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How do you decide what to do in life when you have no network connections, no degree, and no hobbies?

>> No.224090

Also I'm a digusting britfag

>> No.224098

You quit being a no-life faggot and go find one. Get a sociable hobby, Meet new friends, Ta-dah new people that can hopefully get you in on a job they know about because they know someone.

Almost everyone I know has a job because of friends/relatives put in a good word. Also that is true for me as an employer as I have only hired friends/friends of friends. So good luck faggot connections really are everything in the job world.

>> No.224100

http://wtfshouldidowithmylife.com/

>> No.224104

Look into a trade.

Really though, if you have none of those things your problems are probably far deeper than nojobwatdo?

>> No.224105

Just get out there and do what you want. you have nothing to lose.

You could just lie to a bunch of people and act like a big shot and wear a suit. If you play the part well enough, somebody will hire you.

>> No.224126

>>224098
>Almost everyone I know has a job because of friends/relatives put in a good word.

I'm going to have to do this without nepotism, or at least, until I am worth something to somebody who will notice me, I really do know nobody.

>>224104

They are far deeper, but every year is a year lost.

>>224105

You could just lie to a bunch of people and act like a big shot and wear a suit.

There aren't open-invitation CEO business parties on every street.

>> No.224156

>>224085
you throw you computer out of the window and start living like normal people

>> No.224166

>>224156

The internet seems like a pretty important tool

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>>224085

>> No.224184

>>224169

too unstable

>> No.224188

>>224184

you've got to take risks in life

>> No.224192 [DELETED] 

>>224098
> Also that is true for me as an employer as I have only hired friends/friends of friends.

Why the hell do you do that???

Do you know how many good, courteous, hard-working, trustworthy, friendly, nice, handsome, sexy, etc. potential employees you're passing on?

Also, you're the fucker who tossed my resume in the recycle bin without even reading it.

>> No.224237

Join the army.
You can only gain.

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>>224085
What do you REALLY want OP?

People to kill?
Things to see?
Do you want to create things that kill?
Do you seek admiration?
Perhaps you seek freedom or power?

If you "don't know" what you want, you are a liar and what you want isn't on your mind at the moment. Perhaps you should turn to crime and hope for a swift death. Protip: Do not allow yourself to become captured, you are likely to exchange immediate life-threatening danger for having it stolen from you more slowly and painfully (prison). You would likely rather die, it's the same thing really.

>> No.224255

>>224237
Yes!
Maybe OP just wants someone to tell him what to do combined with frequent exercise and probably being shit on a lot, retirement after 20 years, and getting to claim he's defending our freedom when he's on leave.

>> No.224257

>>224188
OP is too retarded to learn to take risks.

>> No.224259

>>224166
YOU DON'T NEED TO USE IT 24/7 EVERY FUCKING DAY FUCK YOU

>> No.224268

>>224237
That's actually a really good answer.

Get in shape. Get job training. Network. Get out after 4-6 years and get paid to go to school or retire after 20 years.Use the connections you made to get a better job on the outside. You also get a ton of benefits and pretty sweet IRA (TSP).

You just have to have a high tolerance for bullshit and know EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO before talking to a recruiter. Make sure it's in your contract and don't get sold on some other bullshit MOS.

>> No.224275

>>224252

I seek admiration, I want people to respect me and think my life is interesting, I want people to learn what I do for a living and think to themselves "fuck, that is a really good thing to do for a job". I also just like everybody else, want a petite dependent qt to follow me around and cuddle me. I want a nice salary so I can pick what country I want to live in.

>>224257

I'll take risks, I pretty much have to at this point.

>> No.224278

>>224268
>>224237

>join army
>get deployed
>get killed

>> No.224285

>>224275
I can't help you out there, OP.
You may end up like some sad sacks that just dress like a proper /biz/nissman and fake their success with business cards and routine lies. Then you will kill yourself or the people you love.

>>224278
Sounds like risk to me, almost sounds extremely worth it.

>> No.224286

>>224275
>want a petite dependent qt to follow me around and cuddle me
You need a good face for that

>> No.224290

>>224286

I'm fairly attractive, my bodyfat % is naturally very low and no one on either side of my family is fat.

>> No.224299

>>224278
>get killed

Less than 10% of people in the military ever see combat.

Most people in the military work in offices or shops and never even leave the states.

>> No.224307

>>224252
Why are you so keen on an answer that involves killing?

>> No.224308

>>224307
Now you're just trying to goy me, aren't you?

>> No.224328

I said fuck it 7 years ago and put everything into my job at the time. Managed to go from working as an hourly cashier working part time for $7.25/hr... to 6 years later working in the corporate office of the same company making decisions for 7,000 employees and a business that grosses $3BN+ revenue.

No degree, no network (started at 18), no degree (still don't have one), no real hobbies other than vidya.

It's amazing what a bit of work and effort can do.

>> No.224332

These sorts of posts are really bringing /biz/ down.

Fuck these people that are obviously delusional and think that life is like a movie where their is a solution for everything. Judging by all of his posts, OP just wants someone to give him the magic bullet that will solve the problems that he has been creating for himself for his entire life.

Get your shit together, /biz/

>> No.224336

>>224332
There is a magic bullet - be confident. Make decisions and learn from your failures like a goddamn man.

That is the only way.

>> No.224338

>>224332

Well then, what made you decide to do what you are doing for a living?

>> No.224341

>>224338
Whatever opportunity that presents itself to make as much fucking money as humanly possible.

Shit doesn't just happen overnight... unless you are Jordan Belford.

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>>224341
but I dont know what to do and no opportunity has presented itself anon
what now

>> No.224353

>>224341
Didn't happen overnight for him either though

>>224338
Purely trial and error. Wasn't going to get into medicine due to my grades so I swapped into a program that was more conducive to my skills in mathematics.

You need to get out there and try things. Frankly, anything sounds better than what you've got going for you now.

>> No.224351

>>224349
Apply to a shitload of random jobs and pick up the first one that offers. Put 100% into that, see where it goes.

Rinse/repeat until success is had.

>> No.224358

>>224353

>Frankly, anything sounds better than what you've got going for you now.

I'm extremely scared of somebody approaching me after years of "going out there and trying things" and saying "lol u fucked up kid shoulda done x three years ago ud be making bank right now cya".

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>>224351
im working at fedex currently but I dont think theres a possibility of me moving up here.

i guess I gotta keep looking

>> No.224365

>>224359
What would you want to do at FedEx? Do you have a direct manager?

>> No.224388

>>224358
So you're scared to dedicate yourself to one thing out of fear of it being not as lucrative as something else?

I hate to break it to you man, but you're going to be very hard pressed to find the perfect fit in that case.

>> No.224395

>>224388

Its eating me away each day

>> No.224445

>>224395
Seems like you have some psych issues to get out of the way first, buddy.

What subjects were you good with in school?

>> No.224471

>>224445

art all the time as a kid

then everything was maths and science during my a-levels

>> No.224475

>>224471
>>224445

actually, confession time.

I spent one year at college undertaking a mathematics bachelors, but mental disorders got the better of me and i quit 4 months in,

>> No.224483

I have no hobbies , and nothing interesting about me.

I've decided to let my risk taking side out. I've repressed it for a long time, and now I just don't give a fuck.

I'm going to apply for a really difficult academic program and I'm becoming more social and networking.

Just say fuck it and do something ridiculous with your life

>> No.224486

>>224483
i've always wanted to try crack

>> No.224523

>>224486
Then fucking do it, but don't let it take over your life.

>> No.224533

>tfw 20
>tfw just going to classes in college
>have never worked before
>can't join army because of health complications

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>>224358
this so much
I'm afraid of finally choosing something to commit to, only to start hating it or not making any money.
Everything I like is humanities type creative shit, but every sensible person seems to have gone into a STEM field.
I'm so torn between choosing what I want to do and going into a money earning major. I've never been good at math but I don't know if its just that I'm stupid or I've never really tried. I just don't want to make the wrong decision, and I'm basically on my own as my family has no money.

These types of posts usually get hostile answers, but I'll give it a shot. Has anyone here been in a similar situation? Did you choose money or enjoyment? Are there any books or websites or anything I can read up on to help me decide on what to do with my life?

>> No.224744

not OP

is it true you have to do "immoral" things to be successful in business?

>> No.224804

Not OP but a serious question, I'm a math major right now and I'm getting pretty tired/burnt out with all the academic world.
Should I go be a fisherman for a while? Something crazy like that?
Because I don't just want to get my major and sit at a desk without actually seeing the world.

>> No.224818

>>224804
Drop out and learn a trade. In your spare time think of things that make you happy, and how you can turn those things into a product you can sell. Save money at all costs, but don't be stingy with your loved ones.

>> No.224845

>>224818
That's easier said than done.
Part of me is scared to make that jump.

>> No.224855

>>224804
>>224845
Here, I think I'm going to take some classes at a local college to become a diesel engine mechanic.

>> No.224872

>>224744
Nah, that's just what Muslims tell themselves.
No hate.

>> No.224894

>>224804
No.

Just spend some free time with a cheap boat on a local lake.

>> No.224895

>>224332
>OP just wants someone to give him the magic bullet that will solve the problems that he has been creating for himself for his entire life

But there is a magic bullet. The army. Although it could be tough, it is the solution most likely to work for people like OP

>> No.224899 [DELETED] 

>>224085
>Spend 8 months learning code
>Spend a year reading junior/senior/graduate CS textbooks on theory
>Spend 4 months making open source (BSD license) software
>Start sending out job applications

>> No.224903

>>224894
This is the advice that everyone needs and nobody wants, sadly.

>> No.224958

You could get an associates in accounting and get a job making ~30k while you either find something else or get another degree.

That's what I'm doing and I'm 24 lol. Literally no education or work experience for the last 6 years.

>> No.224989

>>224958
if thought about doing this but who hires accountants with only a two year degree?

>> No.224994

>>224100
http://wtfshouldidowithmylife.com/bodysnatcher
What kind of body snatcher is this? Is this the alien take over someone's life body snatcher?

>> No.224996

>>224994
it's the kind where you pick up corpses and take them to the morgue or funeral homes.

>> No.225469

>>224872

really?

so, Jim Profit lied to me ;_;

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>>224100
>You should live with your parents

>> No.225560

>>224989

People who need basic bookkeeping work done, which could be a lot of smaller businesses. If this is what you want to do you could go around to local business and ask if they would like bookkeeping services

>> No.225566

>>224085
http://www.raf.mod.uk/careers/jobs/find-jobs/communications-and-intelligence/intelligence-officer/
here you go m8, they're hiring in this role, you'll never even see any combat :^)

>> No.225569

>>225566
those jobs are probably really high in demand though

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>>225569
m8 you miss 100% of the shots you dont take. You dont want to end up like one of them old men who have staked shelves in Tesco for the last 20 years and done fuck all with their lives. If someware turns you down, then fair dos, just try someware else or your gonna start looking back and thinking what if you'd actually applied for the job. Start with baby steps and never stop m8. I want you to succeed

>> No.225601

>>224085
math degrees are fun. its not hard if you spend 2-4 hours a day doing your homework and don't procrastinate.

there's no papers (aside from research, which is easier than that shitty creative writing junk) and the analytical skills you gain are invaluable.

highest paying degree too, best job availability.

>> No.225630

>>225597
Not op but, what are the limits, Can I crowdfund app for Rolex? Im thinking about doing something big but the fact is Im not important person is holding me back from trying

>> No.225637

>>225569

I took literally the same job but for the USMC and I was your typical neckbeard NEET at the time (I had to lose a shit ton of weight).

Stop making excuses, faggot.

>> No.225645

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery

Meyers Briggs was originally intended to match people to the job they would do best.

This is old stuff. Your high school should have given you at least one aptitude test.

Even a 6 month trade school should have some evaluations you can take.

As usual, Germany does it better. Their schools test at several points along primary education to make sure the student is studying what's right for him.

>> No.225677

>>225630
it depends on whether or not the profit is worth the risk. OP has nothing to loose from applying to these jobs. He's not risking anything at all

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>>225645
OP is in the UK m8. We need to be looking at what can be done now, instead of what OP could of done in the past.

>> No.225690

>>224085
watch the movie: How to succeed in business

Its a joke obviously, but the entire idea of it really isn't too far from reality. Also, its a good movie.

>> No.225692

>>225690
or sorry the title is :How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

>> No.225719

>>224085
make friends in your location on /biz/

i KNOW you can jew something up together