funeralcrasher | little bit of good news, advice sought

So my car is finally paid off as of yesterday.   Of course now I have a zillion dollars in school loans due.

I like php/mysql development but I'm finding that we're often viewed as temporary solutions, sometimes hired as contract workers sometimes employees.   I'm so tired of worrying about my future, I want to find something to do where I know hard work will result in relative job security.   Fast, accurate coding is what everyone wants but give it to them and well after you're done no more work on the horizon, nothing to do , so sorry, good luck! I despise contract work, hate the thought of having to find a new "employer" every few months.   I want one job that will last, not 10/yr.

So, having said all of that.. I'm 5 credit hours from a 2-year associates degree. My goal is to complete that degree this year.   After that I would be eligible to enroll at Kennesaw State (not Emory, or GSU due to grades).

I'm 37 and I guess young enough to change careers?   Should I resolve to go to 4-year school to take science/healthcare courses, or pick up Education classes again?

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I think you should!

You're very intelligent - obviously. You're still young and it's better to do it now than ten years from now wish you had and never did.

*hug* :)

Thank you for saying that. I've heard it several times this weekend on tv about different things.. maybe someone is trying to tell me something. :)

Paying the car note off feels good, doesn't it? And I still student loans left to pay...

I went back to school in my mid thirties, and didn't regret it. Now, I wish I'd taken something else, but at the time I thought I'd always love computers...

Honestly? Go for what you want to. You aren't that old, and you do have the time.

xoxo

Yes it does feel good.. maybe a year later than I would have liked but it's paid for. all mine now. Can't wait to see the title in my name. :)

So what do you think you'd like to do now, if you could change careers?

So what do you think you'd like to do now, if you could change careers?

Honestly? A few things come to mind...

* Being a therapist/consuler. I have done it informally for years, why not do it professionally?

* Chef, except I cook badly and frankly I couldn't deal with the bullshit that seems to come with the job...

* Design/make corsets and such.

I lack the experience needed to do any of these, and going back for an education would mean a burden on my family and starting well behind everyone else...

Well, I guess my answer to that question is another question. What are you most passionate about? Is there a particular reason that you stopped taking ed classes in the past (other than circumstances)?

I certainly understand the desire for something more stable. And I really don't think it's too late to change carrers. Out of curiosity, what did you want to teach? Your background would certainly be helpful if you wanted to teach technology courses.

What am I passionate about? Helping others, especially those from unwelcome homes. I'd love to have a job teaching computer somethingoranother in an alternative school where I could dress however i wanted. Dream job. Reality? hm. still teach technology, probably secondary level. Maybe younger kids.. haven't spent enough time around them yet. I might like teaching science to younger kids too.

Hmmm... If you want to help children from unwanted homes, teaching in the inner city is certainly an option. My significant other is a speech language pathologist who works with pre-schoolers and grade schoolers. The environments that these kids come from in the pre-school is unreal. She loves the little tykes, but also knows at the end of the day many have to go home to terrible environments. I've not seen her in action, but apparently they really cling to her. Perhaps that's a sign that the love for them they find in her makes a difference.

Anyway, point being: You would certainly have the opportunity to work with the disadvantaged and unwanted in the public school systems. It would be hard work (esp. emotionally), but you would also touch lives that way.

What about teaching music and tech/science? (I'm actually surprised you didn't put music down.)

Maybe I should.. I've never learned how to read music hence it not being in my list. I love music though, so maybe I need to add it with the stipulation that I take a few classes and learn the basics.

It's never too late.

I am fixing to turn 32...and I do not want to work in IT my whole life.

So I'm working quite hard at moving out of Atlanta, getting a job (IT for now) and re-enrolling in school.

I feel like such a shmuck.. is this Nichole?

Yuppers.

That's right, I think you'd mentioned a growing interest in poli sci when we talked before. Have you any schools in mind? Cities?

A friend suggested that I take a sheet of paper and pen, and write down everything I think I might like doing, my dream job, ect. Then go through and eliminate choices that simply aren't feasible or possible (ie, pro motocross racer, soprano opera & broadway singer, rock star, ect) and see what all is left. I'm pretty sure education will be somewhere on my final list.

I think I've been in a funk the last few years honestly. I got into IT accidently and it was an ok way to make a dollar, but after 10 years or so I don't have much left in me anymore.
I guess I've been searching...but I've become inspired over the last year or 2. I won't have any children, and the people I see day in and day out..I think that's a big part of the motovation people have to do what they do. I want to make a difference, I want someone to know I existed.

That said everything changed for me in late August 2005, early Sept.
My father had a heart attack, I was working for a tyrant and New Orleans was swamped by a hurricane and my sister was in Paris living (having been to Iraq, Cairo, Istanbul). I decided screw it. I am hunting for work in New Orleans...with the idea that I could attend Univ. of New Orleans.

I've never lived outside Georgia, and New Orleans is a really messed up place right now but it's the only place fortunately or otherwise I feel drawn to.

And making decisions about what to do for a living? I wasn't ever good with that at all. I just went in a big circle until I was back to politics..place I started at wanting to work in way back in high school.

(Oh and I tried to eliminate stuff...I liked the idea of filmaker, computer graphic artist, etc but I Wasn't sure I was really passionate about it either)

Sorry to be long..

congrats on paying off you vehicle!

as far as changing careers goes, you are never too old to do so.

as far as what to study, maybe you could see if you could sit in on some classes at a local school for a few days here and there - would be a good way to decide if you for sure want to teach. if you got into healthcare, what would it be? maybe you could ask to shadow someone in that area as well, then make your decision.

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