Has anyone started their life from literally nothing at 30? Professionally I mean. I fucked up my 20's due to mental illness and alcoholism, spent those years mostly as a neet. I work now but it's a dead-end, low-pay call center job that could disappear any day. I don't think I'm setting the bar too high, am looking into things like trucking, heavy equipment operating, auto body repair.
Has anyone started their life from literally nothing at 30? Professionally I mean...
Jack Anderson
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Tyler Diaz
Google "successful people who started late" and find another excuse
Aaron Morris
get a cert and/or go to trade school part-time and/or look into apprenticeships
Caleb Roberts
I'm in the same boat.
I'm 34. I was in an abusive marriage from age 19 to now. No kids, thank god. Anyway, he basically forced away everyone (even family) and fucked up every single job and attempt to get a job I tried. At best I could volunteer places if I hid it well enough.
You'll want to start with looking at the skills your current job gave you. Not much, but customer support is a good start. Also you have bosses and co-workers who can vouch for you as references.
From there, try to find work elsewhere. It might be another call center at first.
Get into trade school for auto body repair. Also learn car repair in general as most mechanic shops are hiring all the time. Heavy equipment operation and trucking are dead end right now. Also weather can fuck you up. Don't do it.
Me? I'm using my volunteer work to give references and a skill set so I can find work. From there I hope to get certified in various network security stuff. I just love working on servers and the backbone of the internet, even when it goes wrong.
You have a chance. Never give up.
You can't win if you don't play.
Kayden Collins
Restarted mine around 23, only got employed in a dead end job at 24, and only started going back to studying a year ago to get into an actual career that'll start at 30. I see people older than me doing the same course.
Ryder Phillips
My dad didn't start medschool til he was 32, before that he was a house painter not using his first degree. My mom was in the fashion industry for like 20 years, then in her 30s dropped it to become a real estate agent. She's way more successful now than she was then.
But if what you're really looking for is permission from us to commit suicide– permission granted. See you space cowboy.
Easton Reyes
Yes, but it's really, really hard. Yet, it's the only hope you have. This means that you have to put 2.5x the effort, and when you do you have to tell yourself "time to put 4x the effort and 7x if it's really important". You will not always put the right amount of effort, but you have to try.
Also those are weird numbers but they can be applied, unlike things like 10x or 100x that have only metaphorical meaning, a person can visualize 1x to 10x the effort. See what I mean? Good luck
Jaxson Long
>My dad didn't start medschool til he was 32, before that he was a house painter not using his first degree
Inspirational af
Michael Ross
You're like 12 years into being an adult but still have like 35+ to go until the real "My body is declining and I may or may not be able to hustle much longer" sets in. You'll be fine if you want to be, retard, chill out.
Carter Sanchez
Yeah, I know of a girl that spent 10 years in a circus all around the world before starting a stem field cursus all the way to being a PhD.
She was hot as fuck, she didn't really need to do such a thing, but here she are now.
Second post is solid advice. Get something an apprenticeship, or get a certification in some stuff like forklifting that can land you in a niche job that pays nicely.
Xavier Powell
cont.
Do that, and on the long term, try to get entrepreneur-y : learn some web coding languages and how to make websites, do some freelancing.
A complete alternative that would actually work would be to get a certified as an English teacher (CELTA) and work abroad as an English teacher. It'll cost ya around 5000 bucks. With you being a native, the demand for people like you is very high in asia, and the salary is pretty nice. I highly suggest you to do that.
Oliver King
Is it a bad idea to go back to university at 28-29?
I spent my entire life studing medical science but the abysmal job prospects in research are beaten out only by their ridiculously low remuneration and incredibly poor stability.
(I tried to become a doctor but I'm too autistic)
I kind of want to go back to Uni to study a language, maybe German or Japanese or something, to maybe work in translation for research papers or medical documentation. I feel I'm fucked no matter what I do though.
Brody Parker
because you're shutting yourself down to all the options people have been suggesting you.
You're going to go back at uni at 28. Trust me, you won't have the mental fortitude to face shit like exams and all at that age. Hell, you didn't have it in the first place.
As for translating research papers from other languages, that is by far one of the dumbest, unstable ideas you can think of as a job. It can't get more niche, it's about translating papers that are probably obsolete, as the current standard in research is English.
You want to study again ? Go ahead, but at least make sure you can have a wide field of jobs you can apply to after that.
Matthew Martinez
I'm not the OP, and this is my first post.
Anyway I get where you're coming from, but I was just looking for something that might build off my existing knowledge. And I thought that something hyperspecific might secure me a niche in the employment market.
>didn't have it in the first place
Except I graduated summa cum laude with a first class honours and have only been out of school 3 years. I'm autistic, not braindead.
And as much as it can pay the bills I don't think I'd be happy working in an autoshop or as a webdev.
Bentley Roberts
>Except I graduated summa cum laude with a first class honours and have only been out of school 3 years. I'm autistic, not braindead.
Well, putting it like that make it seem like you might have a chance, do you ? Give it a shot then.
Just open yourself to many options. No matter how specific you're getting, said job area can become a dead end, or may already be a dead end without you knowing. Whatever you do, keep your options wide.
Then again it's the eternal struggle of doing what you like vs getting paid.
Or maybe you could, like, work on your autism ? I'm a diagnosed aspie, and many are, and many succeed in doing what they really want if you work on your self discipline.
Thomas Johnson
>Well, putting it like that make it seem like you might have a chance, do you ? Give it a shot then.
Thank you for the vote of confidence.
>Just open yourself to many options. No matter how specific you're getting, said job area can become a dead end, or may already be a dead end without you knowing. Whatever you do, keep your options wide.
Yeah overspecialisation leads to death. I could always just become an English teacher, etc. though; there's a lot of fallback options/demand for someone that can competently speak two languages.
>Or maybe you could, like, work on your autism ? I'm a diagnosed aspie, and many are, and many succeed in doing what they really want if you work on your self discipline.
I mean, no matter what career path I purse that's on the agenda. I don't enjoy pushing 30 and having never had a girlfriend, but that's a topic for a different thread.
Anyway thanks for your input.
Carter Green
Geeze, op wasnt this depressing you guys, knock it off.
just an adult trying to get on their feet
Asher Cook
sorta. age 28 is when i started on my route to become a physician assistant. Prior to that I was an alcoholic fuck up stripper. I am not out of the woods yet, but I do believe it's possible for people to turn their lives around.
Josiah Baker
I only started getting serious about any sort of career by 29. I have a long way to go but I'd rather be on the path than stall another decade out of fear or anxiety.
The best time to start is 5 years ago, the second best time is now!
Christian Morgan
My mother literally wasted the first half of her life on drugs, and has spent the second half rebuilding it, her family, and her success.
It is LITERALLY never too late to be what you might have been. I hope this can serve as inspiration to someone as it has been to me.
If it's what you want, and it's not a meme degree, I don't see why not. My mother got her master's at fucking 50. There's no limit to this stuff.
Nathaniel Roberts
>cursus
Are you Dutch?
Jayden Hernandez
based lapdancer
im 28 and working for mysef in construction but im always chasing down my money from crooked contactors and shooting myself in the foot to help friends who need work done
also stuck in a complicated family situation
i want to change my career completely but i feel totally hopeless