braymoore
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What do you want to do for a living?The Trillion Dollar Question: Is College Worth It? | Fox Business
So I have been thinking about this alot lately. I have been living in Brazil the past year I will most likely be stuck here for a little longer. The reason for that is because my wife is Brazilian and it will take about another year for her to be able to receive her permanant residence in the US. I still need to start and finish college. Brazil has tons of opportunities for me to as far as a job. And it's not some little miminium wage paying job. Many people have told me that I could work my way up in a multi-national company in just a couple years without any college degree because of my language skills. So I'm a little torn between if I should just stay here in Brazil and work my way up or come back to the US in a year and start college and waste tons of money. I would like some advice as to what I should do. I would really appreciate your thoughts and comments.
The Trillion Dollar Question: Is College Worth It? | Fox Business
So I have been thinking about this alot lately. I have been living in Brazil the past year I will most likely be stuck here for a little longer. The reason for that is because my wife is Brazilian and it will take about another year for her to be able to receive her permanant residence in the US. I still need to start and finish college. Brazil has tons of opportunities for me to as far as a job. And it's not some little miminium wage paying job. Many people have told me that I could work my way up in a multi-national company in just a couple years without any college degree because of my language skills. So I'm a little torn between if I should just stay here in Brazil and work my way up or come back to the US in a year and start college and waste tons of money. I would like some advice as to what I should do. I would really appreciate your thoughts and comments.
The Trillion Dollar Question: Is College Worth It? | Fox Business
So I have been thinking about this alot lately. I have been living in Brazil the past year I will most likely be stuck here for a little longer. The reason for that is because my wife is Brazilian and it will take about another year for her to be able to receive her permanant residence in the US. I still need to start and finish college. Brazil has tons of opportunities for me to as far as a job. And it's not some little miminium wage paying job. Many people have told me that I could work my way up in a multi-national company in just a couple years without any college degree because of my language skills. So I'm a little torn between if I should just stay here in Brazil and work my way up or come back to the US in a year and start college and waste tons of money. I would like some advice as to what I should do. I would really appreciate your thoughts and comments.
The Trillion Dollar Question: Is College Worth It? | Fox Business
So I have been thinking about this alot lately. I have been living in Brazil the past year I will most likely be stuck here for a little longer. The reason for that is because my wife is Brazilian and it will take about another year for her to be able to receive her permanant residence in the US. I still need to start and finish college. Brazil has tons of opportunities for me to as far as a job. And it's not some little miminium wage paying job. Many people have told me that I could work my way up in a multi-national company in just a couple years without any college degree because of my language skills. So I'm a little torn between if I should just stay here in Brazil and work my way up or come back to the US in a year and start college and waste tons of money. I would like some advice as to what I should do. I would really appreciate your thoughts and comments.
What do you want to do for a living?
College for what? What I mean to ask is, what's your goal career?
I was really thinking about going into med school and becoming a pharmacist. I don't want to go into business. I also love computers and so I also thought about computer programming.
You don't have to make that decision now. Get a good job and see what happens.
If your wifey's family is in Brazil, one thing I can tell you is that, in most instances, she will enjoy staying there -- and her family will be an absolute Godsend when/if you have a family.
But again. You don't have to make that decision. Get a job.
And you can start in Brazil. I'm sure there are university courses somewhere in Brazil that will transfer to the US, there are online courses that you can do that will transfer credits, etc.
Knock back some pingas and get out and protest the corruption, including in Copa do Mundo, Brasil 2014.
If you're up in the air about what you want to do, don't go to school just yet. Get that job. Work a couple years. Changes your perspective. Just make sure you get college done BEFORE you have kids.
Copy that! God how I miss my family there, also by marriage. Plus walking barefoot on Copacabana on Christmas day, which I've done, helped me cope with no snow on Xmas.
I'm not really understanding you there. Are you yourself Brazilian or your spouse?
You know that is a really good idea. The real question there is if what I want to do has a university that will let me transfer my credits.
Nah to be honest I'm to scared to go to this protests. They get out of control most of the time. Especially the ones here in Rio. But Brazil really is filled with tons of corruption that in my opinion surpasses the United States.
Married um Brasilieira. I'm your basic Seattle-born white guy.But I make better beans than they do.
Very nice! Is she from Rio? That's pretty funny that you can pull off better beans than them. They eat them everyday(which I am so sick of). My wife thinks that I make better rice than most people. Crying shame that my family in the states still makes the crappy 5 min. rice.
I was really thinking about going into med school and becoming a pharmacist. I don't want to go into business. I also love computers and so I also thought about computer programming.
Very nice! Is she from Rio? That's pretty funny that you can pull off better beans than them. They eat them everyday(which I am so sick of). My wife thinks that I make better rice than most people. Crying shame that my family in the states still makes the crappy 5 min. rice.
Very nice! Is she from Rio? That's pretty funny that you can pull off better beans than them. They eat them everyday(which I am so sick of). My wife thinks that I make better rice than most people. Crying shame that my family in the states still makes the crappy 5 min. rice.
Do they not have colleges in Brazil? Couldn't you start your college career in Brazil? Why aren't you working or going to school right now?
Where do you want to end up raising your family (at least for the first decade), the US or Brazil? If Brazil, go to pharmacy college there. If the US, go to pharmacy training here. Same with any other medical field. I strongly suggest keeping the programming as a hobby. In any event you don't need college for programming - that particular field is all about what you can demonstrate, what you can do and not what classes you've taken. If you're dead set on it - start doing it now and on your own. The web is littered with teaching sites and forums for newbie programmers.
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