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Old 07-16-2019, 10:11 AM
 
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OP take this advice! CA has gorgeous mountains with palm trees at the base of many of them. In reality, you should remain where you are until you have made changes that will help you thrive and survive in CO. You do know that having a Bachelors Degree in one area doesn't mean you must work IN that area?? I certainly would not let that stop me. You really sound like you are not ready to make such a move at this time. Good luck to you!
It’s suspicious that you guys are trying to get me to move to CA. Why do you even want me to go to CA when it’s, overall, more expensive than CO? I know there are cheaper areas in CA but the same can be said for CO. I guess CA may be less competitive and cut throat due to the fact that middle-class to upper-middle class people are fleeing the state and the opposite can be said for CO. Still, I don’t know how rational it is to move to CA. I feel like a cheap area of CO would be far better than a cheap area in CA..
I know I don’t but I’m not ready nor willing to go back to college to get another degree at this time.
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Old 07-16-2019, 10:13 AM
 
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yes ^^^

There are some very viable USA (and even Colorado) places to make a go, get a start, enjoy the region while earning 'pre-career' wages.

Then there are the areas that are NOT friendly to this option. (Seattle, DC metro, and Boston come to mind) Expensive to live, survive... and very aggressive career aspirations (Competition). Even tho you fight hard, you may not win. (or even survive).

I can easily think of (5) CO towns that fit the model. (they are not near Denver, they are not in the 'boonies')
What 5 CO towns fit that model?
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Old 07-16-2019, 10:14 AM
 
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A Colorado boss relocated to No ID (home to WWII US Naval training base / Farragut*) to enjoy his deHavilland Beaver float plane, While in CO he enabled a lot of great High Tech jobs (we had over 12,000 in NoCO alone + Denver, Denver Tech, + COS..., now ALL gone, tho many workers stayed (Now bagging groceries). We were the second highest employer in Colorado (in the glory days of High Tech).

We used a float plane often when living on an island in BC, and in AK for summers.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrag...aining_Station

OP... Please be advised... we ONLY know what you tell us, and we seek to HELP guide you to a successful transition (for you). As one who does hiring... this is Not too encouraging / motivating / showing initiative . As mentioned.. .. we only know very little (what you express here). Not sure I would move this resume to the 'Keeper File" (IMHO).


100% of us did a LOT of things we didn't like to get where we eventually got.

Cleaning 28 bathrooms / night was not great, some were 8 holers.
Being a caregiver for very thankless parents for 32 yrs was per Hxll... but... we all did some 'rock-climbing' in life.
The time to start is yesterday, tomorrow is not guaranteed to arrive. (I lost 3 friends this week, one on a motorcycle to a 'red-light runner' yesterday.) Colorado was brutal, I lost classmates and friends every yr. Plenty in the Big T Flood (1976). Just a few of the battles we have fought.

BTW: We have ALL BTDT
Sorry! I didn’t realize this was a job interview and that you are the gatekeeper who gets to decides who is and isn’t worthy of migrating to the great state of Colorado..
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Old 07-16-2019, 02:19 PM
 
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OP take this advice! CA has gorgeous mountains with palm trees at the base of many of them. In reality, you should remain where you are until you have made changes that will help you thrive and survive in CO. You do know that having a Bachelors Degree in one area doesn't mean you must work IN that area?? I certainly would not let that stop me. You really sound like you are not ready to make such a move at this time. Good luck to you!
This does not look like advice to move to CA or anywhere else. It looks like advice to stay put and acquire what skills you need to make enough money to live somewhere that, at present, you would have trouble competing in. You didn’t say why you consider your degree useless. Many bachelor’s degree holders find work outside their fields of study (I did), because a college degree usually demonstrates ability to think independently and learn, if nothing else.

But you have to be willing to find such work, and it usually also involves on-the-job SELF-training to a large extent. Nobody is going to treat a BA- or BS-holding new hire as someone who needs handholding. (There’s the initiative, or part of it.)

It’s like saving up money to buy something LATER instead of putting it on plastic and hoping you can pay it off.

Are you willing to work two or more jobs? Even in the less expensive CO areas, that is often what people do just to scrape by. There is no place in the state where you can live comfortably on minimum wage unless you don’t pay rent/mortgage, don’t own a car, don’t have expensive habits such as alcohol and drugs, etc etc. CO was not an easy state to move to and earn a living in even when COL was much, much lower.

If it sounds like everyone is saying you have to work hard and make some sacrifices including delaying gratification, yes, that is correct. You are shopping around for a magic bullet that does not exist.

The attitude shown so far does not look like that of someone willing to make much of an effort to get what he wants. Sorry that this will offend you, but there it is.

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Old 07-16-2019, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Does Arkansas have legalized marijuana?
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Old 07-16-2019, 03:28 PM
 
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Does Arkansas have legalized marijuana?
That’s a joke, right?
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Old 07-17-2019, 08:52 AM
 
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Just medical marijuana...so stay in Colorado!
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Old 07-17-2019, 08:57 AM
 
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Just medical marijuana...so stay in Colorado!
OP is in New Hampshire, not CO.
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Old 07-17-2019, 09:08 AM
 
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OP is in New Hampshire, not CO.
Or move to MA. - they have Rec and MMJ just like us.

Then you have the whole East Coast to explore- pretty awesome.
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Old 07-17-2019, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Victory Mansions, Airstrip One
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Colorado is a terrible place to attempt existence on a minimum wage income. Trying to improve your earning power is the best approach, IMO, but short of that I'd cast a much wider net. Here are some ideas...


https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewd.../#49a30f56ba76
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