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Long and short of it: Rejected from pharmacy school. No wait-list, nothing. Just flat rejected.

Seeing as I'm not a veteran of a world war and not a great orator, becoming Hitler II is not a career option.

Now I'm stuck wondering what the fuck I even do. Thoughts right now are janitor in shitty store living in shitty apartment by myself or something along those lines. Already worked four fucking years trying to be a doctor of some sort (choice of specialty varied over the last few years) and now I can't even get in to one of the easiest kinds of programs to get in to.

Go the MBA route and do something with that maybe? Not like I'd know what to do with it.

Just start throwing ideas out that aren't blatantly stupid, really. (Ex: Israeli Foreign Legion)

Obligatory: Damn it. Hope you non-degenerates are having a good day though!

Long and short of it: Rejected from pharmacy school. No wait-list, nothing. Just flat rejected. Seeing as I'm not a veteran of a world war and not a great orator, becoming Hitler II is not a career option. Now I'm stuck wondering what the fuck I even do. Thoughts right now are janitor in shitty store living in shitty apartment by myself or something along those lines. Already worked four fucking years trying to be a doctor of some sort (choice of specialty varied over the last few years) and now I can't even get in to one of the easiest kinds of programs to get in to. Go the MBA route and do something with that maybe? Not like I'd know what to do with it. Just start throwing ideas out that aren't blatantly stupid, really. (Ex: Israeli Foreign Legion) Obligatory: Damn it. Hope you non-degenerates are having a good day though!

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Go the trade route. If it suits you then do HVAC, plumbing, or electrical. You can make good money. However, those tradesmen are a dime a dozen. Specialized trades is where it's at. I'm a fire protection contractor and I can tell you first hand it's in very high demand. Way more so than the MEP trades. Ten years in business for myself and not once have I had to advertise and I still have to turn down work on a weekly basis.

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Out of curiosity, what do you actually do? Fire protection as in installing sprinkler systems and such? Or do you consult with engineers about what mechanisms they need to include in their designs?

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In my case, yes, fire sprinklers. I don't install but I have a license that allows me to if I wanted to. I work more on the design and consulting side.

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I can see why that would be lucrative. Is there a professional association that limits numbers in your field? Or is there just a lack of interest in pursuing it?

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If you don’t want to get into the plumbing side of fire protection, look into the fire alarm monitoring/security side of it. It’s an adjacent career, an I’ve been doing okay despite the pandemic in it.

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I'm not personally considering it. I'm always just curious about how these things work. I would've assumed this was something engineers did for example.