Yes. That’s what we’re telling you. Sometimes people fall into things by luck, like your friend apparently did, but if there was a surefire way to make good money without much work, everyone would be doing that. Since everyone isn’t, there must not be. The world doesn’t owe you anything.
Being a paperboy isn’t that insanely difficult.
I’m not saying i want an easy job, i’m just saying i don’t wanna work on an oil rig and get cancer. Seriously, no other options?
But your choices are decent. Except for the fact that in my area being a paper boy pays around or a bit more then minimum wage. I think it’s like 9-10. Not including your gas money you have to spend. I think.
Way to assume things. I’m not saying the world owes me anything.
But the choices you guys give me are complete ass. I’m not saying i wanna make a ton of money either. Just something that’s at least 10 or more. Also, something that is gauranteed full time and isn’t some awful job that will give me cancer.
Is that really THAT hard to ask now? There’s no way. People make so much money doing shit like bartending, complete idiots do that.
You guys haven’t even brought that up. I’m sure i could talk my way into a job like that. Or lie.
Can it really be THAT hard to find something decent?
You mean mentioning bartending like in post 6? If you aren’t even going to read the advice people are giving you because it isn’t the magical unicorn you’re looking for, why should anyone bother digging deeper for you?
I saw it but it was the only reasonable one.
However, that is something i can’t do. My parents are alcoholics. So, yeah.
Still, are there no other options that are easy money like bartending? In the world? The only other choice is to get cancer on an oil rig or die on one? I mean. Come on guys.
I get the whole “you gotta work sooo hard to get this penny!” mentality, but i’m in a desperate situation. Help me out.
As i said to the paperboy person, it doesn’t pay that much around here.
So what are YOU doing to find a good job? You’ve just blown off all of the advice you’ve been given, including specific suggestions. You’ve specifically asked for easy money, quickly, and sound like you aren’t willing to actually put in the work.
Apparently we don’t know what the pay is like near you, or even the cost of living, or job market, so strangers scattered around the world can only do so much other than give you solid advice on how to generally get a job (again, read post 6) and try to get you to really understand how likely some get-rich-quick situation or amazing money with no experience actually is. Luck plays a huge role sometimes, and charisma when you’re talking to potential employers. If you don’t have either of those, it’s going to be rough.
I mentioned networking earlier, as it is a very good way to get into a job… what amounts to asking strangers on a message board to find an easy job for you is not networking.
The job market is booming in parts of Texas, particularly the Dallas-Ft. Worth area so you could move there. It isn’t an expensive place to live in general (you can spend as much or as little as you want) but you will need a reliable vehicle.
If you want to go even more bohemian, New Orleans has tons of service jobs that pay well enough to live on with only some easily learned skills plus it is really fun. Almost nobody has a bad enough resume or lack thereof to prevent getting a job somewhere there. It is a popular spot for people that have real problems, criminal or otherwise, and just want to take a long ‘working vacation’ until the the heat dies down back home. You are still young. You could be a bartender or work at high-end catering and those pay very real money. I averaged over $20 an hour cash in 1995 plus many perks for the three years that I worked fancy events in New Orleans. It was very hard work but the main qualification was just being presentable in a tux and being polite to all guests. Bartending paid a whole lot more (over $100 an hour for some prime shifts) but that was a lot more sporadic and I had to work up to it by being a lowly bar-back (the person that refills supplies) for a while. Florida should have plenty of those types of positions in the touristy areas but I know Dallas and New Orleans do.
Service industry work doesn’t have to be a McJob. Tipped or commissioned positions like catering or bartending can pay better per hour than some professional jobs but you have to project a certain image to get most of those and you can’t be a screwup at least in ways that are visible to the customers.
However, there are other options as well. My charming but formerly drug addicted and heavily tattooed cousin in his 20’s delivers furniture for a living. You wouldn’t think that would be a good job because it usually isn’t but he doesn’t deliver normal furniture. He delivers the ultra-expensive kind for some of the most wealthy people in the Dallas area and has built up quite the clientele. They trust him and his partner to move their most valuable pieces whenever and wherever needed because they know they will not allow any damage to it. That turned a very mundane job into one that pays well and usually results in extremely generous tips. They are doing so well at it that they have started doing cross-country deliveries for really valuable or irreplaceable large pieces.
My point to all of that is that there are people without degrees or any especially noteworthy skills that are making a whole lot more than $12 an hour and some of them are even younger than you are. I personally think you are setting the bar really low. What you can do is figure out what type of work you can succeed reasonably well at and then ask around about how to get the highest paying version of that job. Sometimes it is more straightforward than you think and the main requirements could be something as simple as being really strong and not being scared of heights if you think you could do roofing work to simply being being consistent, punctual and looking presentable in nice work attire if you want to wait tables in a higher end restaurant.
Have you considered becoming a professional basketball player? They make good bucks.
Or baseball - less wear and tear on your knees, guaranteed contracts, and no salary cap!
Based on the attitude you’ve shown in this thread, I wouldn’t hire you for anything. That might be part of your problem.
- Have a valuable skill.
- Do work that is dangerous and/or illegal.
- Get lucky and fall into a good situation.
- Network. Work the people you know and see if any of them know of a job for you.
Like I said: not living.
I want my cake…AND eat it too! Plus have cake for tomorrow and maybe some set aside for my retirement all while eating the cake. Also…can I get a pony? And eat it too?
You could win the lottery. I mean, someone won it this week somewhere in the country, and they are living proof that it can be done. So…why not just do that? You go down to the store, you plunk down a dollar, you get your ticket, you sit back and wait until you win. Easy money!
To be honest, people have tried to answer you, and you aren’t listening. You have actually gotten some helpful advice in this thread alone by people who are actually willing to engage is such a silly OP and such a divorced from reality perspective. These are good people trying to help you. I’m not one of those. Myself, I believe in validating someones fantasies. So, if you aren’t willing to try the lottery thingy, my next get rich quick plan would be get a cushy position as a TV weather-person. I mean, you don’t need any qualifications for that (you do, actually, but let’s not let facts get in the way of validation!), it’s good money, and people expect you to be wrong all the time! Or become a Hollywood star and rake in the dough! Or, simply get some scuba gear and go diving off the coast of Florida and find a ship load of gold! All of these have the benefit that you know that someone has done it already, so there you go! Easy money!
Or, if that’s all too hard you could go and rob a bank. It’s a win/win situation. If you manage to rob the bank (:dubious:) then there you go…fast cash! If, in the more likely event you are caught, well, then the state will take care of you for a few years (room AND board, plus all the tasty food you could want) at least AND give you a loving companion named Bubba as a room mate! Seriously…win/win there! It’s fast and it’s fool proof.
I’m assuming that you have a high school diploma.
So - how do you get a job? Hard work and luck, in that order. You have to pound the pavement and apply for jobs until you get one. There’s no shortcut. You know two people who have landed jobs. Good for them! That doesn’t mean that they found a magic shortcut. It means that they were lucky enough to get jobs.
Alternately, nepotism works pretty well. If you can find someone who likes you and is in a position to offer you a job, go for that! It’s the only shortcut that works every time.
Sorry, buddy. There are no easy answers here.
How do you know what your friends are making and how good/easy it is?
People lie all the time, for all you know they are digging ditches at minimum wage.
You can’t go around comparing your life with others.
You want to make something of your life you get out there and do it. You get a job, any job that will take you to start. Then you use that as a stepping stone to the next job, and the next one, and the next one.
My first job was on a horse farm shoveling shit. Getting a job at McDonalds was a huge step up from that one. Then to a Chinese carry-out which was a huge step up from McDonalds. Then on to be a bank teller, to a computer operator, to a computer programmer.
Even though each of those jobs may seem to be unrelated until the computer jobs they aren’t.
Potential employers want to see a wok history. The more experience you have the more likely you are to get hired, even if that experience isn’t related to the position you are applying for. If anything it tells them that you know how to get your ass out of bed in the morning and get to work on time.
I know HR people who have been told to throw away the resumes of people who are not working currently. It may not be fair but it is how it is.
So you take the first damn job that will have you, do what you have to do. You go in and plaster a big fucking smile on your face, do what you’re told to do, get along with your co-workers, treat everybody with respect and in 6 months or so you look to move on to the next job.
You leave that job with a big smile on your face, tell them how much you enjoyed working there, thank them for the opportunity but it’s time for you to move on. You do it writing with 2 weeks notice.
You never know when one of those people will be in a better position and they are looking to hire. They will remember that you went about your work in a cheerful manner, got along with your co-workers, and you maintained your professionalism.
You build a history, a network and a reputation.
Or you can sit on your ass looking for excuses to whine about the unfairness of life.
guess what? so are the choices the world gives you. you want an easy job? it ain’t gonna pay much, simply because lots of people can do it. YOu want a good paying job? it ain’t gonna be easy.
The CIA pays $50 an hour to willing drug trial subjects. You seem to fit the profile. They aren’t allowed to use primates any longer.
When your friend said he makes $20/hour did he offer proof? People make their jobs better sounding all the time.
Oooh yeah! That’s a good one! With the side benefit of possibly helping to produce Firestarter offspring!
Not insanely difficult, no. But I work 5-6 hours a day, 7 days a week, regardless of weather or how I feel. I get up at 230 a.m. every single day and haven’t missed an unplanned work day in the last 7 years. The difficulty is more in finding people who have the work ethic to handle it. Wages vary quite a lot depending on your routes etc, but I have already included all costs (gas, supplies, etc) in my figure. Plus–here, at least, where we have nice nasty weather as an incentive–great Christmas tips.