So, what are you going to be?

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:23 pm

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JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:26 pm

I can understand someone liking video games a lot, as I was once like that and still am in a way...
But playing them as a job/career just... pretty much fails. You realize that once you make a hobby a job it takes the fun out of it, right? (talking to those who want to)

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:27 pm

Not only that, but you're not exactly 'playing' the game. It's more just running into walls, checking for glitches and the like for the development team to fix.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:34 pm

GametagAeonFlux wrote: As for the data corruption on movie files, I'm sure they could just make an application to do that...but if that job really exists...well you'll eventually have to watch some movie that's just going to suck. Can't imagine the pay would be great for that either.

my dads friend has that job working for walmart, so there is such a job and if i remember right he gets $15-$20 a hour just to sit around watching movies all day.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:44 pm

Man I need to re-watch the entire series again now...

But yeah being in the electronics department would rock... Helping people is a breeze, the only people that would doubt your word would know what they want and not have to ask you, so answering everyone else's questions don't always have to be 100% correct and you could get away with it... Then when you're not restocking, marking and all that jazz, instead of just having to walk around all day in random boring aisles, you can watch TV

EvenCoolermatt · Post by **EvenCoolermatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:59 pm

JK-47 wrote:I plan on being a Psychologist.

I have been thinking about becoming a Psychologist lately, but I really don't know what I want to do. =/ Apathy is stopping me from truly pursuing anything at the moment.

I guess I have to solve my own problems before I could even begin to try and help others, ey?

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:30 pm

I'm gonna clean your toilet.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:03 am

I'm looking into 3d design, thinking of working for a game company in the future.

-Doom

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:48 am

Xero wrote:I'm gonna clean your toilet.

no ur not.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:11 am

Rawr.

Cleaning toilets is fun, I've tried it.

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:46 pm

I was thinking something in engineering or computers, but last week I attended a forum in D.C. which provided some interesting information on working for the intelligence community. (The CIA, NSA, NGA...all that good stuff.) So im considering that.

T1xAnton · Post by **T1xAnton** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:49 pm

I was considering Majoring in Programming. And Secondary as Environmental Designs. If those fail, try to pull into networking. My last resort would be pharmacy. I'm trying to pull as most required classes I can for Programming and Pharmaceuticals.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:56 pm

Leiukemia wrote:tbh, a good sum of locksmiths don't even pick locks. Picking locks is a very minor part of the job actually, and doesn't make as much money as other areas. Stuff like installing door closers, door security, deadbolts etc is where the money is at. And basically the thing you do most is rekey locks. I'm actually going to be rekeying st. pauls hospital in vancouver in november, there's around 2000 locks to be done I beleive. I've been doing it for about 4 1/2 months now, and I'm still not any good at lockpicking because I haven't even had to do it yet.

yeah, it would make sense alot of it's installing/rekeying. i was chatting with the locksmith when he was rekeying our new house, and he told me a bunch of neat things, like how he wanted to be an escape artist, and later how he was lost in the rainforest. but anyways, i always thought lockpicking would be a good skill to have, and it's not something many people know.

and wow, 2000 locks! that's gonna take a while.. but it sounds like good pay.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:50 pm

anything involving computers video games or TV! i am good with electronics and wish to get better.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:13 pm

Ummm. I still have about 10 years before I even need to worry.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:23 pm

fishface617 wrote:I was thinking something in engineering or computers, but last week I attended a forum in D.C. which provided some interesting information on working for the intelligence community. (The CIA, NSA, NGA...all that good stuff.) So im considering that.

Yeah I figured that if I could I'd try to get into the FBI, though that's sort of a little bit different than the CIA and all that jazz. I'm not really too into the CIA to be honest..

And cryticfarm, while that may be true, if you get a good idea about what you're doing, there's no harm in getting a head start.

For example, had I known i'd go military I'd have been in cross-country and maybe even swimming from the beginning of high school. Now i'm stuck here, and i'm hardly in shape at all, just started getting into better shape a month ago.

Dunno. In reality it doesn't really matter, you can still get by (I mean, who knows what they are going to be doing when they're in middle school or somethin')

noxiousraccoon · Post by **noxiousraccoon** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:25 pm

My major is mathematics and my concentration is computer science. Though I still may consider Graduate school and get my Ph.D in math.

OwnZ joO · Post by **OwnZ joO** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:23 am

noxiousraccoon wrote:My major is mathematics and my concentration is computer science. Though I still may consider Graduate school and get my Ph.D in math.

Math's a good area to major in for CS, I'll probably go into computer science and hopefully become a software engineer. Ph.D though, not for me, way too much work.

azwethinkweiz · Post by **azwethinkweiz** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:00 am

So far I'm just making my way up the IT ladder. Working as a cable installer for both fiber optics and Ethernet, and I'm still in high school. The pay is good and the job is something I like to do.

I would recommend taking vocational classes and opening options through alternative electives through your high school career. Vocational classes are what helped me get the job I currently have and allowed me to study job based curriculum during school instead of wasting my time in underwater basket weaving classes.

Lastly, although you may be good at math (I have taken 5 years of high school credit math, including college level calculus) you may find that there are opportunities that you haven't even considered yet and you may never find out unless you broaden your horizons

Kewlkyle64 · Post by **Kewlkyle64** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:40 pm

Something with computers. I would really like to do graphics design, because that has always fascinated me.