job or school?

Question

I could work corrections n start paying a mortgage on a house n buy a jetski...or go back to school for a 4 year degree which might not help me make alot more money..just might get me outta shift work? what did u do? what would u do if u could be 20 all over again

Answer 1

You could split the difference - work full time and go to college part time. Get an Associate's degree and see what help that would be and then decide if you want to do more schooling or not.

Answer 2

I have known corrections officers. It is a very difficult job all the way around. You are being paid to suffer for the rest of society. The prisoners will know who your family is and where they are at. This is just to remind you that they can get at you just as easily as you get at them. Some people are dangerously unstable, but the budget the state allows won't be enough compensation in most places. You might die. You might die early from heart disease. You could just get unlucky. And, all might be okay.

If you become a corrections officer even for a short period, it will change who you are in a way that cannot be changed back. For some people, this change is somewhat positive, for others it is negative.

The question is, "Is the money worth the consequences?" College will pay you only if what you do has a degree of suffering in it. All jobs in the US pay more for discomfort than comfort. A Forest Ranger, an Economist, a Tax Attorney or CPA, an Actuary, and a Software Engineer all pay better than an art teacher. You can get rained on, snowed on, become bored to death and have nothing interesting to talk about at work, or you can go on about your lovely students.

If I were 20 again, I would do what I am doing now earlier, which is take on a difficult job because I enjoy it and because it is difficult and most don't want it, I will get paid very well. But I would not be a corrections officer, because to me it would not be worth it.

It depends on how you value money against the other aspects of your life and the other talents in your life. I have a family member who has a physics degree. The only place where his discipline is used is Boston or NYC, both very high cost areas. He moved to a rural area with low costs and got a job at UPS. His net pay is a multiple of what it would have been, even though his gross pay is a fraction of what it would have been. What matters is what is left at the end, not the beginning.

Answer 3

"If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance"

You invest your future through education. The corrections job might sounds appealing for NOW, but is there any potential growth for the future? Find a career and not a job!

Im now 23. I wouldn't change a single thing if I were to turn back time. I'd still get a degree in finance. Our life revolves around finance. Why not learn and be good at one?

Refer to the paragraphs below:

"Finance is a very professionally oriented major designed to prepare you for a career in financial management, which is the art and science of managing money or, if you like, the way people, institutions, markets, and countries generate and transfer wealth. It's a good major and potentially a very lucrative one because, these days, everybody - small businesses, monolithic corporations, charities, and governments - needs effective financial management.

If you major in Finance, you'll study things like commercial and investment banking, forecasting and budgeting, and asset and liability management. You'll learn more than you may ever want to know about money, stocks and bonds, and how markets function. You'll learn how to determine what fraction of a firm's assets (or your own assets) to put into different kinds of investment vehicles in order to obtain the highest return for a justifiable level of risk. When you graduate, all those baffling indexes at the back of the Wall Street Journal will make sense to you.

Upon graduation, your career can take many paths (naturally), but most Finance majors find jobs in the finance departments of firms; with banks, mutual funds, and other kinds of financial institutions; or in government or some kind of charitable organization. Some schools offer specialized areas of concentration within the Finance major as well - in insurance and real estate for example."*1

I hope this helps!

Answer 4

I can tell you from working corrections, that was the worst and most lousy paying job ever. I took that job because I was desperate and I can tell you that I went to school after wards because I was desperate to get out of corrections.

Here is some advise on going to college. DO NOT get a business degree, it means nothing. That also goes for Political science and Psychology and all those other degrees. Go to a Technical college first and save your money. The first two years at any college has you going to English and history classes. Take them at a Tech school and they will transfer to almost any college.
Whatever you decide to major in, make sure you specialize. Engineering, Architecture, Computer Networking are specialized fields that have a demand in the job market, accounting and marketing don't.

Answer 5

If I were 20 again, I would be halfway through college. It isn't only the particular subjects that you study in college that might get you more money, but there are a set of skills and mental attitude that is acquired in college. That is why many employers will only hire people who have their degree.

In the department of the bank where I worked before becoming disabled, we had the following: me with a degree in biology, my boss had a degree in pre-dentistry. Another supervisor had a degree in French. Still another had a masters in library science. A college degree was needed to apply for those jobs, but it didn't have to be in banking or business.

I don't know if I explained this very well, because it is hard to put it into words.

Answer 6

I went to college straight from high school, but I worked every year except my freshman year. I recommend entering a degree program, but it is not bad if you stretch that program out over 5 or 6 years to complete school while maintaing a part or full-time job. I myself took five, and I was fortunate that my tuition costs were defrayed with scholarship money. My work experience was very relevant to my field, and I always had stories and situations to discuss with my professors. I feel that the continuing work experience enabled to have the position that I have today.

Answer 7

Choosing education over immediate gain will always pay off in the end.
Although you could have some material satisfaction now, your career picture 15 or 20 years down the road could be a lot different.

I promise you, you will never regret getting a full education.

Answer 8

job. school isn't for everyone. But instead of a jet ski, think about IRA's or investing. Money can be gone one day to the next. if your job has higher paying positions that require a degree reconsider. I know a dumb a.s.s that whines about not having a degree and being stuck in the same place. Its really sad. you know your situation better. Do whats best for you.

Answer 9

Go back to school! There is nothing more valuable than knowledge. You need an education in order to get a better job. Good luck with your decision.

Answer 10

SCHOOL!! The job and the money sound great right now, but in 10 years it might be different, and it'll be a lot harder to finish then. Trust me, it's what I'm doing right now.