Going to college in 2 years have a question

[Spikes]

Web design is a good field to go into, it's probably what I'll go into as that's what I like to do.

[Masherbrum]

Dentists also have the highest suicidal rate of any job....

I myself am choosing medical...

But if hes going into electrician...nothing wrong with it always need electrical work somewhere.

Come to Michigan almost 1/2 of all Union Electrician's are Unemployed.   Wyoming took about about an 1/8th of those without a job.   Skilled trades are suffering.   Housing Market killed more Electrician jobs, more than the Manufacturing Industry.   

[nirvana]

Have you looked at the military?  The Coast Guard is currently offering big bonuses to Electrician's Mates and Electronics Technicians and will be for the foreseeable future.

[Masherbrum]

Have you looked at the military?  The Coast Guard is currently offering big bonuses to Electrician's Mates and Electronics Technicians and will be for the foreseeable future.

Smart choice as well.   

[Tmac7]

Have you looked at the military?  The Coast Guard is currently offering big bonuses to Electrician's Mates and Electronics Technicians and will be for the foreseeable future.

Yes I have looked into it. If I don't finish up with classes to become an electrician or web design I wanted Plan B to join the US Marines.

[RTHolmes]

Web design is a good field to go into, it's probably what I'll go into as that's what I like to do.

disagree here, for years almost everyone with a PC and a bootleg copy of photoshop thinks they're a "web designer" so the market is awash with mediocre talent. add better and simpler tools (wordpress etc) and its not a growing market, except for specialists. good graphic designers otoh can always get work, programmers the same. people who are average at both will have trouble. other specialist fields like networking, security, database etc are a better bet - more effort to get into but way more lucrative.

if you want to make money the trades are still a great bet - I know plumbers and sparkys who make alot more than guys working in softer IT fields, less BS too

[Tmac7]

Yeah and to become and electrician its 20 months of classes well thats if i wanna go from basics to master, Which i want to do.

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Tmac7  Electrician and Electronics Tech are closely related, but different paths of this school.  
Electrician generally focuses on higher voltages, housing and building construction.
Electronics is focused more on resistors, microcircuits, computers, etc.
Check out the schools you are looking at.  Make sure that you are studying for what you want to do.

I have an AS in Electronic Eng Technology, and a AAS in Applied Electronics.  Neither one gave me any prep for House wiring, except in the most basic terms.  (Wall plugs, lights etc.)

A degree as a Electrician would give you no Programming or web design schooling.

[Tmac7]

A degree as a Electrician would give you no Programming or web design schooling.

Oh i know that i mean to go to school for that after I finish with my courses in becoming an electrician

[Trell]

Honestly You may change your mind the closer you get to collage.

I have changed my mind about 3 times from highschool into what i would do.
It is for the most part is good paying and you have the advantage of going a lot of ways in it.
Bad side for some is the commitment you end up having doing it at most places I have found.

You get to be the one getting called all hours of the night, Or working all night for a week to finish a project.  You also will have constant learning.  It is not a field you learn once and can reuse forever.  Looking around at the places I have worked.  You don’t really see many older IT people…

Most places it is broken out into 2-3 different kind of fields. 
Programmers, Hardware guys , Phone guys.  All of them Blend a little But each one is pretty different in how they work.

If you are going to collage you are going to end up starting at the bottom somewhere.  Normally in a helpdesk or entry level programming gig.

[Tmac7]

Well we'll see, and i'm going to have to work hard because no later then 19 am i staying home living with my mom. Probably if still with my girlfriend maybe rent an apartment..if not then get some friends and do that. I just want a job with trade and because I have the born skills of an electrician my dad is one(not that i've had any help from him since hes not in my life lol) but he still has skills so i should have some of those in my genes also hes a construction worker along with all my uncles so I have ways of getting jobs in big companies that they work at.

[GFShill]

Why not go to college during the regular term, spend summer apprenticing electrical? First two years of a 4-year Bachelor's degree are pretty much generic anyway.

[Tmac7]

I come from a poor family, so its cheaper this way. But heres the other thing i'm really good at football so theres a chance i'll get a scholarship to a school if i keep on being good at football and stay on the honor roll.

[Hoarach]

I come from a poor family, so its cheaper this way. But heres the other thing i'm really good at football so theres a chance i'll get a scholarship to a school if i keep on being good at football and stay on the honor roll.

Well dont forget though, you want to go to a school where you will learn easily and you fit in.  I gave up some D-1 scholarships to go to a smaller school because in my case I cant learn in a really large school and classes with a minimum size of 100.  Unless you think you are going to go to the NFL football should not be a priority which in my case another reason I chose a smaller school.  Teachers also know you personally as well.

I myself would recommend a D2 or smaller as even D3 schools have a ton of financial aid that they give as well.  Im going to a 40k school and paying only 5k to go for the year.  There are a lot of things out there to help pay school as well, dont underestimate the financial aid a school will give as even D3 schools give a lot.  It all depends on your FAFSA and the more needy you are the more the school will give you. 

Remember that D1 schools also basically have size requirements and speed requirements.  An example is not wanting a RB running slower than a 4.5 or a linemen under 6"2 and 280lbs.  It depends a lot on your position on the type of requirements that they look for so honestly dont think football will get you a scholarship unless you are an All-State athlete putting up serious numbers.

[Tmac7]

YEah i probably won't get a scholarship because i'm alinebacker 6' 175lbs but lots of muscle just can't seem to gain weight