Life Decisions!
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I'll have some insight for ya sometime soon.
I have been MIA (no pun intended) for a while because I just purchased a house. Something that I was able to do at age 25 because I served.
I don't mean that, a 25 year old who didn't serve wouldn't be in the same boat. But due to my service I landed a well paying job within months of separation and was able to take advantage of a "VA loan".
I'll come back and give some advice shortly. I know you're not alone here in thinking about the military vs public service vs college, etc...
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but in all honesty, if i was in your situation, i would take that prison job just to see how you'd like it. i mean you even said theres a lot of turnover so its not like you'd be shunned if you left shortly after you started. personally i'd go with that and see how it works for you for some months and if its worth it or not and base a decision off of that. if its not all you wanted it to be, and you really want to enlist, do it then. i feel like that would be the best way to go about it. its easy to get out of a prison job to join the military. but thats just me
and if you dont like the prison job and you join the military thats just more to put on a future resume. if they'd ask why you were only there for a short time you'd all be like "cause i joined the military" and they'd all be like "oooooooo. hes a go getter i like him AND he served in the military"
BAM. hired.
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mystere30 said:
but in all honesty, if i was in your situation, i would take that prison job just to see how you'd like it. i mean you even said theres a lot of turnover so its not like you'd be shunned if you left shortly after you started. personally i'd go with that and see how it works for you for some months and if its worth it or not and base a decision off of that. if its not all you wanted it to be, and you really want to enlist, do it then. i feel like that would be the best way to go about it. its easy to get out of a prison job to join the military. but thats just me
and if you dont like the prison job and you join the military thats just more to put on a future resume. if they'd ask why you were only there for a short time you'd all be like "cause i joined the military" and they'd all be like "oooooooo. hes a go getter i like him AND he served in the military"
BAM. hired.
I'm starting to lean towards the prison job right now.
Thing is, I feel like I'll regret not going back to school to get a legit degree, and I'd like to get one before I turn into that semi-creepy 30 year old guy in the back of class...
Visionshift said:
Don't do guard you Moron. If your gunna go military go active. Drills blow, an at is stupid as fuck. Go to the prison.
I dont wanna go active at this point, at least not yet, who knows if I'd really like it after getting a taste in the guard. The real reasons I'd be doing it is free tuition ($10k at least), $12k a year to live off while attending school, a paycheck every month for attending drill, and a resume booster.
REKIII said:
Did you post this on another forum? It looks ike the exact thread I've seen somewhere else. Not implying anything, just making sure I'm not going nuts.
I believe I asked the guys in the e36 OT section of Bimmerfest a while back, dont think I started another thread anywhere
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