Wondering if I should go back to granulate school

[footfootfoot]

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

[Lamplighter]

Ft3, have you thought about going into "industrial design"?

Maybe it's close enough to photography and sculpture that you would feel comfortable,
but still be going into a new field with potential for good $.

I worked with two men that were industrial design specialists at a major manufacturer.
They helped me with three design projects for my own clients,
and I was amazed at their creativity and technical skills.
When they finished, the products were so "right" and "clean",
my clients signed off on them within just a few minutes of my "reveals".

I know these two fellows made good $ from their homes, cars, etc.
And even more importantly, they enjoyed going to work each day.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Build boats, little boats with extravagant price tags for wealthy people. Boats for people too busy making money to use it, but want the bragging rights that come with a high priced boat, and since they aren't going to use it why go to the trouble of storing a big boat.

[Griff]

Bruce is spot on.

[Pete Zicato]

Have you taken a career test lately? If not, it might help. Contact your local junior college. Most of them do career counseling for no or low cost.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Ft3, have you thought about going into "industrial design"?

I'd love to do that sort of thing, not sure how I could get into that field w/o an ID degree. I know I'd be great at it though.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Build boats, little boats with extravagant price tags for wealthy people. Boats for people too busy making money to use it, but want the bragging rights that come with a high priced boat, and since they aren't going to use it why go to the trouble of storing a big boat.

It's a deceptively small market and w/o creating a highly desirable brand no one would want to pay the premium price, and puts me back in the spot I am in now, namely I would have to market myself and I haven't got the cash or time or chops to do that. The appeal of a regualr job is not having to do all the cold calling/marketing. Another problem with that line of work is that like woodworking and photography an awful lot of the people with the money and interest fancy themselves as weekend hobbyists who want to get their hands dirty.

Originally Posted by Griff

Bruce is spot on.

see above

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Have you taken a career test lately? If not, it might help. Contact your local junior college. Most of them do career counseling for no or low cost.

Funny, I took a career test right after graduating and of the top ten careers they outlined for me, I had already done 9 of them. The only thing I hadn't done was be a detective.

It was really uncanny. I wonder if my aptitudes would have changed since then.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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But I still wonder if I should go back to school to get a better degree.
Now I kind of wish I HAD gone back to school 6 years ago to become and MRI tech when I had the chance.
I'd be just about done by now.

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'd love to do that sort of thing, not sure how I could get into that field w/o an ID degree.
I know I'd be great at it though.
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[/Coaxing mode: intense]

Famous last words ?
One is regret, the second is optimistic confidence.

Any degree is primarily a credentialing "union card".
It just gets your foot in the door.
So an AA from your local community college is an easy first step,
especially if some of your photography income can be maintained for a couple of yrs.

[/Coaxing mode: off]

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Funny, I took a career test right after graduating and of the top ten careers they outlined for me, I had already done 9 of them. The only thing I hadn't done was be a detective.

Well, then, it's elementary, dear Footson.