I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and one of the most important questions for me was how much money I could earn, and how long would I need to be in school to get the education.
I had already ruled out being a nurse or a lawyer, because I didn’t want to go to school for a decade or more. I thought about other jobs I could take up that would make me a lot of money, but they all required going to school and years of training. So after making a list of all the jobs I could think of, I finally wrote down being a heating and air conditioning professional. I was sure they had to get paid quite a lot, even if it wasn’t on the same scale as a nurse or lawyer. I heard you only had to go to school for about a year to get your heating and air conditioning certification. After a year of apprenticeship, if it’s required, and getting paid while doing the task, you get promoted to being a master heating and air conditioning professional. If you’re a master of anything, I assumed it meant you were going to get paid a decent amount of money. Some of my timeline may have been a bit off, but I wanted to do little work to get a profession, and not need to work strenuously to get paid well. I was in for a big education. I not only had to work hard, but I didn’t even get close to earning the amount of money I wanted to earn. I love being a heating and air conditioning professional, but getting rich in ten years is never going to happen.