thanks guys... now if only i could get the damn ranger running id feel a whole hell of a lot smarter lol
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just got my ged!
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You people running down college should know something.
Fact: it depends on what your degree is in. A PhD in Controls will get you a job starting at $80,000. That would be hard to come by if you are starting from a GED, but not impossible. You would need to start by taking enterance exams, probably at a community college. Then you would spend a couple of years taking highschool level classes there to get the education the people you were giving wedgies too in highschool were getting. Then once you were taking the college classes for credit you would need to get wonderful grades so you could transfer to a college with an engineering program--a graduate level program. And then you would need to seriously hunker down because you would be in for another 8 years of mental torture. Four for your bachelor, 2 for your masters and 2 for your PhD. This could be shortened, but not by much.
The stereotypes some of you people have for college educated people are laughable. People that have the guts to go the full path are not some kind of wimps. I'd rather live in marine bootcamp for 8 years than attempt a PhD program in engineering or physics, provided I got weekends off--which the college option doesn't really give you. If you are in a program at the graduate level and taking weekends off, you are not going to make it. At the PhD level, your thesis could be wrong; what you are trying may not be possible; you may not figure out why it isn't working; you might spend a couple years more in your program or deginerate to teaching classes to undergrads for your professor for ten years until they kick you out of school and you are off to read meters.
Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of Americans have decided it's too hard to get an advanced degree. I think out of the 20-30 people that work in my wife's group there are 2 Americans and both have bachelor degrees and everyone else is from China, India, Africa, Middle East--everywhere where people still have the guts to live the American dream and come here to pursue it.
Edit: I'll tell you somethinhg else--if what you are doing is easy, there are a billion Mexicans, Indians and Chinese that can already do it and will do it for less money. There's your financial instabil;ity right there.
Fact: it depends on what your degree is in. A PhD in Controls will get you a job starting at $80,000. That would be hard to come by if you are starting from a GED, but not impossible. You would need to start by taking enterance exams, probably at a community college. Then you would spend a couple of years taking highschool level classes there to get the education the people you were giving wedgies too in highschool were getting. Then once you were taking the college classes for credit you would need to get wonderful grades so you could transfer to a college with an engineering program--a graduate level program. And then you would need to seriously hunker down because you would be in for another 8 years of mental torture. Four for your bachelor, 2 for your masters and 2 for your PhD. This could be shortened, but not by much.
The stereotypes some of you people have for college educated people are laughable. People that have the guts to go the full path are not some kind of wimps. I'd rather live in marine bootcamp for 8 years than attempt a PhD program in engineering or physics, provided I got weekends off--which the college option doesn't really give you. If you are in a program at the graduate level and taking weekends off, you are not going to make it. At the PhD level, your thesis could be wrong; what you are trying may not be possible; you may not figure out why it isn't working; you might spend a couple years more in your program or deginerate to teaching classes to undergrads for your professor for ten years until they kick you out of school and you are off to read meters.
Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of Americans have decided it's too hard to get an advanced degree. I think out of the 20-30 people that work in my wife's group there are 2 Americans and both have bachelor degrees and everyone else is from China, India, Africa, Middle East--everywhere where people still have the guts to live the American dream and come here to pursue it.
Edit: I'll tell you somethinhg else--if what you are doing is easy, there are a billion Mexicans, Indians and Chinese that can already do it and will do it for less money. There's your financial instabil;ity right there.
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paxlineman
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wow there are alot of people bashing the ged but you know what you can still get a great job with it. i got mine and now i work for a municipal light dept in the town i live in as a lineman. i do what i love to do and i aint sitting in no damn office. so i dont make huge dollars big deal i make enough to support my family and have a great life. congrats man on the ged.
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the best things in life are seldom free. congrats on "earning" your GED !!!!
TheBeast
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Wills right as far as I'm concerned. Do what I do, full time work, full time school, while still being able to take care of chores, work on my cars, and still get homework done. It's a commitment, one I find that rivals buying a house, simply because your putting out money to better yourself in a way that not many choose to. I don't know who your speaking to in regards of college educated folk being snotty, but I'm very friendly, always willing to help people. Just because I like to learn, and better myself doesn't make a dick, let alone a ignorant brown noser. The people who do go out for PHD's, I have to seriously admire. It is extremely involved in the amount of school, and to stick with it is amazing. Imagine someone saying you will earn a hundred grand, if you do this for 10 years straight. You can either think short term, or long term. Its your choice. I'm longterm, I'd rather be intelligent and have some sort of well rounded background versus just running around trying to find work. It's your choice, it works for some people, others it doesn't. My dad is a rare case, GED, no college, and he's a VP of a company. But its rare that happens anymore. Alot more people in the world. To each their own, I will choose my path. You can choose yours.
paxlineman
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yeah but you dont need to go to school and college to make money to some its not about that its about doing what you like. college is not for everyone it wasnt for me but neither was high school. i did not finish it but i did what i consider was better i dropped out and went in the military. i still consider it the best move i ever made. you said it best beast you chose your path i will chose mine.
Dusty_Ranger
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Im a drop out but im going to collage for a bachelors degree in social work, all i needed was English 11. more often than not a good list off previous jobs that are realated to the job your looking at on your resume will outshine your schooling, thats how ive been getting jobs, none of my employers have ever looked at my schooling
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Good job bud! I have a GED as well. My Sr. year in High Scrool they told me I would have to come back. I told them to "FO", got my GED and was in college the next fall.
Now, that didn't mean that I was the "college" kind of person. I loved it, party all the time and have free room and board. Problem was, I had to make grades to keep the gravy train going LOL.
So, I ended up in a Technical College, 2 year Electronics "Associates of Applied Sciences" Degree and never looked back. Now I have a comfortable job as a Network Administrator for the 2nd largest School District in Arkansas. I'm not killing myself and I bring home a very decent paycheck. Start building your career now, you have proven to yourself that you are committed to better your future, don't stop now!
Now, that didn't mean that I was the "college" kind of person. I loved it, party all the time and have free room and board. Problem was, I had to make grades to keep the gravy train going LOL.
So, I ended up in a Technical College, 2 year Electronics "Associates of Applied Sciences" Degree and never looked back. Now I have a comfortable job as a Network Administrator for the 2nd largest School District in Arkansas. I'm not killing myself and I bring home a very decent paycheck. Start building your career now, you have proven to yourself that you are committed to better your future, don't stop now!
just thought id update you guys i enrolled at ivy tech community college in warsaw and will be starting my cnc mahine certification may 17th
Spitfire1975
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Good! Always step forwards. That is what will differentiate you from "the guy with the GED."
When you finish this degree, GET ANOTHER. Pad your resume and make yourself an attractive hire, not to mention the fact you are improving yourself. If you are smart, learning NEVER ends.
When you finish this degree, GET ANOTHER. Pad your resume and make yourself an attractive hire, not to mention the fact you are improving yourself. If you are smart, learning NEVER ends.
hell yeah. i plan on getting some kind of business degree and maybe some cad classes idk im always trying to learn whatever i can about anything
Spitfire1975
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and that is what will allow you to succeed through your failures (and you will have some failures). Just don't give up.
i gave up for a long time. now i have a good girl that really woke me up and made me realize how much of my life ive wasted. were getting married sometime in july or august if all goes well..
low_five
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dont let anything get you down, man.
michael dell, bill gates, walt disney didnt finish college. Henry ford made it to 8th grade, I think. Milton Hershey, hersheys chocolate made it 4th grade. Steve Jobs of Apple, only went to one semester of college.
look at me, I didnt go to college and I have 2 rangers now. im the king of my own world.
seriously, though, pick something you like and do it different and/or better than anyone else.
michael dell, bill gates, walt disney didnt finish college. Henry ford made it to 8th grade, I think. Milton Hershey, hersheys chocolate made it 4th grade. Steve Jobs of Apple, only went to one semester of college.
look at me, I didnt go to college and I have 2 rangers now. im the king of my own world.
seriously, though, pick something you like and do it different and/or better than anyone else.
hell yeah man. if all goes well... ill have another ranger tuesday. ive come along way in the past few months makes me wonder why i didnt start caring sooner
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