Originally Posted by
sigtauenus
Dang, what do you recommend instead?
If you want to get rich, the best thing you can do for yourself is
get an education!
Getting an education will open doors that otherwise would be slammed shut without an education. Get a bachelors degree. Get a masters degree. Get a PHD. Each step up the higher education ladder will open more and more doors.
If you want some general advice for career fields that can earn you some good money, here is what I recommend.
The medical field
No matter what happens, people will always need health care. When we are dealing with serious matters such as being healthy or sick, or choosing between life or death, money is no object. There is always going to be a demand for healthcare. If you want a job that can make you lots of money, and will ensure that you always have a job, become a doctor.
For this, you will need to go to medschool.
Energy
Our world runs on energy. Our economy runs on energy. Without it, both of them would collapse. Right now most of the world's energy comes from natural resources. There is only so much oil in the ground. There is only so much coal in the ground. Energy is becoming more and more expensive (oil hit $76 a barrel today
). And the price of oil is only going to go up.
So the question is who is going to develop an alternative to coal and oil. Some people are going to become extremely rich in the next 10,20,30 years. Will you be one of them??
For this, you would want to get an engineering degree.
What do both of these career fields have in common? Among other things, you need an education.
If you really want to become rich, get an education, and go from there.