u/teetee4444

I’m 25m and I have been struggling with picking a career because I slacked off for most of Covid and never really had a support system for going back to school and getting a traditional education. I’m currently a security guard at a power plant and the engineer there told me he can help me get in his union and do an apprenticeship. Looking into it, it definitely seems like a great choice, but would you say it’s a good career even if I don’t necessarily have a passion for boilers, hvac, or anything like that really? I can be dedicated and willing to learn, but if I have no passion for anything will I end up falling flat on my face and regretting the choice? Any feedback is appreciated!

I’ve been working security for about 2 years now, I’m with one of the “big” companies. I’m comfortable at my site. Site supervisor is a great guy. I like my schedule. When I started this it was a beautiful change from the retail environment.. but now I’m feeling sorta stuck. I want to move on to better things but knowing that practically every job requires more effort than this one, and requires starting from the very bottom with likely the same pay I get now, it’s hard to find the motivation. Would you guys say this field is similar to the restaurant industry? The “easy money” type of trap that keeps you stuck there for a long time? Curious to hear other guards experiences

I took the official ready test yesterday and got a “ready” score of 155. The practice test was mostly word problems, graphs, and charts. A couple solve for x etc. no geometry though. Honestly the practice test seemed very doable and I’m wondering if that’s really how the real test will be. Are there any niche things you recommend to absolutely know? Thanks 🙏

Currently studying for math and I’m understanding the basics so far, but I see how complex this sh*t can get. Even just trying to remember “polynomials” “quadratic formals” “inequalities” geometry and everything else, it’s definitely a lot to take in and I’m not even sure I’ll remember the process for each type of equation when I take it, but I’m wondering what the hardest type of questions they threw at you during the test? Does it really get that complex? And was there a certain subject of questions that showed up the most? (ex: slopes) Any feedback is appreciated.

I’m studying math, and writing in my notebook all the steps to solving for X, slopes, etc. and honestly it’s extremely overwhelming, especially memorizing the specific steps to do if the x is on one side, or x’s on both sides etc. I see everyone saying to learn the calculator, if I learn the calculator well, roughly how many questions would you say can be answered using solely the calculator and not having to break it all down on the dry erase board? I hope this question makes sense