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03-02-2016, 02:06 PM
Hello gents.
This is my first time posting here. All of my questions regarding gaming women have been answered by searching the forum. However my post is with regards to my career and I haven't been able to find much info to help me with my situation.
A bit of details about myself. I'm a 27yo living in NY. I speak two languages. I have a bachelors degree in economics from an OK university. After graduation I was able to find a low-end job(barely) and after that moved up to another job with better pay. However it's a dead end job with minimal relation to my degree.
My living expenses are minimal and I've been saving for a few years however both of my parents depend on me and should something happen to me, they would be in a very rough position. I don't want that. Since I'm still 'young-ish' I want to advance/change my career to something with better pay. But I don't know to what. I've been searching around the web but the more I search the more confused I get. ROK and RVF has been very helpful not only with my relationships with women but also other aspects of my life So here I am asking if you were in my position what would you do?
I tried to keep the post short but if more details are needed just ask and I'll answer it in detail. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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03-02-2016, 03:13 PM
What languages (other than English) ? And..
Is there anything that can be done with your parents to add stability to their position independent of your support? Other Family maybe?
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03-02-2016, 04:41 PM
Need more info.
What are you good at? Where do your interests lie?
Do you care about being location independent? Or is there someplace in particular you want to live?
What's your target income?
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03-02-2016, 07:13 PM
Turkish Linguist.
Not many gigs in all likelihood but you can probably find something that pays 60k+ and if you can get a security clearance, a bit more.
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03-02-2016, 10:07 PM
What anal said. Similar but not quite the same here and currently at a top 20 mba. Pm me and I'll share some non identifying info on what it's like
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03-02-2016, 10:42 PM
Getting an MBA is not a silver-bullet to a great career. If you have to take out the debt (100k+), you better be super sure the ROI is justified. If you are career switching, most people go into investment banking or management consulting because those two fields are the most open to career-switchers. Pay is solid but the hours and lifestyle (70 hour+ work weeks) are brutal however. Many burn out after a few years.
If you don't see yourself going into those two fields, you have some general management stuff you could do as well but a lot of folks beyond what is mentioned return to their previous line of work in a management role and went into MBA programs knowing that is where they would end up.
The point I'm trying to get across is you better have a very definable post-MBA path to justify the debt load you will take. If you are not taking on debt, then the risk is not nearly as great obviously aside from loss time.
That said, I would focus on developing real skills (programming, trades, etc) vs an MBA (mostly fluff bullshit; you are going for the career services and network access -- which you can overcome to some extent other ways) .... unless an MBA can realistically get you where you specifically want to go.
I would not just go and wing it and hope for the best that things will work out. You can check detailed job placement stats from all MBA programs to see where people go. If you don't see yourself where the majority of people are going, DO NOT GO. You could end up like a lot of miserable MBAs who didn't plan for shit who ultimately have to take a high paying job they hate just to pay off the massive student loan debt.
You already have a skill set (Turkish language skills) that could be parlayed into making some decent money. I would start with that.
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03-02-2016, 10:56 PM
If you are studious you could get your actuarial cert, those guys have it pretty good.
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03-04-2016, 04:11 PM
I'm a recruiter, feel free to PM me with questions
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03-04-2016, 04:40 PM
Thank you for all the responses. I'll be replying to everyone once I have some free time.
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03-07-2016, 04:42 PM
If you can get your CPA, many of the large accounting firms struggle to find multilingual accountants for their moneyed foreign investors.
The current in demand languages for this are Arabic(gulf dialects, UAE,Qatar etc), Japanese, Korean and Chinese. I have no idea what the demand level is for Turkish in the US. I speculate it might be higher in Europe. I also speculate there are few wealthy Kurdish investors in the US.