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High value crop consultants - good ones can make a surprising amount of money (200k+) This isn't your dumbfuck row crops like corn and soy. Think fruit trees, nut trees, viticulture, vegetables, organic production etc.
Many college graduates have a job offers their junior year. Anymore you'll want to have a double major of biology/Ag.
Industrial PLC is probably good money. Building and maintaining all the industrial automation.
Honestly, some of the trades sound great. I really do miss back in the day when Discovery wasn't complete trash and Mike Rowe wasn't a complete loser, Dirty Jobs gave me a lot of respect to the often shit upon working class.
US government jobs. Find something you're interested in, get some education, take the civil service exams, profit.
When I was early 20s, I wanted to get rich quick. Followed my dad into insurance, even though I had no interest or sales skills. Learned a lot! And dad was a stunning salesman. Made about every penny off referrals, because he hooked people up with products that worked for them, not a monolithic company. (He represented 20 or so firms.)
Yeah. Easing into IT worked out, and I'm doing well, but looking at where I'm at 30 years later, fuck me, I should have stuck with forestry and been a ranger. I'd probably be retired by now and raking in pay. Benefits out the ass, all that. Imagine how healthy I would be after 20-years of ranger work! I'm OK now, despite a "sinful" life. :) Then I could retire to my dream job, being a campground host at a national or state park. LOL, live on a lake and tell the kids to keep it quiet and keep the beer on the downlow. Walk around killing the occasional fire ant mound.
And while we're at it, US military. God. Damn. I could have learned IT properly, retired after 20-years in, came back and consulted for the DoD. My bf in high school went in a fat body, came out hard, spent a couple of years active, then went National Guard.
Retired after a few years in, and then once a month on exercises, he's fucking loaded. Retired at 39. Collects classic cars for kicks.
And for those of you who think "military" = "combat", LOL no, most of you couldn't get into combat if you tried. He only saw "light" combat in central America, in the early 90's (we were not in El Salvador, did not happen!) He got in the fight because he begged for it.
The military sounds like a great job except for the whole - supporting the US government murder and exploit third world countries and enforcing even more inequality in the world - thing. (Yes, even if you're not actually holding the guns)
https://80000hours.org/ probably has information relevant to you, and they do have specific comments about IT roles, and many careers they talk about are related to computers in some way.
Inherit rich.
Best job yet, and you can start a company at the age of 20 and get a 2-page spread in Forbes about being a self-made young entrepeneur with your parents in the background!
Teach yourself cad. Get a 3d printer. Print a portfolio you designed yourself.
I've taught myself CAD and am getting pretty competent at it. I've been 3d printing since 2014 so I'm proficient there too. I've designed lots of functional parts to solve problems for myself, and I'm getting more into doing pieces for costume design.
What type of 3d printed stuff is actually profitable to sell? Every time I consider trying to monetize it a bit I go shopping around and think that there is no way I can design something that is a better quality or at a lower price than what is already available. Then I think about the hassle of having to manage printing and shipping and dealing with customers on top of my normal job and I think that it isn't worth it.
You are correct, it isn't. Even doing custom prints for people comes with way more hassle then it is worth.
Ones I’ve experienced because of healthcare and would’ve otherwise not really known about—
US tech CT Tech Xray Tech Medical Simulation Tech/Actor (this varies, can also be IT. Med sim centers need a ton of IT) ECMO Perfusionist