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2013-01-14 02:21 17005487 Anonymous (1357514606986.png 246x359 62kB)
How old are you and what do you do? 26, US Army Vet, going back to college. Learning and lifting. GI Bill, baby.

1 min later 17005507 Anonymous
I will soon enter my 23rd year. I drive a truck right now, but am looking at enlisting in the US Navy or Coast Guard.

2 min later 17005540 Anonymous
21, grocery clerk, not going to school, basically pissing my life away because I'm paralyzed with fear of the future. I can only go to work and go to the gym. That is all my mind can handle right now. I'm stuck in a rut and I don't see a way out.

4 min later 17005575 Anonymous
22 community college student Feels bad man, but I am getting close to transferring finally.

5 min later 17005598 Anonymous (1348360298255.png 400x299 129kB)
>>17005540 Similar to me. I work nights at a wholesale club, not in school and the only thing I put effort into is lifting. I have aspirations for the future. I am a piece of shit, in other words.

6 min later 17005606 Anonymous
>>17005598 no aspirations***

6 min later 17005615 Anonymous
24, molecular biologist at large pharmaceutical firm

7 min later 17005621 Anonymous
>>17005540 Take a holiday or something, faggot. It changed me for the better (pulled me out of rut)

7 min later 17005625 Anonymous
>>17005487 24, NEET

7 min later 17005626 Anonymous
22. Student teacher of Somalians >No pirates :(

8 min later 17005637 Anonymous
23, Navy, getting ready to separate & join the Gi Bill master race.

8 min later 17005643 Anonymous
>>17005487 >fast fwd 3mo >am I, you?

8 min later 17005646 Anonymous
25. AD US Navy for 7 years. Going to Japan in a few months

8 min later 17005649 Anonymous
23, paramedic, going back to school to be a physician assistant

9 min later 17005654 Anonymous
23 Grad student, got a grad assistant position (school pays for tuition) I do video production (marketing/advertising) for my university.

9 min later 17005669 Anonymous
>22 >Mathematics graduate >Training to be a Maths teacher in UK. They pay teachers quite well in the UK and I enjoy working with teenagers and they seem to respect me because I lift.

10 min later 17005674 Anonymous
25, going back to school after getting the wrong degree the first time.

10 min later 17005678 Anonymous
>>17005669 Enjoy your 300k starting m8

10 min later 17005680 Anonymous
You dudes better plan your futures because I am telling you from experience reality hits you super fast out of nowhere. Basically my parents told me to get the fuck out.

10 min later 17005692 Anonymous
>>17005487 29 university lecturer. Formerly a high school teacher. Formerly a grocery clerk. Lifted in spurts since 18y/o (usually less than 1 year on, 2 years off)

11 min later 17005698 Anonymous
18, unemployed, I lift, and go to school.

11 min later 17005705 Anonymous
>>17005615 /fit/ you disappoint me. Where my 100k/yr bros at? too much low paying jobs ITT

11 min later 17005709 Anonymous
19. Studying International Business Management.

11 min later 17005713 Anonymous
23, Army, about to use TA this summer. Wish I was you OP. I just re-upped in Oct because I have a few things to take care of that I didn't the first go around. Can't wait for 2016... I'll be doing the same. Using GI Bill, learning and lifting.

12 min later 17005714 fatstrongbro
34 yrs old. strength n conditioning/oly lifting/PT solo dad to fatstrongbaby. paid of POS started house, two paid of POS cars with 100,000+ on em - (one always works) life is good...but >tfw babymomma R-U-N-O-F-T

12 min later 17005720 Anonymous
>>17005705 100k/yr is low paying m8 At least 400k/yr is where its at you uneducated mongoloid

13 min later 17005734 Anonymous
18. Im a cook, i lift and I'm starting community college tmrw. I'm gonna tryit out a semester and if i don't fux I'm going to join the military and become Cop when i get out

13 min later 17005744 Anonymous
>>17005680 I already live on my own. I have since 19 (21 currently). It sucks. I pay all of my own bills and can't even go to anyone if I wanted to, as my parents are both likely poorer than I am. I have little play money and due to that fact, I can't realistically save anything up. Honestly, I have no clue what I will do for the rest of my life. Chances are, the same as my parents. I'll work shit ass jobs and get by. Except the difference is, I don't see myself getting married nor having kids.

14 min later 17005750 Anonymous
19, do warehousing and labouring and currently studying Construction Management. Gonna be making them dolla dolla bills ya'll

14 min later 17005752 Anonymous
>>17005720 had to lower the req to 100k/yr otherwise no one would holla at me

14 min later 17005754 Anonymous
>>17005678 Haha Nah, seriously, I get started on £21,000 a year which is above average in the UK. I get a steady wage rise up to £32,000 a year (providing I'm not being a shit teacher) and then beyond that I have to take on extra responsibilities to get extra money. Although, I plan on getting my 5 years experience and moving abroad to teach.

15 min later 17005759 Anonymous
>>17005705 I've earned over 110k for 3 of the past 4 years... :-| Only 97k for the other ( >>17005692 ) $200k+ is where it begins to be impressive, less than that is just pleb shit

15 min later 17005763 Anonymous
>>17005744 Can you not change this? Surely you qualify for financial assistance for school. I feel bad reading these things.

16 min later 17005777 Anonymous
>>17005750 What is construction management. I've worked construction with my dad before and it wasn't bad, Pls tell me

16 min later 17005785 Anonymous
>>17005759 Incredible.

17 min later 17005790 Anonymous
19 next Friday Employed at smart & final working a shitty graveyard position stocking shelves Lifting weights 3x/week Life sucks, I might join the air force

18 min later 17005803 Anonymous
>>17005759 yeah? and what is it you do? Second year on the job here and I'm on 150k/yr, stylin on you

18 min later 17005818 Anonymous
>>17005763 Anyone can change anything if they try. Losers like that deserve to be losers because it's what they want to be.

19 min later 17005823 Anonymous
>>17005487 Hello Nick

19 min later 17005832 Anonymous
>>17005649 How's life as a paramedic? It always seemed like an exciting and rewarding job to me.

19 min later 17005837 Anonymous
We live in a time in which you can basically do what you want... and I'm reading about kids stocking shelves. Are you guys fucking retarded? 100 years ago your fate was fucking sealed by your parent's... but today there are opportunities left and right. Literally.

19 min later 17005842 Anonymous
>>17005803 You must be something to do with HR because your reading comprehension and general ability to connect the dots is fucking woeful.

21 min later 17005868 Anonymous
>>17005818 I can see this, I really can. Many of my friends are like this. It's hard to tell people to just grow up and be an adult. An adult contributes to society in a meaningful way; so many young adults today simply do not.

21 min later 17005869 Anonymous
>>17005777 It's an Applied Science degree similar to Project Management, but specifically for the construction industry. It covers business financing, land surveying, scheduling, project estimation, OH&S, spreadsheets, contracts, building codes and standards etc.

22 min later 17005871 Anonymous
>>17005842 well excuse me for not assuming he was who he replied to. And no, I am >>17005615 your jibe amuses me, even though that is a near impossible wage for someone working HR

23 min later 17005888 Anonymous
>>17005837 >We live in a time in which you can basically do what you want lol who told you this bullshit?

24 min later 17005908 Anonymous
>>17005823 sup man, who is this?

25 min later 17005912 Anonymous
>>17005487 22, full time father, househusband

25 min later 17005918 Anonymous
>>17005888 What I meant was that you're not born with the odds stacked against you like people were in the past. Some B- student isn't going to become a Nobel Prize winner, but at least they don't have to be a stock clerk for eternity.

25 min later 17005921 Anonymous
>>17005868 Can't blame the whole generation. Any individual can get ahead by trying harder and displacing someone else, but there isn't enough opportunity to go around right now.

26 min later 17005931 Anonymous
>>17005868 It's not really anyone's job to convince someone that they can do better. Half the people I worked with in the grocery store 10 years ago are still there. Students I taught who said they worked at kmart 'just until they graduate school' are still there 2 years after graduating, only they are now full time not casual. Almost everyone in my family complains about their shitty job/life and does nothing about it. I just sit back, take notes, then post cool recounts of their life on /fit/

27 min later 17005949 Anonymous
>>17005763 If I can change it, I have no idea how. I am sure I can get financial aid, but it only covers so much. It won't cover the full cost of even county college, let alone books. And I will not take loans. I have enough trouble making bills some months (account was at 13 dollars before my last paycheck) without any extra expenses. People can say what they want. "loser, you deserve it, you don't try etc etc" but in reality, it isn't that easy for a lot of people. If something goes wrong with my car, I have to hope it's a simple fix. I just got 2 ties (because I couldn't afford all 4) and it was rough. In fact, my car won't start right now, and I have work in about an hour and a half. I don't see a feasible way out of this loop.

27 min later 17005962 Anonymous
>>17005908 It's the Dick Cock en Wang

28 min later 17005972 Anonymous
>>17005921 Oh god, don't imply 'in this economy'

29 min later 17005991 Anonymous (1351284597407.png 703x517 96kB)
19, dropped out of engineering degree in SUNY college because of costs and disagreements with people (fights, not beta overwhelmed) Leaving to be an high-ranking engineer for military, and they''ll pay for my degree Half a cm under 6'0, always pisses me off 175lbs Decent Ottermode, gonna try to attain athletic mode by 2014

29 min later 17005998 Anonymous
>>17005949 The fucking bus

30 min later 17006007 Anonymous
>>17005991 Implying degree means automatically officer material

31 min later 17006021 Anonymous
>>17005949 >>17005998 has a point... And if you want out you'll get out. You just said you won't take out loans. There's your problem. You're not in any position to be making absolute decisions like that.

31 min later 17006034 Anonymous (SMPR_MI1503__43651.1348670564.1280.1280.jpg 1280x1093 281kB)
18, US Army Reserve (going to do ROTC, then go active once I get my commission), Still in high school. PT and school, hooah!

32 min later 17006038 Anonymous
>>17005998 There is no public transportation around me. I did walk for 6 months after my last car's trans went, until I got my current car. But it sucked. You'd be surprised at how shitty and depressed you can become when things are that low for that long. Plus, I had trouble doing laundry and getting food and such like that. I wish I had buses around here. Fuck having a car. It's cool, yeah, but it's expensive as fuck.

32 min later 17006040 Anonymous
>>17006007 fuck officer, i'm goin for chief, getting the degree is for myself

35 min later 17006081 Anonymous
>>17006021 "You're not in any position to be making absolute decisions like that" Exactly. I can't make a decision that life impacting without too high of a risk. If something falls through, I'm even worse off than I am now, and frankly, I do not want to be homeless or living in a shelter. And that is the only place down from here. I already rent just a room.

38 min later 17006146 Anonymous
>>17006081 Join the military

39 min later 17006171 Anonymous
25, graduating this year (supposedly) with a bachelor's degree in engineering and a minor in mathematics. I slacked off a bit and was supposed to graduate in 2009. I'm prepared to be unemployed when I graduate. Just got to keep lifting and spiraling out. Working out has certainly given me more motivation in my daily life.

40 min later 17006178 Anonymous
People, if you're young, get your ass in college or join the military. If you're older and have no future, then get your ass in college or join the military. And if you join the military, get your ass in college. They literally fucking pay every last *dime* with Tuition Assitance, and online courses last 2 months. And they give you time off, with pay, to go to class (that is if you arn't deployed, of course.) My only regret with the military is that I didn't take *more* classes when I could. Really, it's not that bad a gig. I only got out because my MOS was overstrength and they told me my only options were combat-only. I figure, may as well get out and use the GI Bill.

40 min later 17006180 Anonymous
>>17005487 68 suckdicks

41 min later 17006193 Anonymous
25, studying for bachelor in Political science and National economics, used to study art, painting classical portraits in oil and such, but you can't make a living of that, so... Apart from studying I work extra at a bar in the weekends, lift and read a lot of books.

42 min later 17006225 Anonymous
>>17006034 which uni?

42 min later 17006229 Anonymous
>>17006146 No.

46 min later 17006292 Anonymous
>be on /fit/ >see this thread >see people complain about how they cannot change their shitty lives. Really guys? This entire board is for people who want to change their shitty selves. We are the ones who laugh at all the other faggots who say, "Oh I can't do it because it's hard." We are not meant to be those faggots. Man up. Get smarter. You have the internet, download some books on whatever area you need help in (Micro-economics, money management, basic mathematics - everything that could be useful). Start learning. Look up some guides on tangible skills. Master them (multi-lingual people are always in demand). Stop saying you can't do something because it is too hard, everything good in life is hard to get. You are /fit/ for fucks sake. Start acting like it.

48 min later 17006313 Anonymous
21, welder, still going to trade school

51 min later 17006370 Anonymous
21, bartending, and heading into the coast guard September to be a marine navigational officer, shit's gonna be tight

53 min later 17006414 Anonymous
>>17005832 its interesting and varied, but the pay is bullshit and the burnout rate unbelievable. You really sign up to be abused. And the injury rate is unheard of.

56 min later 17006450 Anonymous
>>17006313 Good shit, get your A ticket and you can pay off everything in the first 6 months easy.

57 min later 17006471 Anonymous
/fit/ i need some help sorting my fucking life out. I'm starting community college in a few days but the only reason I'm joining is because if i don't I'm getting shipped off to work construction. I know school isn't for me as im not very bright as i graduated hs with a 2.56 gpa. I'm thinking about either learning a trade or military until I'm 23 then joining the military like an above anon said. I'm 18 also

59 min later 17006492 Anonymous
>>17005487 Shane?

59 min later 17006505 Anonymous
>>17006471 Go trade, you'll be debt free before long, unlike the military, and always have something to do. It doesn't matter what you do, long as you can do it pretty well.

1 hours later 17006514 Anonymous
>>17006471 Joining police force

1 hours later 17006554 Anonymous
20, working in the restaurant business. Going to school, then the military.

1 hours later 17006583 Anonymous
30, management consultant

1 hours later 17006586 Anonymous
>>17006471 Trade school or get a 2 year certificate at your community college.

1 hours later 17006596 Anonymous
>>17005615 >>17005615 >>17005615 Hook me up with a pharmaceutical internship???

1 hours later 17006638 Anonymous
26, financial advisor, $100k+ bro reporting in

1 hours later 17006692 Anonymous
19, Marine Data Network Specialist

1 hours later 17006701 Anonymous
>>17006471 learn a trade, you'll be guaranteed a job

1 hours later 17006703 Anonymous
20, sell mdma and work in a factory. Good money but want to go back to college to try and earn more money for easier work someday. Hopefully im gonna make it ;_;

1 hours later 17006980 Anonymous
20 still living at home working shit hours at a Papa Johns. I'm supposed to be in school getting my EMT cert but I fucked around and missed the deadline for this semester. I was so hyped to be a paramedic. any paramedic fags on here who could tell me if it's worth it? it's really the only real job I can think of that interests me

1 hours later 17007053 Anonymous
20, Human Biology/Pre-med student One more year until I graduate if everything goes according to plan I will suck a dick to get into medical school

1 hours later 17007167 Anonymous
>>17006980 hello, ask whatever question you would like, would be more than happy to answer. Is it worth it? It all depends on what it is you would like to get out of it. Why do you want to?

1 hours later 17007252 Anonymous
>>17005918 more competition these days nigger

1 hours later 17007324 Anonymous
>>17005991 UB?

1 hours later 17007454 Anonymous
>>17007167 I don't know what I want to do really. EMT then paramedic just made sense to me, I mean for 1 year I did nothing, struggled with drugs women and shit. I just really like customer service, and what better than paramedic? if I get my EMT cert I probably won't be able to move out, right? the pay is too low I'm pretty sure. aren't the hours crazy? how is it with women, like working around the hours to see gf ect?

1 hours later 17007678 Anonymous
>>17007454 Well, be careful. Being a paramedic requires the administration of narcotics, so a previous history of addiction or conviction or drug related offense will disqualify you almost anywhere. Customer service eh. The way you are treated by people despite your best intention wears away at you, most people don't last in this job for more than ten years. Pay varies by state, I can probably give you a good idea based upon where you are, but many companies have the overtime if you're willing to whore yourself out for a 100+ hour week. Sounds crazy but some people do it. Most companies are flexible with hours. My last employer ran 8's, 12's, 16's and 20's (hour shifts)

2 hours later 17008036 Anonymous
>>17006081 go to fucking north dakota and work the oil fields you self-pitying fuck. There are multiple 50k starting positions for educationless fucks like you and you can use the rev to get a real education or whatever.

2 hours later 17008077 Anonymous
>>17006193 you can't get shit in polisci either you idiot. Get a STEM degree, people, come on. The U.S. is absolutely flooded with lawyers, your lives will be shit unless you get in one of the top 10 law schools in the country and do well in them.

2 hours later 17008135 Anonymous
>>17007678 well I don't have a criminal history and I don't smoke anymore. I don't think I could work that much but hey. is it fulfilling work? should I rather do RN or massage therapy or some shit I don't know.

2 hours later 17008228 Anonymous (52cb8_ORIG-college_tiers.jpg 1070x898 186kB)
20, Economic/Statistic student at university in Boston. Hopefully grad school after considering the pay difference. No job currently. >GF >Workout >Study >have friends Could be much worse

2 hours later 17008242 Anonymous (mfwnogf.jpg 868x1574 457kB)
>>17005487 >college student >virg >tfw nogf

2 hours later 17008281 Anonymous
>>17008228 Law and CS should be switched

2 hours later 17008288 Anonymous (a-10-thunderbolt-ii-aircrafts-www.wallbest.com.jpg 1366x786 486kB)
23, business consultant. I'm heavily considering joining the Air Force to be a fighter a pilot. I took the ASVAB when I left high school and got a 99 and I've started looking at AFOQT test materials.

2 hours later 17008329 The Optician
25yo Optician (boring as fuck)

2 hours later 17008339 Anonymous
22 year old about to graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from one of the best schools in the US. Thanks GI Bill from my dad! =]

2 hours later 17008458 Anonymous
25, Lab Tech, obtaining gains, not sure what else to do with my life.

2 hours later 17008498 Anonymous
21, psychology student, political polling researcher. Want to eventually do marketing for banks/finance sector

2 hours later 17008544 Anonymous
>>17008228 Low tier >Business/Economics My sides.

2 hours later 17008592 Anonymous
>>17005649 >physician assistant Shieeeeeet. Good luck mah nigga. You gon need it.

2 hours later 17008708 Anonymous
25, about to graduate with a degree in physics and minor in nuclear engineering. Just starting to lift and wondering why I didn't do this shit when I was 18. Amazed how many people here are doing service, makes me damn proud of you

2 hours later 17008770 Anonymous
18. Fresh outta high school, I'm not out of shape but I'm not in great shape. Plan on joining the Marines soon, I can run an 8-9 minute mile, can't do a single dead hang pull up, can't surpass ~15 push ups without muscle failure. Yeah, I got a long fucking way to go, but in the coming months I'll be lifting to my absolute limits.

2 hours later 17008781 Anonymous
>>17008770 same poster. my advantage is my core, thats what I mean when I say I'm not out of shape. I just have a shitty upper body.

2 hours later 17008792 Anonymous
>>17008770 Good luck man, i'd like to think that if I could go back to 18 I would seriously consider signing up

3 hours later 17008831 Anonymous
Wow I didn't know /fit/ was this old. Anyways, 20, engineering student, work some dead end job, non-existent social life

3 hours later 17008904 Anonymous
>>17005487 18, student, currently working on getting my pilots license. Can't decide whether I should major in aeronautics or astronautics.

3 hours later 17008934 Anonymous
>>17008792 Much appreciated. My goal is to reach 6-8 pull ups from the dead hang position and 50 push ups before basic training. I have a couple months before I can pass a drug test, and there will also be an unknown period of time between signup and basic where I can get stronger. Hopefully I have enough time to reach my goal.

3 hours later 17008946 Anonymous
>>17006229 Uh. That's what I'm doing. And it's better than that shithole of a situation?

3 hours later 17008967 Anonymous
>>17006292 Amen.

3 hours later 17009034 Anonymous
24, graduating college, and enlisting into the us army. always wanted to do it, now that i've got a degree, it seems like a great adventure. and they will pay off my debt. You jelly?

3 hours later 17009058 Anonymous
>>17009034 >Joining Navy at 19 >Will have racked up money after 4 years >Go to Reed with the help of G.I. Bill at 23 Eh, not really. But I'm feeling it.

3 hours later 17009164 Anonymous
>>17008708 Is proud of people who failed or dropped out of school and took the only available option left to them

3 hours later 17009202 Anonymous
18, office clerk/assistant dean

3 hours later 17009204 Anonymous
20, Studying Marine Navigation, 3rd Mate after school

3 hours later 17009542 Anonymous
19, been in army for two years, getting kicked out, no gi bill, no job prospects, no money for school, no place to go except for moms. Fuck.

3 hours later 17009561 Anonymous
24 years old, work in film and television. Fuarking hate it. When will it be mine turn to get paid to lift weights?

3 hours later 17009562 Anonymous
>>17009164 not understanding what its like to not be a spoiled brat and have college not be paid for him.

3 hours later 17009693 Anonymous
Damn a lot of people serving their country in /fit/ Im 18, currently not prospecting jobs, and goin to community college takin 16 credz, gettin my pre reqs outta the way for Pharmacy School. People in community college are really fucking stupid brahs

3 hours later 17009786 Anonymous
20, junior at a top 10 liberal arts college. studying political philosophy (focus on Ancient Greek Philosophy), seriously considering pursuing a career in academia. Also have a large inheritance that is already mine. Silver spooned. Trying to get /fit/ because money can't buy happiness.

3 hours later 17009901 Anonymous (1342407307932.jpg 230x300 17kB)
26, lawyer >mfw I actually got a job and I enjoy it and I don't have crushing debt

3 hours later 17009921 Anonymous
19,Law student going to be an exchange student on Genebra soon.

4 hours later 17010018 Anonymous
20 Industrial Engineering in one of the top Eng schools in my country Lifting because lel engineer

4 hours later 17010116 Anonymous (1351088374172.jpg 445x638 43kB)
22, final year in undergrad in chemical engineering want to do a masters in petroleum engineering afterwards, then find a job eventually i want to go back home and run family business. its a hospital :s

4 hours later 17010139 Anonymous
>>17010116 I- Wha- That picture. W-what is going on there?

4 hours later 17010152 Anonymous
18. I don't work atm because i just finished school. I'm going to start playing gridiron this year (American football). I'm probs gonna get a job next month, just really anything for money cause all this year i'm just going to be partying,training and doing what i want.

4 hours later 17010185 Anonymous
26, software developer

4 hours later 17010266 Anonymous
>>17005487 OP here. Not a Nick, not a Shane. I'm also the one that posted military ain't a bad gig. Just get a good MOS that you can use, or definitely get one that has a top secret clearance. They pay big sums for those.

4 hours later 17010465 Anonymous
>>17006081 I live in North Dakota and can confirm >>17008036 NoDak currently has lowest unemployment of all the states. http://www.youtube.com/user/lasvegascollapse This guy came to ND just for the moolah. He's got good tips and im pretty sure he just lived in his car while he was here (its a good idea, cuz the rent in williston is insane) Your 18 years old and are an adult - you can easily leave your state and drive up here and get a job. Stop being a pussy.

4 hours later 17010487 Anonymous
24, marketing for a university

4 hours later 17010500 Anonymous
>>17005487 20 University student, on my way to Mech. Engineering degree.

4 hours later 17010644 Anonymous
20, working towards BA in accounting...need to start working immediately. life's in shambles, got to start seriously focusing

4 hours later 17010680 Anonymous
19, biology major at university. I'm planning on going to medical school.

4 hours later 17010740 Anonymous
21 senior in uni engineering

4 hours later 17010751 Anonymous
32. Bachelors degree. Work retail. Mfw total failure

4 hours later 17010774 Anonymous
>>17008228 astronomy in top tier? nice try

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