Considering a move from one underpaid profession to another.. your thoughts

[427 S/O]

Take a look at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, under department of homeland security, I believe customs agents are paid pretty good and plenty of other positions that are not on the border!, I knew a few that retired and they weren't complaining.

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[fsstnotch]

Originally Posted by 427 S/O

Take a look at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, under department of homeland security, I believe customs agents are paid pretty good and plenty of other positions that are not on the border!, I knew a few that retired and they weren't complaining.

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There's not an available CBP job within 100mi of my house! lol I think I'd like to be a police officer... even if it pays less than what I could make in my current career. My current job consists of waking up and going to my office which is required to be maintained at a constant 68 degrees year round. I then work a 12 hr shift where usually 11.5 hrs of the day I sit at a computer and surf the net or watch tv or movies. I had laser surgery on my eyes 2 yrs ago and I can already tell they are not as good as they were a year ago. That happens when you stare at a computer screen for 12 hrs a day. So then I go home and I have absolutely no energy because I've done absolutely nothing all day. Kind of like when you just lay in your bed all day.. you have no motivation to do anything! Then of course there is my brain! I can only attribute my loss of memory over the past few years to this job. If you don't use it, you lose it!

[bomelia]

Originally Posted by 427 S/O

Take a look at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, under department of homeland security, I believe customs agents are paid pretty good and plenty of other positions that are not on the border!, I knew a few that retired and they weren't complaining.

CBP Careers Spotlight

Just don't shoot anybody!!! (in defense of the law) You could end up in jail!!

Yup... border patrol. Thats going to be a BIG growth market.

Why not go to college and finish up a degree? Your options will increase dramatically! And you have Uncle Sam to pay for it!! Take advantage of it. If you need $$, work a job. Not saying this will happen to you, but my brother in law got out of the Navy at the time of Desert Storm. Saw plenty 'o action. Then, did not go to college, and has been in and out of jobs since then. Finally landed at the Sherriffs dept. Used to love it, now hates it. Low pay and 90% of the folks he deals with hate him ('magine that).

If you must work in a place where 90% of the people hate you, become a dentist!! Pays better.

If you love the law, then go into it with a degree. I got a degree (couple of 'em) in engineering. I do not do what I studied for, but I got to choose what I did (do).

People say money is not everything, but try telling that to the grocery store clerk when you have kids and a wife to support. (or the power comapany, phone company, mortgage company, ...). Life IS too short to waste on things that will get you no where. Just 'cause you get a degree does not mean you are locked into one thing. In fact, its quite the opposite of that. Four years invested will pay back for the rest of your life.

Mike