a writer, working for the freethought magazines is not an option.

Do you like photography? Sports photography is an interesting field, but competitive.

santeesioux, have you considered archeology? Paleontology?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

You talk about hating essays; are you a numbers guy? There's always a need for accountants.

 

[Rhal]

Follow in these guys footsteps [video=youtube;ov27Z9bX4IY]

 

[andalusian]

I'm in the same boat as you and i'm in college. I want to do something with history, but definitely not teaching.

Clearly you need to pursue a career in civil war reenactments.

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

You talk about hating essays; are you a numbers guy? There's always a need for accountants.

But everyone wants to be an accountant so 100 applicants all apply for every entry-level job.

You hate essays and like to write sloppy and want to make decent pay for a couple years of schooling, and have a ton of opening to get into when you qualify, go into Nursing. You'll lose your manhood and won't be able to post here any longer, but hey, it's a job.

 

[Denny Crane]

Clearly you need to pursue a career in civil war reenactments.

That's truly funny.

 

[illmatic99]

Follow the path you find most stimulating. There's no worse feeling than having your grades suffer in college classes because you just don't care for a subject. Not to mention the trouble you'll go through in finding a decent-paying job in a field you're dispassionate about. Most important these days is, whatever you do, NETWORK! It's way too hard to get a job without contacts.

 

[blazerboy30]

I love basketball and football.. And I love being an atheist. .

WTF does that even mean?

 

[BGrantFan]

WTF does that even mean?

I was wondering the same thing. It seems like a bit of a contradiction, or paradox, or something. What do atheists do when they congregate? Get together to talk about how bad believing in god is for the world?

Anyhow, I say become a blogger. It may not pay well, but you get to wear pajamas all day.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

But everyone wants to be an accountant so 100 applicants all apply for every entry-level job.

Maybe so, but my buddies and I, who all got accounting degrees had a job after graduation.

 

[THE HCP]

I did the whole pimp thing, it's overrated. If I could go back and do it over, I would have accepted that basketball scholarship at the U of O!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

WTF does that even mean?

It means he likes talking down to religious types and saying how fucking retarded they are.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2010/index.html

1. Software Architect
2. Physician Assistant
3. Management Consultant
4. Physical Therapist
5. Environmental Engineer

6. Civil Engineer
7. Database Administrator
8. Sales Director
9. Certified Public Accountant
10. Biomedical Enginee

 

[espn_hall_of_famer]

Maybe so, but my buddies and I, who all got accounting degrees had a job after graduation.

I wouldn't say it isn't a good field to get into, you just may have to do a lot of applying in this modern market.

I hired an entry-level Financial Analyst (similar to the Accounting field) and while it is a pretty decent entry-level job because the salary range is $50K - $68K, I still got 150 resumes. So it's a tough market when you get that many and I pretty much threw away 70 new grad resumes without looking at them since I knew I would find someone with a few years of experience in the rest of the stack to hand pick.

May be some easier H&R Block type of openings for $15/hour, but for Accounting careers the market is pretty saturated right now (may not be in 2-3 years though).

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I think physician assistant is the most recession proof and they make six figures for only 2 or so extra years of schooling.

 

[mook]

If I weren't terribly passionate about my future profession and I had your basic interests, I'd definitely go into something health care related. There are tons of service jobs that can never be outsourced, and are tough to completely automate out of existence.

Before you do anything, though, read this article:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html

Some seriously profound shit there. (I'm reading David Wong's novel right now--it's really damned good btw.)

 

[Eastoff]

I did the whole pimp thing, it's overrated. If I could go back and do it over, I would have accepted that basketball scholarship at the U of O!

citation: see WIFE

 

[agoo]

Maybe so, but my buddies and I, who all got accounting degrees had a job after graduation.

I think it probably depends on the school you go to. And its not the overall reputation of the school, it the alumni connections.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

WTF does that even mean?

It makes me happy.

It means he likes talking down to religious types and saying how fucking retarded they are.

No, it doesn't. I don't insult religious people. I may say things they believe or say don't make sense, aren't logical, or have no proof. It is not my fault that religious people get offended by anything bad about their religion.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah...career wise, most people will just think you're fucking weird if you bring that shit into the workplace. you'll be "that guy".

are you looking for an atheist friendly job, you should probably look into Tech fields or engineering then, most logical type of professions with people trying to disprove people's beliefs via logic.

If you actually have to deal with people on a daily basis though, arguing or telling people you're atheist and proud of it will just kind of get you ostracized as some weird commie hippie.

 

[HailBlazers]

Look into Government Jobs. Its the best growing sector and they welcome atheists

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

yeah. NY Public School teacher. You can fuck students and not get fired, they'll put you in a rubber room. gotta love them unions!