# career **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147 "2013-01-14T07:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KnightRider1400](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@KnightRider1400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnightRider1400)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/1 "2013-01-14T07:41:18Z")
I am trying to transition out of the military. I’m 32 and don’t know what I want to do for a living. any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/2 "2013-01-14T07:47:03Z")
What did you do in the military? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/3 "2013-01-15T01:27:27Z")
Does the military offer and career services? If you can’t find someone to talk to through that, it may be worth spending $100-$200 to have a good long talk with a career coach. ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/4 "2013-01-16T02:46:09Z")
How about someone that cruises around in a talking car fighting crime? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/5 "2013-01-16T02:50:57Z")
How about trying out for a clerk at a 7-11 or Speedway? You’re almost guaranteed a job and after a year you get benefits. Seriously, I think gas station or convenience-store clerking is the way to go here. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/6 "2013-01-16T04:03:20Z")
Do you have any skills that are obviously transferable? Do you have a college degree or certificate? Lacking that, are there things you did in the military that civilians have to do as well? These might help point towards possibilities. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/7 "2013-01-16T14:18:04Z")
Well, you can always be a cop. Also, don’t be an idiot and waste your GI Bill. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/8 "2013-01-16T20:41:23Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Well, you can always be a cop. Also, don’t be an idiot and waste your GI Bill. IMHO, one of the best ways to waste your GI Bill is with for-profit school like the University of Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/9 "2013-01-16T20:43:23Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > IMHO, one of the best ways to waste your GI Bill is with for-profit school like the University of Phoenix. Mostly what I was getting at was don’t dick around and run out of time to use it, leaving $10,000 or so in benefits wasted. Like a guy I know. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career/647147/10 "2013-01-16T20:54:06Z")
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