Do you have a REAL job?

[EctoJohn]

A lot of times, at least here in the US, young people get told they eventually need to get a real job.
Usually this refers to a position with a company that isn't doing retail work or working in fast food, preferrably with benefits of some sort.
However, it's crossed my mind that there's plenty of REAL jobs that aren't some 9 to 5 office jobs and I'm curious how people define the term "real job".
Do people in other countries have this type of stigma about jobs a kid in highschool can have as opposed to someone that's a college or university graduate?
Do you also refer to them as "real jobs", or do you have another term for jobs that require a higher education or more advanced skills?
Would you consider a blue collar job, such as a mechanic or construction worker, a real job, or do you think lower of jobs that require physical labor as
opposed to someone that does more mental labor such as any type of business or office worker?
Is it merely an the education level required, or can a real job be gotten just from starting as something more low level like a cashier and perhaps obtaining
a position as management in that supermarket after years of work and climing up?
What, in your opinion, is a "real job"?

 

[BotanyBoy]

What, in your opinion, is a "real job"?

The one that swolls my fuckin' bank roll playa
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[PayDay]

If you can be a professional at one thing, you can be a professional at anything.

 

[Not Normal]

I actually have a few different part time jobs. One of them is a true vocation, and most of the others are branches of that tree.

 

[Balladeer08]

If you can be a professional at one thing, you can be a professional at anything.

Name one professional jockey who has ever become a professional in the NBA.

 

[PayDay]

Name one professional jockey who has ever become a professional in the NBA.

Name one that tried? Don't be stupid.

 

[Lord Pmann]

I would consider a "real job" a career. Certainly mechanics and construction work can be a career. Every time I pay my mechanic I feel like I picked the wrong occupation. You get to charge lots of money and rape people all at once!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

A real job involves and services people want....cops, nurses, car mechanics, plumbers, etc. NOT community organizers and bureaucrats and nigger counters.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I would consider a "real job" a career. Certainly mechanics and construction work can be a career. Every time I pay my mechanic I feel like I picked the wrong occupation. You get to charge lots of money and rape people all at once!

HVAC..mmmhmm...guy I went to HS with makes damn good money and built himself a quite profitable little bidnizz in FL. All because he learned how to fix/install A/C's and knew how to hustle his skills. He's ballin in his beach house now...be all you can be

 

[Riles]

I figure I've had some pretty "real" jobs in my life.

1) farmer

2) PSW

I've also had some non-essential ones, and it's been my experience that when the job wasn't something that I felt contributed true value to the lives of others, my level of personal satisfaction was not very high.

 

[bronzeage]

I got all the work I need

 

[BoyNextDoor]

"real job" = You are good at it, you like it and someone pays you to do it.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I figure I've had some pretty "real" jobs in my life.

1) farmer

2) PSW

I've also had some non-essential ones, and it's been my experience that when the job wasn't something that I felt contributed true value to the lives of others, my level of personal satisfaction was not very high.

WASSAT? ?

And OP....just for the record

I would say the realest job out there that I think everyone should be subject to for a minimum of 90 days out of their lives....customer fuckin service. The level of entitled rude fuckin' assholes out there is unreal.....they may be service workers and paid a shit wage, but they are still people. People that fix your food and handle your money, show a little god damn respect you fuckin' savages.

 

[EctoJohn]

"real job" = You are good at it, you like it and someone pays you to do it.

See, that's one thing that made me think abut this topic in the first place.
I was talking with my father about my brother who wants to become a professional
photographer, something that he loves to do, but is slow going to start out as
and doesn't pay well until you get well enough known or are super good and people
are willing to pay for your art.
Naturally, my father was talking about him geting a "real job", which, using your description, wouldn't be something he likes since his ultimate goal, and what he likes, is photography.
So, in his definition, a real job seems more about financial security and steady work than doing what you love.
While doing what you love is always a NICE job, it's not always the most financially beneficial, especially in a competative or artsy market like photography.
Usually anything artistic you hope to make your profession, whether it's more traditional painting and scupting, photography, or something musically or even as
an author takes a long time to hit a point where you can survive soley off your art.

 

[Lord Pmann]

It's kind of hard to turn hobbies into careers or real jobs. It can be done, but for the most part, it doesn't happen.

I've done some professional work in recording studios as a guitar or bassist and it can pay very well ($100-200 an hour). However, finding consistent work in that field is insanely difficult. You have to be at the top of your game and it's nearly impossible to be as good as the guys getting called back for regular work.

I think the advice of getting a real job isn't bad. It's so hard to make your hobby your job. So it's great to have a backup plan. For every successful artist/musician there are a hundred struggling to make ends meet.

 

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[Riles]

WASSAT? ?

And OP....just for the record

I would say the realest job out there that I think everyone should be subject to for a minimum of 90 days out of their lives....customer fuckin service. The level of entitled rude fuckin' assholes out there is unreal.....they may be service workers and paid a shit wage, but they are still people. People that fix your food and handle your money, show a little god damn respect you fuckin' savages.

Personal Support Worker. We work as a member of the health care team assisting people with activities of daily living (ADL's). I work in several settings: hospice, long term care and private home care. My scope of practice is wide, I can do many of the same things as an RPN so long as I have been trained and delegated the task.

Or to sum it up, I'm the RN's bitch. lovingly so most days.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Personal Support Worker. We work as a member of the health care team assisting people with activities of daily living (ADL's). I work in several settings: hospice, long term care and private home care. My scope of practice is wide, I can do many of the same things as an RPN so long as I have been trained and delegated the task.

Or to sum it up, I'm the RN's bitch. lovingly so most days.

Ahhh cool...yea that's keepin' it pretty real.

 

[Wife of Bath]

I have a 'real job'.

It has its perks. And drawbacks.

 

[Wings]

I have a real job, it was also my hobby. Now they pay me gobs to do what I love.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I have a real job, it was also my hobby. Now they pay me gobs to do what I love.

This is what I was talking about. Not that starving artist bulllshit.

 

[Wings]

This is what I was talking about. Not that starving artist bulllshit.

I assume the OP was more about an office job where you go, do mindless work, get paid, go home. As opposed to doing what you love but maybe not in a corporate environment.

Thankfully I don't have to do that.

 

[Riles]

Ahhh cool...yea that's keepin' it pretty real.

It appeals to my practical nature.

Also, I've always geeked out over medical shit, so it's a good fit.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Gotta get PAID!

 

[VaticanAssassin]

I am a certified platypus trainer. One of only two here in the states. I received my training in Australia. Most of my consulting is with zoos and sea world but I ido have a surprising number of rich eccentric clients. I guess it's a real job.