Sizeway Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Anyone know of any jobs that require no diplomas of any sort? I dropped out of high school a few years ago and I am not getting a GED so please do not tell me to get one. Please no Hate or discrimination, I am not a retard or anything, Just school never worked for me. I am not a pussy or loser. I just want to know if there is such a thing as a job that doesnt require education Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. $$H New York Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshield Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Honestly? Sanitation worker. It's tough work but decent pay and benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 McDonalds, or other McJobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kapone Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Any job in retail from stock worker to cashier to loss prevention. Unfortunately though, expect minimum wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deffpony Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 ARe you good with your hands?? You need to start getting experience with a field. If you arent going to pursue a GED than you need to have something to fall back on. Off the top of my head: Bartender Waiter Landscaper Window washer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizeway Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pizza Delivery Guy Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Best paying job around my parts that you could sign up and get started right away since you dropped right out of high school. Construction is another one. Basically if you get no further education, you're going to be working for a living for the next 45 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHAT!? Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Only thing that will pay decent is sh*t no one else wants to do. Garbage man, sanitation, sewage worker... Doing poured concrete isn't bad work. It's hard work but a lot of times it can pay well under the table if your just labor in a smaller company. Well drilling pays decent as well. You want to get into something that will work you up to a sonic rig if you want any kind of real career in it though. Again it's hard work. I dropped out too. I got the GED though, joined the Navy as well. Going to go back to college in the spring. All the sh*t I just listed is a fraction of what I have done to keep money in my pocket before I wised up. Nobody wants a guy with no education. You'll never have a career and the only good paying job you will get is manual labor. It gets old man. Especially when you start to become an old man at 25. sh*t takes a toll on ya. I mean do as you will, I didn't want to hear it either... Hell, I still don't want to hear it. I hate school, waste a bunch of time learning useless crap that has no use for the field I am studying for... But that's just f*ckin tough. Still have to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dildo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizeway Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. Sure its only an opinion though. I am not going to kill myself and cry if I dont find work...I dont have any friends, now THATS The real problem Btw thanks everyone for the suggestions, I dont care about offices or nice cars, I actually prefer Labor jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuff_luv_capo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Unfortunately, deciding if you are a loser isn't really up to you. If it were, the world would have no losers. And it has tons. Always raise your standards higher than you can achieve, it will make success come more easily for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. People who drop out always use Bill Gates as an example. They tend to forget that he didn't drop out of high school or just any university. He dropped out of Harvard, meaning he was smart or savvy enough to get in in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinPA Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Depends on where you live. If you can learn a trade and are responsible enough to be your own boss, that could work. One of the easiest trades to learn that doesn't require money up front is drywalling. You don't need insurance like plumbers and electricians do, just a few hand tools. Places that have strong unions usually are your best bet. A friend of mine works on the railroads here in Chicago and makes around $24-$25, he's been there 6 years. As stated by Moonshield sanitation is a good choice. Here in Chicago they are in the same group as those who drive the snow plows and also the quick response trucks for highway break-downs. It's a well paid job that anybody can do. Working for a cable tv company might work also. They hire anybody but the pay isn't great, but better than working fast food. Honestly, most places don't check to see if you actually graduate highschool. I am not a retard or anything, Just school never worked for me I've hired non-graduates a few times at my job, it's not a big deal to me. Some people will look down on it, but it just goes to show that they don't realize it's just a piece of paper that anybody can get just for showing up everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OysterBarron Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Try and word it like you couldn't not complete the school curriculum. Dropped out just makes yourself sound bad and alot of people will pick up on that. As soon as you can find a job go for it, experience speaks volume's as you get older and can open up new avenues for you in terms of employment. It sounds to me like you've accepted the fact school wasn't for you so now you need to get out there and join the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dildo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 People who drop out always use Bill Gates as an example. They tend to forget that he didn't drop out of high school or just any university. He dropped out of Harvard, meaning he was smart or savvy enough to get in in the first place. you're right of course. but it's not entirely misguided as examples go. the general point being that you don't need a diploma to be successful. obviously Bill Gates was very intelligent regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 that fraction of people that make it without an education is extremely minute. i'm not saying you can't be that person, i'm saying it is astronomically difficult to be that person. $$H New York Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pizza Delivery Guy Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Also, you could be a pizza delivery guy. It pays well, I should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta 4 gamer Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. People who drop out always use Bill Gates as an example. They tend to forget that he didn't drop out of high school or just any university. He dropped out of Harvard, meaning he was smart or savvy enough to get in in the first place. You're missing something, though. More important than Harvard, was Gates' idea to change the world (literally change the world) by being a pioneer in technology. Sizeway, I honestly suggest you get a GED (at least) to get a decent job. If you want to strike it rich in life, develop an amazing idea like Gates. You've been warned by all of us. Edited March 8, 2013 by gta 4 gamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesizzle Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. Sure its only an opinion though. I am not going to kill myself and cry if I dont find work...I dont have any friends, now THATS The real problem Btw thanks everyone for the suggestions, I dont care about offices or nice cars, I actually prefer Labor jobs. Not unless you know folks, or have your GED the only labor jobs you will be doing will be for minimum wage or just slightly more. You need to snap into reality and understand if your going to be a grown up, better start thinking like one or you just might f*ck around and cry or worse kill yourself. There is no reason... NO REASON to not have your GED. If I had a friend who dropped out and said "I don't need my GED", I would back-hand him/her. I dropped out, and didn't have my GED and was working minimum wage busting my ass, now I have my GED and make 16 bucks a hour and it's steadily rising every 6 months. Wake up, Mr. Freeman, wake up and smell the ashes. Edited March 8, 2013 by DOOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antinark Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. Sure its only an opinion though. I am not going to kill myself and cry if I dont find work...I dont have any friends, now THATS The real problem Btw thanks everyone for the suggestions, I dont care about offices or nice cars, I actually prefer Labor jobs. Get into the trades, a lot of people look down on it but they pay well and they can be fairly fulfilling. You'll still need to take the odd course here and there to get certified in certain things, but usually completion comes with some sort of bump in pay scale. A lot of trade colleges do require some form of GED, but honestly you can learn just as much working from an experienced contractor than doing a formal apprenticeship. Don't get stuck being a deadbeat laborer, ask questions and learn some skills. You need a rudimentary understanding of math and physics to do carpentry or electrical work, but painting pays decently well to start and there's good money in it (especially doing real estate staging and commercial work). f*ck I know welders that make more money than doctors, nothing wrong with working with your hands man, just invest in building your skill set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Worst decision you've ever made. lol if you are trying to guilt trip me, It won't work. I don't think he's trying to guilt trip you. he's making an honest comment. unless you just get lucky like Bill Gates, you need some form of education to get anywhere in this world. People who drop out always use Bill Gates as an example. They tend to forget that he didn't drop out of high school or just any university. He dropped out of Harvard, meaning he was smart or savvy enough to get in in the first place. You're missing something, though. More important than Harvard, was Gates' idea to change the world (literally change the world) by being a pioneer in technology. Sizeway, I honestly suggest you get a GED (at least) to get a decent job. Unless you want to strike it rich in life, develop an amazing idea like Gates. You've been warned by all of us. Right, but being accepted into Harvard marks him out from all the other riff-raff. More important than grades is the interview. Top tier universities such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge don't just look at grades, they look at the person. I've had many friends with all A* on their A-Levels apply to Cambridge and Oxford but only a select few got accepted. It's not surprising that universities such as these produce some of the more enterprising individuals in society. EDIT: Of course attending a top-tier university doesn't guarantee success, it doesn't hurt your chances though. I have an uncle who is a tenured mathematics professor at Yale and he doesn't have the slightest business sense. Edited March 8, 2013 by Outcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Monra Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Author, but writet something really good that sells for millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricornus Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I understand that everything isn't for everyone, but this is, in all honestly, pretty pathetic. You could possibly find a job with no education, but its going to be very tough. You go to a certain job interview and they see that you don't even have a damn G.E.D, they are going to assume that you are lazy, uninspired, and a waste of time and a waste of an investment. You willingly decided to drop out of school, so if you do land a job that requires no education, it'd be soon before you begin to bitch and moan about how you aren't making enough money and what not. The problem with a lot of people is that they tend to settle too much and then complain about a situation that they put themselves in. I really don't know of any jobs that you can work without an education, but maybe you can "work under the table", meaning that you do some jobs for an individual (cleaning, carpeting) who pays you straight cash directly after the job is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRay Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Prostitute yourself, its dirty work but its the best a young lad like you can do at the moment for a quick buck. Alternatively, if you're really pretty, become a stripper. Get into shape a little bit, consult the Fitness topic for help, then apply at your local skin joint. Maybe do some porn sometime down the track but its a dying industry since the cumming of the internet but you could still find some work if you live in California or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelouch The Zero Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Good luck, Because i was told that I had to get a GED to get a Job. So that's what I'm currently doing, and I suggest you do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antinark Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I understand that everything isn't for everyone, but this is, in all honestly, pretty pathetic. You could possibly find a job with no education, but its going to be very tough. You go to a certain job interview and they see that you don't even have a damn G.E.D, they are going to assume that you are lazy, uninspired, and a waste of time and a waste of an investment. You willingly decided to drop out of school, so if you do land a job that requires no education, it'd be soon before you begin to bitch and moan about how you aren't making enough money and what not. The problem with a lot of people is that they tend to settle too much and then complain about a situation that they put themselves in. I really don't know of any jobs that you can work without an education, but maybe you can "work under the table", meaning that you do some jobs for an individual (cleaning, carpeting) who pays you straight cash directly after the job is done. And getting paid cash might seem hunky dory at first. But god forbid you or your boss ever get audited and you find yourself owing back taxes out the ass. Also contributing to a pension plan and retirement fund may seem pointless when you're 20, but you don't want to find yourself one day with a back injury, no savings and living off of disability. Investing all your resources into your physical health is a dangerous game (look at all the broke ex-NFL'ers these days), and one you will come to regret in time. School isn't for everything, but if you're gonna go against the grain make sure you save on those pay cheques. Get a union gig if you can help it, and always keep the door open to getting an education. It's never too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 You go to a certain job interview and they see that you don't even have a damn G.E.D, they are going to assume that you are lazy, uninspired, and a waste of time and a waste of an investment. That's the truth. You may think that the classes you take in school are useless, and to a certain extent it is. But what it shows your prospective employer is that you can see things through to the end. It just helps you get into the job. I require my employees all have at least a bachelors but it doesn't mean they're more intelligent than someone without. It just shows me that they are the sort of person who can see things through. Formal qualifications help get your foot in the door, thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mordecai Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Well you could become a drug dealer, or become another white rapper. Or if you're in America, abuse the f*ck out of the welfare system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saggy Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 So since no one has bothered to ask... Why don't you want to get a GED? Worried you can't pass? I don't think it would be much of a problem. QUOTE (K^2) ...not only is it legal for you to go around with a concealed penis, it requires absolutely no registration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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