Krisom wrote:

Agronomy has a good future considering the food demand and the population growth these days. Besides, the career is very pretty if you like plants, and it's also very intresting, since there's tons of options on where to work later (crops, fruits, wine *o*, packaging, organic agriculture, pests control, EDIT: BEER too! etc.) :>
Well, that's from my point of view at least. SHAMELESS ADVERTISING

Also, good luck with your desicions ^^!

Never even heard of it, will look into it.

adam2046 wrote:

Vext wrote:

not gonna' see a 3 foot dwarf playing basketball because he tries a little harder. :/

Except you probably would.

Truth be told I'd rather watch that than an actual basketball game.

intermu wrote:

Or you could go volunteer. And meet lots of new people. Who knows in one of those instances you'll find that you're doing something you love. Hell, I'm in no position to say that (never volunteered and don't really like meeting people), but good advice goes around.

I personally just go with the flow. If I can't keep up, I try harder. I dropped out of engineering because I didn't like what I was studying and am studying economics now. Shit is fun.

But I'm quite a passive person with not much of a passion in some field so I just go with it.

I actually have a few on the list, I volunteered at the District Attorney's office trying out the legal aide, lawyer, cop etc. deal, as well as animal shelter (I still do but vet is just not for me) and nursing home (which I forgot to put on the list oh well).

ddrXero64 wrote:

I thought I saw it up there, but I didn't.

It seems to me you're aiming for all the "safe" jobs, jobs with a secure future. That is a smart decision but I think the problem is they should be your plan B. I'm surprised you haven't looked into media.

First off, you don't mind being on camera. Fact. You have your own unique sense of humor, and with the right moves you can find the right audience or tweak it to appeal to the right audience. Look into certain types of media. Nothing too big like acting, but anything that'll bring you on camera. You're failing with all the safe jobs because everyone goes for them, but in a strange way I get the feeling you do better when the risk is higher and your chances of landing the position are against you. I'm surprised you dropped out of landscaping as well, it isn't something that takes extreme amounts of knowledge or skill.

Look into media and the other trade school stuff I showed you, specifically things like:

Filmmaking; cameraman, anchor, studio, minor acting, directing, etc. (Even dabble in photography, it's a different kind of art)

Carpentry, plumbing, electrician, etc. Look into jobs that specialize in renewable energy sources, by the time you learn it the market should be close to exploding. Wind energy, solar energy, the knowledge to work with this is worth a lot nowadays.

Adult films: They pay a lot, and gay porn tends to pay up to 10 times more in certain situations. Very rewarding career.

Though you didn't do well in animal care, the medical field is in dire need of people. Look into the fields that are especially begging for people, they'll take you no matter how good you are and offer a lot for benefits. If you can't find your place, then fill in a place where it's needed most, they'll practically hand you your paycheck.

Well, The whole acting deal doesn't appeal to me but doesn't "not" appeal to me, I could give it a shot but I think you need a bit of a passion for it to succeed in that field, camera prolly not a good idea with hands and carpentry, plumbing, etc. Falls close enough to why I could not do landscaping, However you bring to mind drafting, which sounds interesting, problem being it's not particularly a booming business right now... Gay porn? Can do.

Loginer wrote:

Vext wrote:

I get what you're saying but I've tried many times with writing to poor feedback, this was more a final nail in the coffin deal rather than quitting. I mean some things are just not meant to be no matter how hard you try, not gonna' see a 3 foot dwarf playing basketball because he tries a little harder. :/

That dwarf would always be at a disadvantage. You have the ability to overcome yours with practice.

How much time did you spend with the various things on your list before giving up? Was there anything in particular you had fun with?

Certain things longer than others, on average a year for each, some of them 3 months, but for the most part I spent a lot of time trying, most just plain did not work out for some unforeseen reason that I can't get around, like health problems for military and drawing not working due to shaky hands or that I happen to be the worlds worst chef. X3

Only things I liked and thought I was ok at were landscaping (doctor advised against it) and writing/reviewing/journalism, pretty much the whole area.

Starrodkirby86 wrote:

resubmission

Done, took a few to find my flash drive with saved blogs.

@ gay porn

Honestly I wouldn't pass it up (not gay, but not like I care either). However I think I'- 5k a pop you say....I need to get some hot gay guy abs I think... kekeke.

@Healthcare

Well when I did the vet deal, part of the thing I couldn't stand was the suffering animal situation, while volunteering I now no longer am near that because it just gets to me seeing it. I pretty much gathered that doctor/nurse would have the same effect. The idea of a medical field behind the scenes however is something I hadn't considered, I will add that to things to look into, thank you.

jjrocks wrote:

go into programming and make osu2!

Programming already on the list.

Sinistro wrote:

What Loginer said takes precedence imo, in that you should consider retrying career paths you've tried before (and enjoyed while they lasted, preferably) instead of writing them off after they didn't work out once (I'm assuming you tried each about once because you're young and there's a lot of them).

Well, problem with it is the things I enjoy I can still do. I DO, do landscaping for my grandmother and uncle because they are too sick/old to take care of it themselves, I enjoy it enough to make a career though I don't think in the cards. The writing I still can do, nothing prevents a person from blogging or writing fanfic or really anything creative. However it's not always possible to make a career of it.

awp wrote:

Couple points. One, not to discredit it, but you can't let that osu! newsletter rejection mean anything. It's not a professional establishment and you're pandering to people who in all likelihood have less experience with the subject matter than yourself.

What Loginer has said thus far can be taken as sage advice. You lack motivation and commitment - this is evident in the laundry list of things you've dabbled in. It can be tough to find something you're interested in enough to consider a career in it, but don't let job security be your primary criteria. It's very important that you find something you enjoy doing, and stick with it. Even if you can get a job doing something you don't enjoy, it's really not worth your while.

I agree, I'm not going to be doing a job I hate for stability. The reason I tried everything I did was because it held a portion of interest to me. Same with every suggestion on here, if it's not something that's for me then I won't bother.

Faust wrote:

Dear Vext.

EDIT: Turned out wrong, too lazy to fix now.

Hah, brings to mind Bruce Almighty where he's begging for a sign from god of what to do and a giant truck full of stop signs pulls in front of him, only to ignore it and speed past crashing his car. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered teaching.

intermu wrote:

Or now that I think about it, get a certification to teach English as a second language and move to other countries to teach English! Should be lots of fun, and you get a fresh breath of air as well.

This is actually one thing I want to pursue and that I have actually considered. The idea of it sounds highly appealing to me. The only problem is I would have to wait since locally I cannot take a few classes that I would need and I would have to move for those and then eventually for the job and at the moment I can't do that because of family problems that rely on me.

Shellghost wrote:

I'm not sure what age you actually are, but i do know that Law enforcement tends to deny younger applicants simply because they're young.

This can vary, but it's usually due to you not having an opimal amount of life experience in their eyes.

Yes, part of the problem as well is that around here most every county law enforcement job is being laid off, so getting hired is several times more difficult. It's not impossible, though I just don't feel it worth the large amount of work it would take seeing as how I only somewhat liked it.