Any job ideas for a 30-something with no degree or trade skills
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Lionheart
Sparrow
True, but doing various hustles can become a career.
MichaelWitcoff
Pelican
I’d recommend doing a graveyard shift job where you can at least get paid to read about other opportunities and take courses. If you have to develop skills, may as well do it on the clock instead of losing time and money at home.
Jacob Robinson
Sparrow
Two big decision points: self-employed or employed by others, and trade or profession? Regarding a trade, do you have any mechanical aptitude, like working with your hands, etc?
One minor decision point: do you want to say in the location you are now, or do you want to move in the future. Some trades and professions are more easily taken across state lines than others. And, regarding professions, some can become so niche as you gain experience that someday there maybe only a handful of companies in a similar number of states who will pay you what you are currently making (learned that from experience.)
If I was in your position I would go for a trade employed by others to get started, then look into self-employment.
Skilled trades because there is a shortage that will not be automated out of existence, can not be outsourced, a lot of under-employed young people would never dream of doing those jobs, and they will not be filled by third-world immigration. Preferably a trade not licensed by each state so you can be mobile if need be. Self-employment as a long term goal so you can eventually work on your own terms and cut out the middle man. own your own equipment and pass the company on to your son if you ever have one.
One minor decision point: do you want to say in the location you are now, or do you want to move in the future. Some trades and professions are more easily taken across state lines than others. And, regarding professions, some can become so niche as you gain experience that someday there maybe only a handful of companies in a similar number of states who will pay you what you are currently making (learned that from experience.)
If I was in your position I would go for a trade employed by others to get started, then look into self-employment.
Skilled trades because there is a shortage that will not be automated out of existence, can not be outsourced, a lot of under-employed young people would never dream of doing those jobs, and they will not be filled by third-world immigration. Preferably a trade not licensed by each state so you can be mobile if need be. Self-employment as a long term goal so you can eventually work on your own terms and cut out the middle man. own your own equipment and pass the company on to your son if you ever have one.
Traveller124
Pigeon
If you like tech, you can learn coding and get a job as a programmer. That doesn't need a degree.
Eternal Truth
Newbie
Noone can tell you what to do. Noone knows you better than yourself, you simply need a guide to discovering what you are good at and how to monetize it. This Guide is Efficiency from WSP.
Read Efficiency from Wall Street Playboys. Read it entirely. Identify which intelligence(s) you have. Follow the step by step plan at the end of the book. Make an actionable plan with short and long term goals (3 actions for each goal). Be succesfull. Be efficient. Do not waste any more time, you are 33!
Good luck.
Read Efficiency from Wall Street Playboys. Read it entirely. Identify which intelligence(s) you have. Follow the step by step plan at the end of the book. Make an actionable plan with short and long term goals (3 actions for each goal). Be succesfull. Be efficient. Do not waste any more time, you are 33!
Good luck.
You might give sales another shot. I know several people who are natural introverts who are successful enough in sales (me included) and some who are star performers. Sure, natural extroverts tend to be the best match for sales, but it takes more than just extroversion and you can be successful despite being an introvert, although you'll have to work harder. PM me if you want advice.
Go to Germany and learn German.
AlligatorState
Sparrow
A bit harsh, but he has a point here. You need to realize that there's simply no way to catch up with early 20s guys who got into gear and pulled ahead.
That's just how life works, and if you can accept that you messed up, you can at least make your 40s bearable.
Also, I highly recommend doing exactly what @MichaelWitcoff suggested. I worked as an overnight security guard and got straight As in college, actually finished my Bachelor's in just over a year online.
Get your unarmed guard license, find a nice cushy job working 8pm to 8am, do your patrols and study / browse web all night. Don't forget to bring a small laptop or whatever you are going to study with. I used my phone for a WiFi hotspot.
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NoMoreTO
Ostrich
Smartest guys on the floor I swear, but they don't make a ton. It's a foot in and good practical experience.
I'll add something else:
Start working now. Don't go into debt, save what you can. Don't sit on your hands thinking about what to do. Start working and your path will often appear to you.
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TigOlBitties
Kingfisher
Community colleges are cheap and have several 1-2 programs to learn a trade. I'm 30 and doing this now. I don't even have to pay for the classes because the grants cover all of the cheap tuition.
I wasted my 20s as well, but it could be a lot worse. Think of all the people with debt, kids out of wedlock, extensive criminal records, in miserable relationships, overweight, etc. Most of them will not be able to turn things around. The worst thing for us is we don't have a solid career, but that can be fixed relatively easily.
I wasted my 20s as well, but it could be a lot worse. Think of all the people with debt, kids out of wedlock, extensive criminal records, in miserable relationships, overweight, etc. Most of them will not be able to turn things around. The worst thing for us is we don't have a solid career, but that can be fixed relatively easily.
