THREAD SPIN: For My Brehs Who DIDN'T Go To College What Did Y'all Do?

[SirReginald]

On here I usually talk about the chronicles of a 21 year old Black male trying to make it and etc. However not really doing that today. For my brehs who skipped college what did yall do to make it? Like, right after highschool did yall take a trade or something? What were some good paying careers for yall? DISCUSS

 

[SirReginald]

Because I know NOT everybody on here has 6 figures and dem IT certs

 

[Freedman]

My homies who didn't go to college either got jobs at plants or warehouses or they at the crib smoking weed

 

[MasterSpliffter]

Got my A+ and Network+ got a job as a computer support specialist making 45k a year, which is awesome considering I was homeless and had nothing to my name. Now I have a nice crib and some money in my pocket, all of this at 22 years old. Not going to college was the best decision I ever made.

 

[SirReginald]

Got my A+ and Network+ got a job as a computer support specialist making 45k a year, which is awesome considering I was homeless and had nothing to my name. Now I have a nice crib and some money in my pocket, all of this at 22 years old. Not going to college was the best decision I ever made.

proud of you breh.

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Went for 2 yrs and didn't finish. Got my CDL and kept getting certs and licenses and now I'm an operating engineer making 43$ hr. College isn't the only way.

 

[Blackout]

Most go into the blue collar scene and get a trade or CDL and get certs and licenses and end up making as much as they would if they went college.

The only reason you dont hear about them much is because many of them have bad habits that end up with them blowing their money fast.

 

[SirReginald]

Most go into the blue collar scene and get a trade or CDL and end up making as much as they would if they went college.

The only reason you dont hear about them much is because many of them have bad habits that end up with them blowing their money fast.

 

[Blackout]

Youd be surprised how much money you spend after a night of drinking and a big check.

Once your in the refinery and worked in that hot sun you'll be fiending for a drink come the weekend.

At my current job in the refinery there is this guy who jumped into it at 18 year old and makes 1k a week.

 

[MJ Truth]

Wished I stayed in school...

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

i didnt "make it" im struggling every day just to eat something. even these temp watehouse jobs are piss testing these days so i cant do them anymore. i do some driving work for my dealer sometimes and sell some weed here and there but its not popping. thats why i want to go to community college this year but its getting late to apply. i asked on here for help writing my personal statement because ive never had to write one before but people just ignored it.

@JudgeJoeGorilla i got a criminal record when i was 17 so its hard for me to get jobs.

 

[Bgreat]

i didnt "make it" im struggling every day just to eat something. even these temp watehouse jobs are piss testing these days so i cant do them anymore. i do some driving work for my dealer sometimes and sell some weed here and there but its not popping. thats why i want to go to community college this year but its getting late to apply. i asked on here for help writing my personal statement because ive never had to write one before but people just ignored it.

@JudgeJoeGorilla i got a criminal record when i was 17 so its hard for me to get jobs.

What did you get in trouble for?

 

[Behind-the-wheel]

Well, while I was in college I realized I knew more than the idiots there repeating what the teacher told them to say when they couldn't figure out how to assemble a computer from the base components. There I was building them in half an hour while the repeato idiots were sitting there unable to figure out what went where.

So I left college after 2 years...

Got heavily involved with aggressive inline skating, Spent most of my days in NYC doing computer sales and my nights bartending.
Then left NY for a while on some hell type demonic mess. Smoked lots of weed, had lots of sex, went some of everywhere and had some of everything.
Then I decided it was time to grow up and slow down.
Worked a bunch of computer based jobs up and down the east coast for the Army, bounced from database data entry, database management, photo editing, layout management, logistics management, hazmat management and disposal, Vaccine management, Project Management...
(You don't have to be IN the Army to go far WITH the Army)
Just kept bouncing my way up.
No degree necessary when you have the skills to meet the requirements of the job.
But you have to WANT to keep at the crest of the wave when it comes to technology...

 

[drhook94]

Dropped out of college after two years. shyt was making me go insane, being around all of those god-awful apathetic students and professors. Couldn't stand it anymore.

Went full time as a CNC machinist, a gig that I've had since I got out of high school. Still working the same job, I've gotten a lot of raises, a lot of skills. I'm supposed to go to welding school soon, I can work two different CAD-CAM softwares fluently, two others halfheartedly, and have experience running two different kinds of machines plus chemical finishing processes.

I rank dropping out of college as one of the best decisions I've ever made for my mental health.

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

Been working shytty jobs since I left school three years ago.

Probably gonna go back for a certification involving TEFL, but even my father has been pushing me towards my passion, so I have hope in myself that things will work out in the end.

By the end of the year, I'll essentially be a waiter in training, while stacking my money and dreadfully looking into certification.

Sans my shytty job, my life is pretty good, could be a whole lot worse.