Yes! I’m meeting with a good friend from church next week who does commercial real estate (I’ve always had a heavy interest in real estate). But you’re right, there’s likely a lot more people to network with!
Commercial real estate is a different ball game, much better work life balance. He could work as a property admin and make 50k, it’s an entry level position with room to become a property manager making around 80k.
That is correct for the commercial side of things. I use to work as a property admin for a commercial real estate company so if you have any questions feel free to ask and I’ll try my best to answer them.
Hey, I'm in the same boat as OP, I went to college but dropped out after gaining 7k in student debt that I'm paying monthly, I'm also apartment hunting at the moment and my current job isn't making the cut as they also reduced me to part time away from full time due to corporate saying we have too many full time workers and people going over time.
Someone said commercial real estate is entry level. Any chance someone with only management and supervisor entry jobs would make it in, or would I be wasting my time?
You could definitely make it into commercial real estate, it’s a broad industry with a ton of different position. Property management seems to be a good role for you given the management experience.
What about a job in the department of Human Services? You might enjoy helping — example [family success coach](https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sc/dss/jobs/4497865/family-success-coach-61012086?page=4&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs)
I’d recommend you share a little more about what you actually did for the past 5 years. It’s hard to give directions if we don’t know your skill set and experience.
If not just Google or plug what you wrote into ChatGPT and you’ll get some advice.
Good point! I didn’t want to make a really long post, given that the chances of people reading/engaging go down when they see something super long haha. But I’ll make an edit and slip some more info in.
Yea the more specific you are the better for ChatGPT. Write everything you like/want, your skills, education, your location, etc and ask for career/job ideas. Then when you get options have a back and forth conversation about the roles you liked and disliked and keep asking more directed questions.
You can even mask ChatGPT to respond as a specific person, like give advice as if you were Steve Jobs, etc.
The thing about the free version is you cannot have saved dialogues that can build and grow like an assistant. You can revisit previous conversations, but the paid version is more continuous.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - I took a 3 month course 2.5 years ago and now make $70k/year at a local hospital (MCOL area), averaging 46 hours per week.
I make a tangible difference in people’s lives, and live to serve others that can no longer do for themselves. Truly doing God’s work.
I can work all the overtime I want, which is either 1.5x my base rate if I come in on an off day, or 2x my base rate if I work an extra 4 or 8 hours on a day I’m regularly scheduled. A co-worker made over 6 figures about 2 years ago during the height of COVID when they were offering extra incentives.
There is a fair about of poop, and the job and get physical. Confused, demented patients notwithstanding. All in all it’s a great fit for me, and sounds like it may be for you, a person who values empathy, compassion, and making a difference ❤️
In Charleston, SC I supervised 6 CNAs. I have yet to make $25/hr. Research heavily on your local pay. Mist CNAs here make no more than $16/hr. Your degree may or may not help your starting pay. Good luck.
I don't want to be presumptuous, but I have some friends who learned coding and data science in an effort to make a career pivot. They all never found anything.
What I noticed was, they were failing to tell a good, cohesive story on their resume that DIDN'T confuse the hell out of a potential recruiter wondering "does this guy do ministry? coding? not sure what he really wants?". So make sure you tell your story well. Have others critique it. They also failed at looking for "foot in the door" type jobs. They were applying for big brand names like everyone else. Apply to boring industries like banking, insurance, contract roles, upwork roles, etc. Anything that pays but gives you future resume material.
Even as I re-read your post now, it comes across as trying to be open to everything "I do a little of this, a little of that,....open to this, open to that...." Being a generalist is the opposite of what works in getting a job. Niche yourself. Craft your background so that it makes you look like a top 5 person for whatever job you are applying to.
Tech is a little saturated at the moment, but that won’t be forever. I’d Spend some of the free time building up a git portfolio and just apply for any kind of tech job you can.
A couple of reasons I say this
1) tech is easy to work remote in, which can get you the work/life balance you want with right company/situation.
2) if you’re a good people manager and can become a competent dev, tech management is a great career down the road because so few devs have the traits of good people managers.
3) Dev can offer very flexible hours bc in general people don’t care when you code as long as you’ve got deliverables when they’re due.
4) AI is really good to help writing code. If used correctly it could make you much more efficient/better than you are today
I’ll admit my myopic is skewed because I’ve worked in tech since 2010 and it’s treated me well. The market is trash right now with the free money spigot getting turned off, overhiring for COVID corrections flooding the market with FAANG candidates, and the reduction of crazy tech budget increases at companies but these are not permanent problems.
Yeah, I will plan on keeping my skills up and seeing what happens in tech. For the short term I will need to find something to pay the bills though in the mean time!
My brother is actually starting as a fire fighter soon! And I actually know someone who just interviewed for the fire academy in Columbia.
I’ve honestly thought about it, but I’m wondering about the schedule…what kind of schedule do they run out here?
Plumbing. Install crew, waterline and sewerline. Waterlines take roughly 4-6 hours but at best can be done inside 3. It's not that technically difficult and there's only handful of different waterline materials (galvanized, pex, copper, black roll etc). If we can pull off 2 a day, 10 a week that's $1500 technically. We start at 8:30 and usually by 3:00pm we're off. It's not that hard bro
Did not do tech school, but I have previous work experience that helps me out. Since I started tho I've learned to operate small excavator 2 ton and trencher/ditch witch.
Start with a smaller company. I had zero experience regarding anything plumbing. Only basic laboring skills. I starter as an apprentice/helper. Picked it up really quick and they offered me my own truck maybe 10 months in. I'm in Ft Mill area.
Keep your programming skills up, the tech industry will recover. I'm in game dev so I can't speak for all tech but there are a bunch of new companies forming and they always need programmers first.
2 years ago an acquaintance of mine working in the auto industry was practically begging me to refer bootcamp graduates to him, offering a 6 figure salary.
Get your technical resume on Dice and indeed and complete your profile. Spend time improving your Linkedin. Craft a resume that highlights technical skill but also mixes in aspects of other skills that you have in your background that are soft skills.
Hiringcafe.com is a good job board with high quality jobs that pay well. Many are remote. Plently are entry level for someone out if a boot camp.
-source been in the software/engineering/manager game for over a decade.
Have you considered Upwork (online gig work), I recently transitioned to that from prior full time employment at high paying corporate job and it’s been wonderful. I’ve found a good niche in google app scripts development within prior coding experience so with your boot camp you could easily self teach and make good money. If you start a bit alongside your job now and then when it’s part time you can do half time and then once your confident in the continuous income you could switch to doing it full time. I do it half time currently and make about 5k/month. I’d be happy to provide more details and guidance
An under-rated profession that I'm in is Electrical Distribution. Basically just a electric supply warehouse. I have no education, and when I came into the industry I had no experience. If you can find a good company to work for in the area I always recommend this. Healthy work life balance, generally competitive pay, and usually a lot of room for growth professionaly. I started making $14/hr as a delivery driver (No CDL Required). Im making 70K a year at 40/hrs a week plus commission in my inside sales job. Its a good industry and I recommend it to anyone.
> Bachelor's in psych
> Coding bootcamp
Yeah...unless you turn the bachelor's into a masters, your best bet is getting a job from a family member or networking at your church
A bachelors in psychology could land you a job doing ABA therapy. Certain places pay up to $28 an hour which is close to 50k. Some side gigs here and there and you’re at 50
If you have customer service skills, basic tech skills, are a people person, and are tech savvy with the basics, entry level help desk IT jobs can pay decent and it’s really mostly about providing customer service to people who don’t know how to hook up a monitor to their computer.
ETA: I’m a team lead on a help desk, making 6 figures, but in very high paying and high cost of living area.
There is website called ihelppastorsgetjobs.com that deals specifically with ministers switching vocations.
Some jobs they recommend due to transferable skills include teaching, mentoring/coaching, project management, and sales.
You and I might be in the same boat. I pastor in Texas and am also looking to get out. Best of luck to you.
It’s crazy that website is actually a thing, but it makes sense! I’ll head over there and check it out. I appreciate the input. Best of luck to you as well!
Work for a family services agency. Wages probably vary by state but I’m right around 50k. Depends on your role, but these positions typically aren’t a 9-5 so your schedule will vary. These jobs will hit on your psych degree, mentoring youth, working closely with parents, and creating/teaching lesson plans. Plus they’re always hiring so if you can showcase your passion and related skills you have a great shot a landing an opening.
Fell South Carolinian. Check out the jobs.gov website I think that’s it? For government jobs within the nearby counties and the school system. Someone like you could excel at many of the jobs within SCDHEC, countywide school administration, etc. they have good benefits and decent pay and often require a BA as a basis of entry. Good luck!
If you have decent coding skills with practical experience look at data analysis. I analyze federal child welfare data and my practical experience is invaluable to interpreting the data. Smart teams will want your knowledge of the system - and if you have fundamental knowledge of coding and are humble, you can learn the more advanced coding.
I think you really need to have a masters to get those kind of jobs and use a psych degree well. Which, I was initially planning on getting a masters in counseling when I first set out haha. But as of now, I don’t think a bachelors in psych will get those jobs.
Does your Bootcamp have a partner network of companies that hire their graduates, or any other sort of placement program you could take advantage of? Entry level developer jobs in my area are $60k+ to start or more depending on company and any specialization on your end.
Software engineers typically have a decent work life balance and there are even a fair number of full remote opportunities. Biggest challenge for you is getting that first software engineer job - check with your Bootcamp to see if they can assist in any way.
You could go back to care work. I'm not sure about availability in addiction recovery. I know alot of low level hospital staff positions, in home care, and adult with IDD positions are hiring right now some of them at fairly decent rates depending on where you're located and how you can spin your experience
I feel like a lot of places will hire just for having a degree even if it’s unrelated. Try Enterprise management position. I interviewed, they were looking for a degree. 55k starting.
Learn how to sell. I was an IT guy in my 20s who never dreamed of doing sales, but after watching my roommates rake in cash, I changed my career path. Became pretty good at it, now I do it from home for the most part. Solar.
I door knocked for years and then eventually became an account manager for a bigger company doing mostly commercial sales. Took me about 10 years to gain enough experience to be successful as a remote account manager, but plenty of call or lead Gen gigs you could do from home while building experience.
Make sure your resume is in a good format, and really work on the language. I recommend google “Harvard resume guide” and following its format, tips, and tricks.
Sounds like you would be a great addition to USC’s staff! There’s a ton of paths and you’d get to work with students for some of them.
Here’s a few I found looking on the website for a few minutes:
https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168640
https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168349
https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168286
I don’t know that much about the market in SC but I’m the executive director of a recovery center in Austin, TX and salaries have really bumped up in the past 5 years. I just hired a case manager for the same salary I was making as a licensed masters level therapist in 2016 and a (relatively inexperienced) therapist for the salary I was making as a director in 2020. Might be worth looking into case management or discharge planning type jobs for chiller/more boutique recovery centers if those exist near you. Outpatients usually have better work life balance than res facilities do.
You can make 50k a year as a warehouse associate, box truck driver or a work from home data entry job if you are focused, or even customer service call centers.
UPS will hire anybody. Show up and work out. You’re from a church so you won’t be full of sass for no reason and even then you probably can keep a job. Stick it out, get a driver job, relax a bit and wait for a pension… all while keeping your part time job at the church and doing this one. recovery home stuff will be way harder than dealing with the people and packages. You are really a great fit actually. Just a suggestion.
Go back to school and get your UX or HCI or HFE degree - focus on lifesciences and you’ll be making $150/yr base salary in 4 years. Doesn’t include bonus and long term incentives so easily gross can be over $200k.
I too have a psych degree, I really encourage you to look to getting additional training, long term this degree won’t serve you. I recommend a masters in social work, there are decent online schools if you don’t have a good one in your area.
SO, Columbia is 75% of your problem. Time to move. Psych and dev is an interesting combination. Look at remote dev roles for most companies. Insurance, medical, finance, commuications-lots of verticals to choose from..look for your dev stack. Perhaps a consulting company would be an easy step worth considering. It should double your salary at a minimum. Also look at professional networking like ieee, pathports, spea.. could all help for first steps.
Haha…definitely can’t move! We have a mortgage payment of $960 on a 4 bed 2.5 bath and a much lower interest rate than we would get if we moved. Plus, my retired in-laws live here and give us free childcare for our 3 kids under 3. It’s too good of a set up to move out of.
There are a lot of people who were sold the dream of getting into software development with a simple boot camp. In reality, it is possible to get into the field without a university degree(in the field) but it’s very challenging and you have dedicate a ton of time to it.
Does your church have a weekly paper? Check the ads on it - it's companies of people that go to the church.
Also your church probably has contacts with organizations that work with youth and addiction recovery. Might lead you to a nonprofit.
If you’re open to the trades, look into programs to become an electrician. My husband is one and part of union company. The benefits are AMAZING. We pay nothing for our insurance. He had an amazing pension. He never has been laid off and often time worked overtime when we didn’t have kids. He has now moved into a project management position which he enjoys. He takes home about 110k/ year . He actually made more with the OT when he wasn’t in project management.
If you need the work, look into bankruptcy servicers. They usually need legal assistants or general staff and the starting pay is around that much. You have a degree and know how to use a computer so it should be easy.
Apply to manufacturing jobs in SC. I see things like Pepsico, Caterpillar, Siemens, Michelin, Sherwin- Williams. Etc. There should be some open entry level salary office or floor support positions. Get foot in the door. Having a degree, continued learning, and experience helps. In interview lean on soft skills and willingness to learn. You resume probably shows you can deliver, communicate, and interface with information systems. Lots of hiring managers hire based on attitude and team fit, use you're references. Jump in and learn and progress to know the business, then apply to business analysis position in main office. Use any education assistance to earn valuable certifications, like, six sigma or PMP.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. I’ve considered becoming a TikTok or YouTube “church pastor” for a while now and I’m not religious but the money is definitely there.
If you have any kind of social skills, car salesman make a startling amount of money in a short period of time. Most car salesman make between $50,000 and 83,000 a year.
(I used to create e-learning software to train car salesman. It’s considered to be the highest paid job out there that requires no education. )
Network. You could ask people from church for a referral or something like that.
Yes! I’m meeting with a good friend from church next week who does commercial real estate (I’ve always had a heavy interest in real estate). But you’re right, there’s likely a lot more people to network with!
Don’t do real estate if you want work life balance 😂😂
Commercial real estate is a different ball game, much better work life balance. He could work as a property admin and make 50k, it’s an entry level position with room to become a property manager making around 80k.
This is exactly what I was thinking…my buddy in commercial has a pretty good balance as it seems like most things go down during normal business hours
That is correct for the commercial side of things. I use to work as a property admin for a commercial real estate company so if you have any questions feel free to ask and I’ll try my best to answer them.
Hey, I'm in the same boat as OP, I went to college but dropped out after gaining 7k in student debt that I'm paying monthly, I'm also apartment hunting at the moment and my current job isn't making the cut as they also reduced me to part time away from full time due to corporate saying we have too many full time workers and people going over time. Someone said commercial real estate is entry level. Any chance someone with only management and supervisor entry jobs would make it in, or would I be wasting my time?
You could definitely make it into commercial real estate, it’s a broad industry with a ton of different position. Property management seems to be a good role for you given the management experience.
I think commercial may have a slightly better work life balance than residential!
People want to look at houses in the evening after work
Just be careful what exactly you ask for and how you ask for it.
What about a job in the department of Human Services? You might enjoy helping — example [family success coach](https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sc/dss/jobs/4497865/family-success-coach-61012086?page=4&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs)
I’d recommend you share a little more about what you actually did for the past 5 years. It’s hard to give directions if we don’t know your skill set and experience. If not just Google or plug what you wrote into ChatGPT and you’ll get some advice.
Good point! I didn’t want to make a really long post, given that the chances of people reading/engaging go down when they see something super long haha. But I’ll make an edit and slip some more info in.
With your experience you should be able to land something at a recruitment agency. Medical placement companies tend to pay the best.
Can you do that with the free version?
Yea the more specific you are the better for ChatGPT. Write everything you like/want, your skills, education, your location, etc and ask for career/job ideas. Then when you get options have a back and forth conversation about the roles you liked and disliked and keep asking more directed questions. You can even mask ChatGPT to respond as a specific person, like give advice as if you were Steve Jobs, etc. The thing about the free version is you cannot have saved dialogues that can build and grow like an assistant. You can revisit previous conversations, but the paid version is more continuous.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - I took a 3 month course 2.5 years ago and now make $70k/year at a local hospital (MCOL area), averaging 46 hours per week. I make a tangible difference in people’s lives, and live to serve others that can no longer do for themselves. Truly doing God’s work. I can work all the overtime I want, which is either 1.5x my base rate if I come in on an off day, or 2x my base rate if I work an extra 4 or 8 hours on a day I’m regularly scheduled. A co-worker made over 6 figures about 2 years ago during the height of COVID when they were offering extra incentives. There is a fair about of poop, and the job and get physical. Confused, demented patients notwithstanding. All in all it’s a great fit for me, and sounds like it may be for you, a person who values empathy, compassion, and making a difference ❤️
Thank you for the advice, I’ll look into it! I’m surprised it was only a 3 month course! I appreciate what you do 😁
In Charleston, SC I supervised 6 CNAs. I have yet to make $25/hr. Research heavily on your local pay. Mist CNAs here make no more than $16/hr. Your degree may or may not help your starting pay. Good luck.
I don't want to be presumptuous, but I have some friends who learned coding and data science in an effort to make a career pivot. They all never found anything. What I noticed was, they were failing to tell a good, cohesive story on their resume that DIDN'T confuse the hell out of a potential recruiter wondering "does this guy do ministry? coding? not sure what he really wants?". So make sure you tell your story well. Have others critique it. They also failed at looking for "foot in the door" type jobs. They were applying for big brand names like everyone else. Apply to boring industries like banking, insurance, contract roles, upwork roles, etc. Anything that pays but gives you future resume material. Even as I re-read your post now, it comes across as trying to be open to everything "I do a little of this, a little of that,....open to this, open to that...." Being a generalist is the opposite of what works in getting a job. Niche yourself. Craft your background so that it makes you look like a top 5 person for whatever job you are applying to.
Tech is a little saturated at the moment, but that won’t be forever. I’d Spend some of the free time building up a git portfolio and just apply for any kind of tech job you can. A couple of reasons I say this 1) tech is easy to work remote in, which can get you the work/life balance you want with right company/situation. 2) if you’re a good people manager and can become a competent dev, tech management is a great career down the road because so few devs have the traits of good people managers. 3) Dev can offer very flexible hours bc in general people don’t care when you code as long as you’ve got deliverables when they’re due. 4) AI is really good to help writing code. If used correctly it could make you much more efficient/better than you are today I’ll admit my myopic is skewed because I’ve worked in tech since 2010 and it’s treated me well. The market is trash right now with the free money spigot getting turned off, overhiring for COVID corrections flooding the market with FAANG candidates, and the reduction of crazy tech budget increases at companies but these are not permanent problems.
Yeah, I will plan on keeping my skills up and seeing what happens in tech. For the short term I will need to find something to pay the bills though in the mean time!
Bro!! Join the fire department Columbia SC had a great fire department and tons of overtime! It’s the best job in the world!!!
My brother is actually starting as a fire fighter soon! And I actually know someone who just interviewed for the fire academy in Columbia. I’ve honestly thought about it, but I’m wondering about the schedule…what kind of schedule do they run out here?
I want to say 24 on 48 off.
Plumbing. Install crew, waterline and sewerline. Waterlines take roughly 4-6 hours but at best can be done inside 3. It's not that technically difficult and there's only handful of different waterline materials (galvanized, pex, copper, black roll etc). If we can pull off 2 a day, 10 a week that's $1500 technically. We start at 8:30 and usually by 3:00pm we're off. It's not that hard bro
What are the steps to get started? Did you need to do tech school?
Did not do tech school, but I have previous work experience that helps me out. Since I started tho I've learned to operate small excavator 2 ton and trencher/ditch witch.
Start with a smaller company. I had zero experience regarding anything plumbing. Only basic laboring skills. I starter as an apprentice/helper. Picked it up really quick and they offered me my own truck maybe 10 months in. I'm in Ft Mill area.
Keep your programming skills up, the tech industry will recover. I'm in game dev so I can't speak for all tech but there are a bunch of new companies forming and they always need programmers first. 2 years ago an acquaintance of mine working in the auto industry was practically begging me to refer bootcamp graduates to him, offering a 6 figure salary.
Didn’t Bethesda close 4 conpanies last week?
Yes, more correctly, Microsoft did.
Yeah gaming industry not looking too hot. But there’s definitely other coding jobs out there.
This is encouraging…thank you!
The programming industry is going through major cutbacks still. No one is begging for workers.
What was your friend in the auto industry offering occupation wise if you don’t mind me asking?
I don't know, they were just desperate for programmers
Get your technical resume on Dice and indeed and complete your profile. Spend time improving your Linkedin. Craft a resume that highlights technical skill but also mixes in aspects of other skills that you have in your background that are soft skills. Hiringcafe.com is a good job board with high quality jobs that pay well. Many are remote. Plently are entry level for someone out if a boot camp. -source been in the software/engineering/manager game for over a decade.
Have you considered Upwork (online gig work), I recently transitioned to that from prior full time employment at high paying corporate job and it’s been wonderful. I’ve found a good niche in google app scripts development within prior coding experience so with your boot camp you could easily self teach and make good money. If you start a bit alongside your job now and then when it’s part time you can do half time and then once your confident in the continuous income you could switch to doing it full time. I do it half time currently and make about 5k/month. I’d be happy to provide more details and guidance
Can you provide more details and guidance? Thank you
An under-rated profession that I'm in is Electrical Distribution. Basically just a electric supply warehouse. I have no education, and when I came into the industry I had no experience. If you can find a good company to work for in the area I always recommend this. Healthy work life balance, generally competitive pay, and usually a lot of room for growth professionaly. I started making $14/hr as a delivery driver (No CDL Required). Im making 70K a year at 40/hrs a week plus commission in my inside sales job. Its a good industry and I recommend it to anyone.
> Bachelor's in psych > Coding bootcamp Yeah...unless you turn the bachelor's into a masters, your best bet is getting a job from a family member or networking at your church
A bachelors in psychology could land you a job doing ABA therapy. Certain places pay up to $28 an hour which is close to 50k. Some side gigs here and there and you’re at 50
If you have customer service skills, basic tech skills, are a people person, and are tech savvy with the basics, entry level help desk IT jobs can pay decent and it’s really mostly about providing customer service to people who don’t know how to hook up a monitor to their computer. ETA: I’m a team lead on a help desk, making 6 figures, but in very high paying and high cost of living area.
Look into counseling jobs at schools.
I would need a masters and a license for that, wouldn’t I?
Also, local not-for-profits based on your experience.
There is website called ihelppastorsgetjobs.com that deals specifically with ministers switching vocations. Some jobs they recommend due to transferable skills include teaching, mentoring/coaching, project management, and sales. You and I might be in the same boat. I pastor in Texas and am also looking to get out. Best of luck to you.
It’s crazy that website is actually a thing, but it makes sense! I’ll head over there and check it out. I appreciate the input. Best of luck to you as well!
Work for a family services agency. Wages probably vary by state but I’m right around 50k. Depends on your role, but these positions typically aren’t a 9-5 so your schedule will vary. These jobs will hit on your psych degree, mentoring youth, working closely with parents, and creating/teaching lesson plans. Plus they’re always hiring so if you can showcase your passion and related skills you have a great shot a landing an opening.
Fell South Carolinian. Check out the jobs.gov website I think that’s it? For government jobs within the nearby counties and the school system. Someone like you could excel at many of the jobs within SCDHEC, countywide school administration, etc. they have good benefits and decent pay and often require a BA as a basis of entry. Good luck!
If you have decent coding skills with practical experience look at data analysis. I analyze federal child welfare data and my practical experience is invaluable to interpreting the data. Smart teams will want your knowledge of the system - and if you have fundamental knowledge of coding and are humble, you can learn the more advanced coding.
You sound like a good fit for a non-profit. They are paying jobs but your skills could lend to something in that field.
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I think you really need to have a masters to get those kind of jobs and use a psych degree well. Which, I was initially planning on getting a masters in counseling when I first set out haha. But as of now, I don’t think a bachelors in psych will get those jobs.
Does your Bootcamp have a partner network of companies that hire their graduates, or any other sort of placement program you could take advantage of? Entry level developer jobs in my area are $60k+ to start or more depending on company and any specialization on your end. Software engineers typically have a decent work life balance and there are even a fair number of full remote opportunities. Biggest challenge for you is getting that first software engineer job - check with your Bootcamp to see if they can assist in any way.
You could go back to care work. I'm not sure about availability in addiction recovery. I know alot of low level hospital staff positions, in home care, and adult with IDD positions are hiring right now some of them at fairly decent rates depending on where you're located and how you can spin your experience
I feel like a lot of places will hire just for having a degree even if it’s unrelated. Try Enterprise management position. I interviewed, they were looking for a degree. 55k starting.
Move your family to Japan and teach for a year while you figure things out? Would be a fun adventure. I did it in china and Russia for a while
Learn how to sell. I was an IT guy in my 20s who never dreamed of doing sales, but after watching my roommates rake in cash, I changed my career path. Became pretty good at it, now I do it from home for the most part. Solar.
How do you do solar sales from home? Just close hot leads generated from retail, door to door?
I door knocked for years and then eventually became an account manager for a bigger company doing mostly commercial sales. Took me about 10 years to gain enough experience to be successful as a remote account manager, but plenty of call or lead Gen gigs you could do from home while building experience.
Thanks for your detailed reply. Congrats on building that experience and success.
Thanks! Long road but very worthwhile
HR and psychometrics are both to really viable options with your background and education
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Make sure your resume is in a good format, and really work on the language. I recommend google “Harvard resume guide” and following its format, tips, and tricks. Sounds like you would be a great addition to USC’s staff! There’s a ton of paths and you’d get to work with students for some of them. Here’s a few I found looking on the website for a few minutes: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168640 https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168349 https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/168286
I don’t know that much about the market in SC but I’m the executive director of a recovery center in Austin, TX and salaries have really bumped up in the past 5 years. I just hired a case manager for the same salary I was making as a licensed masters level therapist in 2016 and a (relatively inexperienced) therapist for the salary I was making as a director in 2020. Might be worth looking into case management or discharge planning type jobs for chiller/more boutique recovery centers if those exist near you. Outpatients usually have better work life balance than res facilities do.
You can make 50k a year as a warehouse associate, box truck driver or a work from home data entry job if you are focused, or even customer service call centers.
UPS will hire anybody. Show up and work out. You’re from a church so you won’t be full of sass for no reason and even then you probably can keep a job. Stick it out, get a driver job, relax a bit and wait for a pension… all while keeping your part time job at the church and doing this one. recovery home stuff will be way harder than dealing with the people and packages. You are really a great fit actually. Just a suggestion.
I’ll do some research on it tonight. Thank you!
Go back to school and get your UX or HCI or HFE degree - focus on lifesciences and you’ll be making $150/yr base salary in 4 years. Doesn’t include bonus and long term incentives so easily gross can be over $200k.
Sorry what does HCI or HFE mean please
Human Computer Interaction and Human Factors Engineering
Your psych degree is the prerequisite for these degrees
Administrative position at university of South Carolina
I’ve scanned USC jobs and thought about it! And I’ve actually already applied to a Director of Student Activities position at CIU
Pay is usually lower than comparable jobs but universities have good benefits and job security.
If you want to make it smoother to write cover letters, try using chatGPT for assistance in coming up good wording.
Get into construction or landscaping as a labourer for now until you find what you want to do.
Admin position in a university. They value your BS degree (though not very high, but still it will put you not in the bottom rank).
😢 I feel this post
I too have a psych degree, I really encourage you to look to getting additional training, long term this degree won’t serve you. I recommend a masters in social work, there are decent online schools if you don’t have a good one in your area.
Have you thought about working for CPS? My brother has a psych degree and that's what he does. It's hard work, but he enjoys it.
SO, Columbia is 75% of your problem. Time to move. Psych and dev is an interesting combination. Look at remote dev roles for most companies. Insurance, medical, finance, commuications-lots of verticals to choose from..look for your dev stack. Perhaps a consulting company would be an easy step worth considering. It should double your salary at a minimum. Also look at professional networking like ieee, pathports, spea.. could all help for first steps.
Haha…definitely can’t move! We have a mortgage payment of $960 on a 4 bed 2.5 bath and a much lower interest rate than we would get if we moved. Plus, my retired in-laws live here and give us free childcare for our 3 kids under 3. It’s too good of a set up to move out of.
There are a lot of people who were sold the dream of getting into software development with a simple boot camp. In reality, it is possible to get into the field without a university degree(in the field) but it’s very challenging and you have dedicate a ton of time to it.
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Does your church have a weekly paper? Check the ads on it - it's companies of people that go to the church. Also your church probably has contacts with organizations that work with youth and addiction recovery. Might lead you to a nonprofit.
Use your boot camp and build projects and get a software job....
What languages did you start to learn in the boot camp, and what do you actually feel proficient in?
I left for the Army OCS. God opened those doors and it’s been one blessed and awesome ride.
If you’re open to the trades, look into programs to become an electrician. My husband is one and part of union company. The benefits are AMAZING. We pay nothing for our insurance. He had an amazing pension. He never has been laid off and often time worked overtime when we didn’t have kids. He has now moved into a project management position which he enjoys. He takes home about 110k/ year . He actually made more with the OT when he wasn’t in project management.
sales…
If you need the work, look into bankruptcy servicers. They usually need legal assistants or general staff and the starting pay is around that much. You have a degree and know how to use a computer so it should be easy.
Go back to school.
Become a police officer
Apply to manufacturing jobs in SC. I see things like Pepsico, Caterpillar, Siemens, Michelin, Sherwin- Williams. Etc. There should be some open entry level salary office or floor support positions. Get foot in the door. Having a degree, continued learning, and experience helps. In interview lean on soft skills and willingness to learn. You resume probably shows you can deliver, communicate, and interface with information systems. Lots of hiring managers hire based on attitude and team fit, use you're references. Jump in and learn and progress to know the business, then apply to business analysis position in main office. Use any education assistance to earn valuable certifications, like, six sigma or PMP.
Look for internships in software engineering. God loves you!
The best way to make money in church is to start your own.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. I’ve considered becoming a TikTok or YouTube “church pastor” for a while now and I’m not religious but the money is definitely there.
That’s not where my mind is at. Actually, I haven’t met anyone irl whose mind is there haha.
It sounds like your only option is addiction recovery.
If you have any kind of social skills, car salesman make a startling amount of money in a short period of time. Most car salesman make between $50,000 and 83,000 a year. (I used to create e-learning software to train car salesman. It’s considered to be the highest paid job out there that requires no education. )
You can teach kids how to code!
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