How many of you are in a vastly different career than where you thought you'd be?

[Gasser64]

Cleans house, chills, goes out and shops.

Tell her to get a job.

[TX_92_Notch]

Tell her to get a job.

My wife is a stay at home mom to 5 kids. I've told her a million times that I could never switch places with her. Maybe when the youngest two are in school that thought will change, but for now, ain't no way.

[KBScobravert]

Never in a million years 15 years ago could you have told me I'd be in Security Management making what I make or even working in places like Afghanistan or shithole African countries. Now I can't imagine a regular gig back home in the States. I tried to break from this in 2014 and caught tooth and nail to get back.

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[Mach1]

Ever since I was young I had an engineer mind, at the same time I fucking hated school. I dropped out of high school and jumped into tech, at this point I'm in technical sales for a fortune 250 company doing quite well.

I spent a lot of time to myself when I was young and was way behind socially so I had to work hard on that in my late 20's and to my surprise I fucking love sales and trying to help customers solve million dollar issues.

So, high school drop out, meth head parents, dad in prison childhood to doing better than anyone in my family history that I know of from a career perspective.

Couple pieces of advice, keep the right attitude, I've seen so many amazing people with huge chips on their shoulders hold themselves back tremendously in life.
Grit, do what it takes to win, the "limit" is just a preconceived notion of the limit, push hard, think outside of the box, the sky is the limit.

[bcoop]

I hate people, and wound up in sales, so....

[Gasser64]

I had just bought a nightclub and would quit being a cop a couple of months later. Shit done changed!

Sounds like an 80's tv series. An ex cop buys a nightclub.. just wait till you see what he's gotten himself into!

[yellowstang]

I started some computer classes in HS, back in the early 80's (PDP 11 I think?) and got out for a while. Got my water distribution license, went to afternoon HS Vo-Tech classes for water/wastewater treatment. Thought I would work in a water treatment plant. Did so for a while, but it was always temp work. They were actually one of the first to go computerized in the country too! After they never had a p[arm. opening, I ended up moving to Texas, going to some night school for programming, ended up in Tech. Been in the same area since 1987 of tech, until last April where I Xfered to Internal Audit. Hate that tho, so looking to Xfer back out. Endless opportunities at Citi, so I have a lot of choices luckily.

[The King]

I guess I never put any thought into it when I was younger. I just kinda went wherever life took me. The only careers I ever dreamed of having were professional fisherman and then later on a forest ranger.

I realized pretty early on that I liked being able to control/increase my income with commission. That, combined with a knack for relating to all kinds of different folks, and being at least somewhat persuasive, led me naturally to a career in sales. That eventually led to me where I am now, a physician recruiter. I never imagined doing this, but I've had a lot of success, and I work for a company that appreciates me, and leaves me alone to do my job the way I want to do it, including working from home and having flexibility with my schedule.

I think I'd still like to be a forest ranger, but probably not enough to take the pay cut, and only if I could pick my location. I'd drop everything today if I thought I could actually make a living immediately and consistently as a professional fisherman.

I have been one of those back in the day, great location at the time but relatively low pay like you mentioned. Have since been a land surveyor, which was also great work in my opinion followed by environmental specialist/inspector.

[FastFord19]

I always had a plan to get into the public safety field. Been in LE for 12 years now (I'm 33).

[Big A]

here, let me pat myself on the back too...

I personally am humbled by the way it's all unfolded, a little bit of hard work, a bit of luck, a lot of sacrifice, and at the end of the day I only had a small role to play. In reading some other's stories, they've worked their asses of to get where they are at, and are well deserving of a pat on the back.

[Strychnine]

I think I'd still like to be a forest ranger, but probably not enough to take the pay cut, and only if I could pick my location.

I think you'd like this book: Fire Season - Philip Connors

[jluv]

I think you'd like this book: Fire Season - Philip Connors

I'll check it out!

[Shaggin Wagon]

I never really knew what I wanted to do. I did IT for a few years but never did any certs. Got married, had a kids on top of three step kids so we were living paycheck to paycheck. Then one day I figured I'd try out truck driving. Started out with flatbed then moved onto car hauling. Just moved to Reliable Carriers back in October and I love it. My wife doesn't work, I have the little ones in daycare and all bills paid no problem. It's the first time since I can remember where im not worried about money.

Yeah, I thought you were gonna be a cop....Not Cobra.

[Unicorn Jeff]

Yeah, I thought you were gonna be a cop....Not Cobra.

I made it all the way to the end, then they dropped me after the oral review board because they felt that I was being untruthful on one of my answers. After that I said fuck it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I made it all the way to the end, then they dropped me after the oral review board because they felt that I was being untruthful on one of my answers. After that I said fuck it.

well that is a shitty slap in the face.