Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:15     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Armed forces
Emt paramedic firefighter
Plumber carpenter electrician
Nurse


Nurse?

My DD is in college for nursing. She is currently taking Calculus, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Pharmacology…. all in one semester.

It’s a challenging courseload.


agree. just getting through some of the prereqs for nursing school will not be possible with a low IQ.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:14     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Sales and retail. Will take a while to make 75k+

Firefighter, police officer (probably won't progress too far, but would do a decent job).

Pharma sales rep. Has to have cheerleader type personality and be good looking.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:12     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Truck driver

Tow truck driver
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:12     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:Car detailing. My ds makes $50 in less than an hour doing it. Being polite and thorough is all you need.


But it’s not all you need? There’s time management, cost management, customer relationship management, marketing, and growth/exit planning all needed for long term success. This is how you get back round to the family business idea. Mom or dad starts a cleaning/detailing/pressure washing/landscaping/etc business and hires kid as only employee, then spends their weekends handling all the backend executive functioning stuff. Grow things to where it can support multiple employees and a manager, bequeath business to child and cross your fingers it takes them through to their own retirement.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:11     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Landscaping
Lawncare
House cleaning
Retail
Food service
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:10     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But you can get Cs and still get a job. It’s not like becoming a doctor where every grade matters.


I’ll let her know that. She was told a 3.3 GPA will kick her out of the program.

She’ll be so relieved to hear that her university advisors and the program itself is wrong!


Settle down weirdo. There are plenty of nurses who don’t go to college at all.


No, lol.

Not since 1968.

CNA, yes. Actual nurses, no.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:09     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Bagger at grocery store. Cart collector in parking lot. Deli worker. Stock person.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:08     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:Car detailing. My ds makes $50 in less than an hour doing it. Being polite and thorough is all you need.


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:07     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Armed forces
Emt paramedic firefighter
Plumber carpenter electrician
Nurse


You are so wrong. Nurses have to get through difficult coursework. They must be bright.

And, believe it or not, many of the trades do require intellect.


You are absolutely right. I’m pp and I’m sorry. I know people with low IQ in those jobs, but they are supported and surrounded by a loving community who values their role.
I stand by armed forces, though. It’s a good career with a duty of care. Factory work would be good, they make good money if there is a union. Animal caretakers, too, many are unionized.


I don't know where you are coming up with this stuff--the examples you are thinking of probably don't have truly low IQ. Sorry, but armed forces will not take someone with a low IQ. The current test being used for the military is called the ASVAB and there are minimums in order to enlist. There are also other standards. If you look at the current minimums and some studies, the minimums are roughly equivalent to somewhere in the 90s in terms of IQ (91-92 ish), which mean that the bottom third of the population in terms of IQ cannot enlist.


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:06     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:What types of jobs can a low IQ person handle who is intellectually not real bright, but willing to put in 200% effort and works very well with people?


Factory or Warehouse worker
Postal service
Fedex or UPS
Airport jobs
Janitor
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:05     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about sales?


Low IQ and sales do not go together.


It really depends on what kind of low IQ you’re talking about. If you’re talking about, can’t follow simple directions or identify cues, then yes you’re absolutely right. If you’re just talking about higher level thinking, where lower intelligence means you can only see A leading to B, instead of immediately seeing that if A=B=C=D then A=D, sales can still be a good fit. There is just so much material and training out there, and entry level positions are so scripted, that as long as you don’t have a personality where you’re going to get butt-hurt from rejection, you have a decent chance of making a go in a sales position.

And a lot of these low level positions are zero barrier entry, so the quickest way to find out is to just have them get a sales job and see how they do.


Have you ever worked in sales, lol?
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 10:00     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Armed forces
Emt paramedic firefighter
Plumber carpenter electrician
Nurse


Nurse?

My DD is in college for nursing. She is currently taking Calculus, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Pharmacology…. all in one semester.

It’s a challenging courseload.

What compelled you to come into this thread and make it an opportunity to brag about your daughter incessantly? It’s so odd. Congrats, I guess? Nobody cares.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 09:57     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But you can get Cs and still get a job. It’s not like becoming a doctor where every grade matters.


I’ll let her know that. She was told a 3.3 GPA will kick her out of the program.

She’ll be so relieved to hear that her university advisors and the program itself is wrong!


Settle down weirdo. There are plenty of nurses who don’t go to college at all.


Those would be LVNs and LPNs (depending on state). But this isn't something for someone who is low IQ as there is a 2 year coursework requirement and exams they have to pass, and they also have to be able to demonstrate strong decisionmaking abilities as they are often the only one around for very sick people (many of the available jobs are in home health care and skilled nursing facilities).
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 09:53     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But you can get Cs and still get a job. It’s not like becoming a doctor where every grade matters.


I’ll let her know that. She was told a 3.3 GPA will kick her out of the program.

She’ll be so relieved to hear that her university advisors and the program itself is wrong!


Settle down weirdo. There are plenty of nurses who don’t go to college at all.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 09:51     Subject: Career ideas if low IQ but very hard working?
Almost every job named in this entire thread is really a job that is not a realistic option for someone who is truly low IQ--they are out of reach likely for people below the 20th percentile without a lot of intervention and definitely out of reach for those with below the 10th percentile.