Alright, again, this thread is mostly for teens but adults are allowed to answer it too. Kids; what do you want to be when you grow up? And adults, what is your career now? I don't really have a job myself, unless you count being a writer.
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The Career Thread
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I've been in "Land Mobile Radio" for 35 years. LMR is what was once called "Two Way Radio" and refers to the radios the police, fire, ambulance people (as well as garbage trucks, school bus, etc.) use to communicate with dispatchers. I worked from the age of 20 to age 51 as a Technician and/or service manager in various dealerships. Then at 51 I went to work for Kenwood Corporation as a Systems Deployment Technician - traveling 45 weeks a year deploying multimillion dollar radio systems.
One year ago, I moved to R&D (Engineering) and now help refine existing products, develop new products, produce training and technical manuals, bulletins and papers, research products offered by other companies that we may want to re-sell, etc.
At age 57, I am now embarking on a quest to greatly expand my knowledge and to obtain a CCNA certification, since my industry employed networked equipment and uses computer networking protocols internally. I just spend $40 on this 1100 page book, yes, MORE self study! Once I pass the exams, and obtain the certification, I may very well change jobs again - I'll stay in this industry, I'll just find something that pays even better, unless the boss can get corporate to promote me.
Now, I just said I never went to college till my late 40's. This cannot be overemphasized. Even at Kenwood, my degree did not get me my job, my experience and knowledge got me the job.
My background is in RF (radio) physics, I did not earn a degree until age 49. I was all self-taught up to that point, had only a high school diploma and self-study. In 35 years, I have, never once, been unemployed or 'laid off' or "downsized". And I've never had college debt - Georgia's HOPE program paid my tuition, and if it didn't, I'd still have gone to college but would have paid my way and taken twice as long due to the cost.
One year ago, I moved to R&D (Engineering) and now help refine existing products, develop new products, produce training and technical manuals, bulletins and papers, research products offered by other companies that we may want to re-sell, etc.
At age 57, I am now embarking on a quest to greatly expand my knowledge and to obtain a CCNA certification, since my industry employed networked equipment and uses computer networking protocols internally. I just spend $40 on this 1100 page book, yes, MORE self study! Once I pass the exams, and obtain the certification, I may very well change jobs again - I'll stay in this industry, I'll just find something that pays even better, unless the boss can get corporate to promote me.
Now, I just said I never went to college till my late 40's. This cannot be overemphasized. Even at Kenwood, my degree did not get me my job, my experience and knowledge got me the job.
My background is in RF (radio) physics, I did not earn a degree until age 49. I was all self-taught up to that point, had only a high school diploma and self-study. In 35 years, I have, never once, been unemployed or 'laid off' or "downsized". And I've never had college debt - Georgia's HOPE program paid my tuition, and if it didn't, I'd still have gone to college but would have paid my way and taken twice as long due to the cost.
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