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i'd be way more receptive to school now. i never disliked actually learning, its just why would i do that when i could spend 10 minutes thinking of a joke that is gonna make me the man when the teacher calls on me lmao

but yea i went and got my ged when i was like 19. no idea where it is. complete waste of time, and ridiculously easy btw. i remember thinking it was like 6th=7th grade levels for every subject.

ive worked fast food (subway) which is like answer described. shit work upward mobility but i mean whats a manager of a fast food place make like 1200 every 2 weeks? lol. factories, again shit repetitive work for garbage pay, random odd jobs etc. but there is plenty of upward mobility in actual professions/trades.

i started at the bottom in a body shop. literally anyone can go in any auto body shop and sweep up, clean cars, or even prep them for paint as like an assistant to the painter. empty trash cans etc. just be willing to learn and people will want to teach you, because if you can do something that means they don't have to do that particular thing on that particular job and they can do something else.

most body shops will pay you to take training certifications as well, because they can put the plaque up in there shop and be a certified blah blah shop etc. but yea from 10 an hour in 2013 to now in 2021 i'll clear 70k relatively easy this year. the work also gets a bit easier. it takes more skill, but less time and effort. for more pay.

basically trades still exist. we are constantly searching for employees because everyone thinks you need to go to college and learn to code. the mike rowe dirty jobs guy been saying it for awhile now but its insane how good trade jobs pay with no one willing to do them. i don't even like cars. im not a car guy at all lol. its a job tho that is rewarding in the sense you know you're helping someone and you can see the results, like yea this thing was mangled and now it looks good again type deal.

but yea im 31 tho. it took me a long time of being a bum to get where im at. my only regret is wasting time getting on this path sooner