24m, şu anda kariyer yolu yok, hızlı bir şekilde bir araya getirmeniz gerekiyor.
Herkese hey, kendim hakkında Montreal’de 24 yaşında bir erkeğim. Liseden sonra Sosyal Bilimler alanında “Üniversite Öncesi” derecesi için CEGEP’e (kolej, önlisans derecelerini düşünün) gittim. Ne yapmak istediğimi bilmiyordum, bu nedenle 21 yaşında üniversiteden ayrıldı.
O zamanlarda, zevk aldığım bir berber oldum ama onu bir yan koşuşturma olarak tercih ediyorum ve kendimi sonsuza dek yaptığım bir şey değil.
Son zamanlarda teknolojiye güçlü bir ilgi buldum, ancak birçok karışık görüş görüyorum. Bazı insanlar yazılım mühendisliği veya siber güvenlik gibi şeyler için bootcamp’leri belirtirken, diğerleri onlara “diploma değirmenleri” olarak adlandırılan bir zaman ve para kaybı olduğunu söyleyen, istihdamla sonuçlanmayacak. Tabii ki üniversite rotasını düşündüm, bilgisayar bilimi gibi bir şey için ama o zamana kadar tam zamanlı çalıştığımı varsayarak mezuniyetle 28 yaşında olurdum. Bunun çok eski olduğunu hissediyorum ve o zamana kadar daha yerleşik ve bağımsız olmak istiyorum.
Şu anda bir restoranda ve her iki yarı zamanlı bir berber dükkanında, haftada toplam 40-45 saat çalışıyorum.
Ev hayatı harika değil, bu da ne kadar geride olduğuma rağmen ilerlemek istemenin büyük bir faktörü ve kariyerini hızlı bir şekilde izleyen ve sadece hukuk fakültesini mezun olan ve ABD’de çalışmaya başlayacak bir kız arkadaşım var. Hayatımı bir araya getirmemimin ilişkimizin başarısız olmasının nedeni olmasını istemiyorum.
Herhangi bir tavsiye, özellikle teknoloji endüstrisinde çok takdir edilecektir, ancak gerçekten 2 yıl içinde nispeten hızlı bir şekilde elde edilebilecek her şey. Başka birinin benzer olup olmadığını merak ediyorum
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Finishing Uni at 28 isn’t old and you won’t be much older than any of your colleagues if you got a job in tech afterwards.
Uni is just as much about networking as it is studying though, so if you do decide to go, make use of that time to meet as many people as possible, they could help you land a job in the future.
I went to school for CIS when I was 26 and didn’t graduate till I was 30. My cousin went to a bootcamp for Cybersecurity and unfortunately it didn’t help him land anything, his background was originally in sales. The market is already pretty saturated with both bootcamp applicants and people with degrees, and a lot of companies require a degree anyways.
My plan definitely wasn’t to start my career so late in life, but I’m glad I didn’t let that stop me. I could’ve gone into sales too but it’s just not something I enjoyed doing. Now I make more than by buddy who was trying to get me a sales job at his company and I’m hybrid with 3 days working from home which is nice. Theres plenty of people that don’t “have it together” till they’re in their 40s and 50s, it’s all just a social construct at the end of the day.
If your partner leaves you just cause you started a little later than her than you might be dodging a bullet IMO. My ex left me when I was 21 cause I was working at a restaurant still and figuring life out too and got married to her childhood friend. Now we’re both 31, and she’s divorced with a bunch of debt cause her ex-husband turned out to be a lazy POS.
You can make a lot of money as a barber in the USA. It’s the lowest overhead there is. You can literally go into people’s homes and work. Branch out into nail care and pedicures. Massage therapy.
My uncle did very well for himself in hair care. He started as a salon worker. Opened his own business. Then sold it when he retired. He makes wigs for anime conventions now.
I would stay away from the tech sector. Tech is an oversaturated field already and AI is cutting into that further. AI can code better than us already and is rapidly evolving, I can’t see most tech jobs being sustainable long term.
My advice to you as another 24M is to do what I did. Get your foot in the door with a company in an entry level full time role. Something like an admin or project coordinator. Work your way up and gather experience that can translate to other jobs. Keep your barber hustle on the side during evenings or weekends and invest that cash.
Getting into a full time role would be my priority so you can enjoy full time employee benefits. Looking for your preferred role would be the following step. If you find you need a degree for the role you actually want just take one class at a time online while you work.
Broskie, let your girl feed you while you work on yourself. No shame in that. Trust me brother, working 40 hours to 45 hours a week is no easy feat, and you deserve respect and admiration for that. Take your time, find somthing you would love to pursue, and then pursue it with all you got.
If you’re gonna pursue tech, look into tech avenues that aren’t completely oversaturated.
Honestly, barbering is not bad. You likely aren’t seeing the best result since you are only part time, it takes a serious grind to do it but it can be absolutely profitable and flexible once you get your clientele up. I think you should focus less on the money portion, and more on what you actually like to do. What do you get lost in researching or are just naturally really good at that comes easy to you. That is your calling.
You can also grow barbering from your clientele to your own shop- the beauty industry is limitless. You can then look into brands and even work for specific brands in sales or even brand ambassadors long term. Check out your salon wholesale sales reps and see if that company has opening too. The beauty industry is HUGE.