broke/ unemployed and out of options so i signed up for the military.

Seems like a waste for you to head off to Afghanistan given your qualifications - though you seem to be thinking that just cause you have a degree from a top 20 institution that the world owes you a living.

Anyway, there a lot of jobs you could do without joining the military. This seems so extreme that as someone else said, is more like a cry for help. Just be a labourer or something. You never know what opportunities arise, and it's better to be looking for work, while employed, than looking for work whilst unemployed.

Based in Asia, another option would be teaching English out here. Sure, it's a shit job with relatively low wages, but you can see a bit of the world and you can shag lots of fit birds while you're here, at least until the end of the downturn.

Should you go to Afghanistan and have your legs blown off or something, things will be even harder for you.
 
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retaildaytrader sounds like he knows what he is talking about. Sounds like hes been through it. Listen to what he says.
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LOL now that's funny.
 
Go special forces, navy seals, green berets, etc. Get out after you see some action and seek employment with companies the likes of one formerly known as Black Water inc. I read they pay well and with your degree in finance/economics you will be an asset above and beyond the entry level requirements.

That's my advice. Never mind that it is wholly grounded in fantasy than experience, but you are young and you have a good head on your shoulders. You can do it!
 
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You might have something, except I suspect you have never lived in Asia for any length of a time and completely unaware of their racist, xenophobic stance against outsiders. Asian families will never accept you, society will never accept you, learning the language will be Hell on earth.
Most people living in Asia as expats are either of Asian descent (they still are outsiders) or live in expat community, getting drunk and buggering young boys or girls to ease their alienation and homesickness.
It may be bad here but I would just visit foreign countries first before renouncing your citizenship and have that garage sale....
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It doesn't have to be an Asian country. Canada is another option.
 
I love America, but the Democrats and liberals have destroyed our country and given all our money to large corporations.
 
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ABSOFRICKINLUTELY!!!! THEM BASTARDS DESERVE TO BE SHOT ON SIGHT... LIKE VERMIN..:mad: :mad:
 
You guys are clueless if you really think the military is a last resort job. I know many people here that quit various desirable careers to be medics. Life isn't all about maxing your hourly rate. Been there done that for 7 years. I'd rather have a sgt as my boss instead of a computer screen any day.

But really the deciding factor for me was I didn't want to look back at my life when I'm old and see a lifetime of sitting in front of my monitors clicking buttons for a few bucks.
 
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Hold up Joe. It ain't just Democrats. It was Little George Bush* who started this path of destruction. The Clinton era was good economic times. Don't believe everything you hear on Fox News.

I'm not saying Democrats don't suck; I'm just sayin'.....

(*Of course Little George Bush wasn't a real Republican, but then neither are most of those others.)
 
I remember being at MCRD SD years ago and at night when we would hit the rack recruits would just disappear. I found it hilarious that recruits would just vanish without a sound in the middle of the night. And the poor saps weren't going over the wall. It was all a snatch and grab and discharge operation. :D I'm laughing now thinking about it.

I predict the Mr. Econ Top School Genius doesn't survive the snatch and grab op. Let alone Mt. Mutherfuxxer.

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I am not an idiot.. I have a degree with honors in Economics from a top 20 school and passed the CFA level 1 exam June 09.

9 months unemployed and i give up. i'm 25 years old and I've never earned more than $15.50/hr and I've never had more than $2500 to my name. I have more than 40k in student debt.

the biggest red flag on my resume is that i quit my last job because i could not stand working in back office operations $15.5/hr in a dead end job working with morons.. today i would take it :) i regret quiting now. its just upsetting that i have resorted to working as a server at a chain restaurant.

i'm hoping the military can bring some humility back to my life, my plan is to safe some money and when i get out.. ill join a prop firm. i'm thinking i might get sympathy from grad schools like Wharton or HBS..

3 years ago i supported Ron Paul and rallied against the foreign policy of the untied states.. at this im thinking, if you cant beat them, join em.
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