Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 16:33     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Anonymous wrote:Plumber. Rolling in it.


I’m scared to ask what “it” is!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 16:30     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Not mine but know of some who are making bank doing hair, makeup, interior design, religious or motivational speakers, running tutoring centers, wedding organizers etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 14:44     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Anonymous wrote:Sales, seriously.


This is the only answer. Lots of money but low bar to entry.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:31     Subject: Re:High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Mechanic
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:30     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Sales, seriously.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:24     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Anonymous wrote:Tech sales is what I've seen, too. It's an up and down business with many layoffs and quotas and pressure, but it's high-paying and very flexible. You need to be a people person, but not a genius.


Really, this is true of selling most products--whether it's tech, houses (real estate), HVAC systems, alcohol to stores, industrial equipment, etc. I know people making really good money in each of these lines of work.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:22     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
lobbying and sales.
Most lobbyists are idiots. and I know b/c I was one (lobbyist, not idiot) and work around many.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:19     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Plumber. Rolling in it.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:18     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Tech sales is what I've seen, too. It's an up and down business with many layoffs and quotas and pressure, but it's high-paying and very flexible. You need to be a people person, but not a genius.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:17     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Sales
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 12:05     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Realtors, either commercial or residential.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:59     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Tech Sales
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:56     Subject: Re:High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Welding
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:55     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
Only fans
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:49     Subject: High Paying Careers for non academically inclined students
For your adult children that struggled academically but are otherwise very bright and are now out of college and making a good living, what do they do for work?