Frankly I am the opposite of everybody.
Both father and mother have higher degrees education but I do not
When school got too easy, I got bored and dropped.
Been hustling and doing a bunch of things all my life.
But thanks to the inspirational tales of this thread, I will strive to do and be greater
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Both father and mother have higher degrees education but I do not
When school got too easy, I got bored and dropped.
Been hustling and doing a bunch of things all my life.
But thanks to the inspirational tales of this thread, I will strive to do and be greater
My dude, just go to dental school. There aren't nearly enough dentists in the US, let alone black dentists. Baby boomer dentists gonna be retiring like crazy and over the next 15 years there's about to be a shortage like you wouldn't believe (less than 58 dental schools in the country). Why not sacrifice the extra 2 yrs. of school and instead of pulling down 40-80K doing cleanings, pull 120-250K hiring somebody else to? I know cats out here doing general dentistry making half-a-million working 4 days a week. I don't need to know anything else after that. Me and my wife graduate dental school in May. Please believe most of my homies from undergrad (shoutout to Tennessee State University) could do this if they wanted but probably think it's too hard or too much of a time constraint.
Both father and mother have higher degrees education but I do not
When school got too easy, I got bored and dropped.
Been hustling and doing a bunch of things all my life.
But thanks to the inspirational tales of this thread, I will strive to do and be greater
but wouldn't give a shit. Find something you love to do, and do that shit better then anyone else. Money is needed but how much, is determined by you (and your kids if you got any and they mama . All jokes aside it's never too late just do you!!! now I make significantly more than all of my peers and family members who do have college degrees. I've never smiled so much at high gas prices 
now I make
Props to everybody here on doing great things
Not gonna brag too much about me
but i will say this
1. Show up on time with clean appearance.
2. Market yourself
3. Pay attention at company meetings, questions.
4. Learn to write and speak
5. solve the tough problems
6. Don't be faithful to any company
7. Always have a side hustle where you are the decision maker.
8. Remember not too many of us around, you represent a entire race even though its not fair
. So any of you millionaires out there need a house built I'm available. 
Ok I'm real late to this post. So here goes.
I was always drawing and painting from day 1 on this earth. I would be drawing cars, houses, people all day in school until my junior year in high school when I was introduced to CAD (CAD 11). From that day on I was interested in Architecture and wanted to pursue it. However, I was sidetracked when a counselor steered me towards Engineering.
Long story short I failed miserably in Junior College and ended up spending 4 years in the retail business. THAT WAS WAKE UP CALL.
I then went back to Junior College finished up an Associates in Science then transfer to Pratt Institute where I got a Professional in Architecture Degree (5 year Degree in 4 years). I the went on to work for 10 years in Brooklyn for a non profit rehabbing Brownstones, designing hospices for people with HIV, the Bronx River Watershed study, Cypress Hills Community school etc.
For the last Five I have been working in the Private sector (The last project I was Project Manager on was a 2.2 Million dollar 11 building project in Syracuse that's under construction)
I recently become a victim of the bad economy
I did 20 years in the army as an Avionics Mechanic (35K, 68N, 15N) and retired. Now I receive a check in the mail every month.
Received my AS in Computer while in the service.
Now I work for the Department of Army as an Equipment Specialist in Avionics. I help soldier work on aircraft avionics systems.
With my salary as a GS-13 (for those who work for the Govern know what that is) and my retirement check I bring in the 6 figures every year.
I have my own house, two cars and single liven the good life.
Some ideas:
Telecom services include construction drawings etc... check out General Dynamics, Bechtel in their telecom division (website).
Alternative Energy is getting bigger.
Download the bailout bill and scan through it. There are a lot of goodies for companies.
e.g. Wind farms need construction drawings etc....
Register yourself as a company, setup part of your apt/home as an office and expense the square footage to the business (takes off something off your rent/mortgage).
Do some research into alternative energy, that field is really going to kick off.
Look at things like natural gas pipeline layouts, windmill structures, energy efficient modification of existing buildings including schools etc......
Think out of the box.
if it means doing a short course on environment etc... do that.
Go to your municipality and find out how you could provide your expertise to their zoning board for any construction project from telecom towers to renovations & new construction.
Just a couple of ideas off the top of my head.
Good luck Bro, you'll make it..........just think outside the box to use your transferable skills across industries.
