Job title: Cloud implementation specialist.

Actual job: Network Engineer

I have no clue how they go to that title…

you be surprised people who have degrees basically are in jobs that is for people without degrees. not everyone with a degree will get a job in thier field, for multiple reasons.

I drive an 18-wheeler for work. The industry’s been pretty good to me, although it’s taken me several years and plenty of companies for me to find a place where I comfortably fit.

There’s money to be made here, though, especially if you’re willing to specialize. By which I mean, pull a more complicated trailer than a standard “dry van”. Flatbeds, tankers, stepdecks, automotive haulers. Removable goosenecks for oversize freight. The list goes on.

If you want to also go home every night, there’s foodservice, beer/soda distributors, or less-than-truckload companies like ABF or Old Dominion. Some of these companies are even unionized.

Should you decide to go this route, don’t get your CDL through a trucking company, and dear fucking god, don’t lease a truck through them either. Go to a standalone school. Companies will try to recruit you there before you even come close to graduating.

Agree. Go do a trade. You will have money and work most of the time.

And have you considered you may have learning difficulty? There’s strategy, resources and assistive tech now to help with it if it’s the case. Use it, learning and an education gives you choices.

Mechanical Engineering Technician

Look into the trades: electrician, plumber, hvac…I retired from Walmart last year making $125k/year as a refrigeration tech. The trades won’t be replaced by Ai any time soon. When your ac doesn’t work or your drain’s clogged or you need some power run, ai can’t do it. Although Walmart’s got some pretty slick ai to flag stuff that’s running out of spec.

If you judge a fish by how well it can climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it is dumb. You are not dumb, other issues aside.

Youre on Lemmy and know what a UI is. Youll be fine.

Find something in network security or sysadmin. Or engineering of some sort. If you can compute, youll be sought after. People are idiots with computers now.

Air traffic controller. A shit ton of money for a shit ton of days off and holidays.

My highest degree is from the aviation school so it’s kinda useless outside of aviation.

Same for my pilots friends, none of them went to university/college but rather straight to flying school after the mandatory diploma you pass at around eighteen (Baccalauréat in France).

It is great but the downside is that if we want to change careers we can only become business owners (aka, create our own jobs) because nobody wants us and we don’t accept their “real world” shitty work conditions.

First of all you are not dumb, just because you are bad in school. School often sucks for people as it’s way too standardized and cannot take into account the needs of all students. The fact that you are thinking that hard about it shows that you are quite a smart person. Also language barrier often makes things more complecated.

Now a question you have to ask yourself, do you really like going to collage that much? Or are you there because of social preasure and the fear of not making it in life if you don’t get a collage?

Once you can honestly answer that question ask you this: is there focational programs in the country you are at? If so, what trades can you see yourself working at? Are there trade schools on that specific field, to keep climbing the leader? How difficult is it to start your own business once you are experienced in that trade?

If you are unsure about all these question, maybe look for a career counselor, so they can help you find something you can do.

In anycase, good luck and stay strong and remeber you are so much more worth than just a career choice.

Officially I don’t have a job title, but I’m a technical manager/supervisor in an offshore seismic survey company. I plan, build, and support systems that combine robotics and IT.

I didn’t even finish high school, by the way.

I left school at 16, which in the UK means I only have the most basic set of exam results. A friend also left with two grade Es only.

We’re both doing well, but it did mean a lot of work. For my friend, he worked full time, plus ran his own business in his “spare time” … it took off enough that he has a decent sustainable income. He has a good sense for business and a cast iron work ethic.

I took a different route, I did short-term “unskilled” work in order to have a tax trail, and made most of my money through other means.

After turning 30 I cleaned up my act, and found that what I’d been doing as hobbies, plus some of my unskilled work, meant I was suitable for a unique job that landed in my lap … and I’ve been doing that ever since, working my way up to a good wage through experience and having a cool head in a crisis.

In short, there’s no “you should do this exact job”, it’s more a case of keep doing something, be willing to be very flexible, treat every job in a professional manner, and just keep learning.

what do you do?

No degree: ran out of cash and spent a decade settling the loans.

I learned a little Linux in college, and I found it’s done me well, since. Better and better jobs, and now I’m in a unionized I.T role with a pension. I’ll be 90 before I can collect, but the people are nice. I’m also working a side gig, one where I could be fired on the spot but there’s always 3 months of I.T work in the hopper … and has been for 24 years. So that’s nice.

If you’re a foreign student and not fully fluent in English, see if you can find some resources at your university to help. I would expect a UK university to have something. If you have a guidance counselor or a student resource center, those would be good places to start asking.

Taking a long time on homework or missing a deadline due to unclearly written direction in a language you’re not fully comfortable with doesn’t make you bad at university.

Currently work for an organization helping people on centrelink / workforce benefits get a job.

I’ve managed pubs, nightclubs and restaurants. Been a dishy and wait person.

Managed a warehouse for consumer pc parts, with the same mob I did marketing and procurment dealing with some big international brands and local distributors.

Worked for a government body (think motor registry but broader) assisting people with forms, really just helping them get across the line before they enter the queue.

Climbed towers and installed mobile equipment / antennas replacing the analog mobile network (3g installs). Installed police cameras in back of their vans along with police radio installs with the same rigging mob.

Highest qualification I have is year 12, some certificates for safe work / working at heights and some hospo related tickets. Nothing special, just a string of random jobs.