Go to a recruiter, I bet your odds of getting accepted are much higher then you think. 
[quote]yasser wrote:
I would love to be in the military doing both but I am also a Dad and don’t think at 33 the military will want an old d00d like me.
Go to a recruiter, I bet your odds of getting accepted are much higher then you think. :)[/quote]
Hmmm yeah but my age would be a factor would it not?
Someone did a thread a few years ago, and it was resurrected about a year ago. It would be interesting to see how many of those people are still around, and if they have changed their careers.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
The greatest thing is that I don’t have to make that trade-off between what I love doing and what makes money.
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That’s a beautiful thing. As an art teacher and a motorcycle riding instructor, all I can say is “ditto”.
I’m finishing up my undergrad this year. Graduating in May with a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance and Music Business.
Going to grad school next year for a Masters of Music (again in guitar performance). I teach, and play around when time permits. Mainly I’m interesting in teaching at a college level, but I like teaching high schoolers and newb adults guitarists as well.
So, I’m a “musician”.
I just started working as a journalist, and it kicks a whole mess of ass.
Anything would kick a mess of ass after ten years of forklift driving and grinding metal, but journalism actually does kick a mess of ass.
Graduate student in School Psychology and Neuropsychology. I’ll have a job in approximately 13 years.
im a student and the university of alabama. can’t decide whether to go the pre-law route or go into sports medicine
i steal cars.
Structural Engineer. Started at the ripe old age of 20. I got my Bachelor’s at 21, Master’s at 23 and PE at 25.
Coming up on 5 years soon.
I knew what I wanted to do from the start.
[quote]Chewie wrote:
Structural Engineer. Started at the ripe old age of 20. I got my Bachelor’s at 21, Master’s at 23 and PE at 25.
Coming up on 5 years soon.
I knew what I wanted to do from the start.
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You’re the guy from Prion Break!
[quote]Justin Negrete wrote:
I am a video game designer at Raven Software.
I started out going to school in florida for programming. Soon realized i wasnt very good at math, so i make levels instead.
It pays very well, stock options, stock purchase program, the works.
Which is a major help to fund my Biotest bill.
Fell into T-Nation after first purchasing Scrawny to Brawny by JB, then found his site, joined PN network, and discovered peeps from T-Nation core (like Waterbury) wrote some programs for the PN crowd. Came here and loved the no-nonsense, and… well… testosteronish approach. And the articles of course… love the articles. Always been a fan of keeping in shape, and this site just makes that hobby an obsession, in a good way.[/quote]
Let me guess… you went to Full Sail?
I’m a Mixed Martial Artist. I manage a MMA school of a very well known name here in the Tri-State area during the evenings and train in the mornings.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
My career choice affords me a basically unlimited income (my business keeps growing and my income increases in tandem)[/quote]
If only you were a woman.
And hot.
Or a trannie.
What?!
Here in Japan, the slang for trannie is “New-Half.” Make of that what you will.
Strength and Conditioning Coach
I had to fight tooth and nail to convince teams in UK how much a S+C coach could improve their performance.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Chewie wrote:
Structural Engineer. Started at the ripe old age of 20. I got my Bachelor’s at 21, Master’s at 23 and PE at 25.
Coming up on 5 years soon.
I knew what I wanted to do from the start.
You’re the guy from Prion Break![/quote]
I never knew that he was a Structural Engineer. I just read his bio on wiki.
We have a lot in common.
I’m a mechanical engineer.
working my second job as a design engineer; so far i like it a ton.
Hey Maths isn’t that hard as long as you work at it.
Cortes I would love to start my own business one day, good job at having a successful one of your own. It’s not any easy thing to accomplish.
[quote]dirtbag wrote:
yasser wrote:
I would love to be in the military doing both but I am also a Dad and don’t think at 33 the military will want an old d00d like me.
Go to a recruiter, I bet your odds of getting accepted are much higher then you think.
Hmmm yeah but my age would be a factor would it not?
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Actually they need people so bad they upped the max age for enlisting – I think it is 40 or 42 now.