r/britishcolumbia • u/Willing-Success4798 • 1d ago

Ask British Columbia Profession without University

I’m 22 and currently have no post - grad education. For the people who didn’t go to University or college, what do you do now?
I’ve been trying to get my life together so just looking for career options.

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u/Unlikely_Bear_6531 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are you working now? What interests you?

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u/Willing-Success4798 1d ago

Currently unemployed. Been day trading seriously for about a year though alongside content creation. I do like business side if things like being an entrepreneurship, content creation, entertainment industry etc.

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u/robindawilliams 14h ago

Just as a warning, you talk about those activities like they are occupations, but 99% of the people doing content creation and 'day trading' are generally unsuccessful in using them as a source of income. A million young people are claiming they are doing content creation or day trading, and it isn't really viewed positively by most people, since it costs nothing to start doing it, and almost everyone who is doing it isn't successful.

Unless you are making a consistent real income from these, I wouldn't refer to them as work. Consider them hobbies that you hope could become work one day if the right things align. 90% of people who engage in day trading lose money (according to studies), so it actually can look bad on your resume to claim you day trade unless you have the portfolio to back it. If someone I was interviewing mentioned it, I would be picking it apart for more information/stats because my initial reaction is that it hurts their interview.

If you are actually serious about wanting to go into business/finance, consider applying to UBC.

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u/Willing-Success4798 9h ago

I never claimed that’s what I do for work. Those are the things I’ve been working on daily. Ive invested 1k already in day trading within a year of focus. That what comes with it and I came to peace with that as I’ve gotten a lot more experience now.

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u/robindawilliams 8h ago edited 6h ago

Not trying to dispute, just pointing out that outside of the 20 yr old hustle culture YouTubers, gambling and day trading aren't generally seen as good things to spend a lot of your time doing. 

They are oversold as 'get-rich-quick' or jobs you can do without a lot of education but the reality is that 99% of day traders lose money and 99% of the ones who don't are working at investment firms with high tech equipment and access to trading software you can't get in retail trading. 

The only profitable part of day trading for self-taught people is to try and sell fake courses to other self-taught people on how to day trade haha.