Just sold my car lot for 800k - Need a new job - What now?

A mobile business grooming dogs, going to peoples houses and flats but you clean the dog outside in the van/marquee.

I don't think any of us can answer this for you - any one of the career paths you mention could be right for you but wrong for someone else.

Go apply to a class 1 railroad, they will take any warm bodies and you may last long enough to have some pension before you're replaced by a robot.

If you're serious about catering to runners/athletes, a performance studio would be pretty sweet. High speed camera for form analysis, performance treadmill, Vo2 tests, high-altitude training, etc. You can always resell the equipment if it doesn't pan out, but runners pay big money for this.

I know a successful form 'guru' who charges nearly 500 bucks for a half-day training/form analysis, and honestly... he's a bit quacky (full born to run believer, preaches 180 spm to be the ONLY way to run, etc) but hey, people eat that stuff up these days.

Steve Austin wrote:

Go apply to a class 1 railroad, they will take any warm bodies and you may last long enough to have some pension before you're replaced by a robot.

Are you kidding me? This is the worst advice on the thread.

A large majority of railroaders are furloughed right now, have been for months and will be for months. These are guys with seniority too. And yeah corona hurt the industry, but this has been going on well before and will go on well after. No one is working. Terrible industry to get into right now and in the forseeable future.

Software developer.

Hands down - especially if you had a bit of math/technical acumen in Uni.

You’ll be trained up in a year and within 5 years will be on 100k+. Work for 15 years and with your high income and 900k you already have in the bank you’ll be golden.

Look at any job board - it’s overflowing with developer need - so many jobs right now for few developers. If you’re halfway competent and have a personality you are set.

It would certainly be best to go back to school or get some training and try to wait out the pandemic. In this job market, people are not looking to hire people with no experience who have recently cashed out of their business. They want people with experience who are starving for work.

It may sound corny, but those career counselors and the tests they use are actually pretty helpful. My wife went through a big job transition and found a career that she really liked after taking a test and working with a career counselor. There are all sorts of lesser known careers out there that have a lot of generational turnover and need new people. There is a big shortage on people who can work at water treatment plants. Some of the work requires a four year degree, but others just need some technical school.

Data science perhaps?

Pimp

Wow that does sound promising. Actually I got this idea as a friend of a friend who had zero technical expertise went to an 8 month intensive software developer program and 3 years in he is making 120k. He started at 60 then jumped to 90 in his second year and now on 120k (plus I think some really nice benefits). Seems to be the #1 industry by far for opportunity now and in the future.

hedgeout wrote:

Software developer.

Hands down - especially if you had a bit of math/technical acumen in Uni.

You’ll be trained up in a year and within 5 years will be on 100k+. Work for 15 years and with your high income and 900k you already have in the bank you’ll be golden.

Look at any job board - it’s overflowing with developer need - so many jobs right now for few developers. If you’re halfway competent and have a personality you are set.

Well, since you’re a professional liar, politics seems a natural transgression.

Only cops, politicians, and clergy fall below used car sales vermin.

Car park attendant sounds like the right fit.

A dentist

Based on your previous work history you would hate it. You need to be pretty introverted to like software development. It will also be very hard at your age to get hired with no experience once you have a degree.

But since this isn’t a real post, go for it. If David can pretend to be in high school you can pretend to be a used car salesman turned developer.

Nearly a million dollars and looking for a job? Are you not clear on the concept of being rich?

Bad Wigins wrote:

Nearly a million dollars and looking for a job? Are you not clear on the concept of being rich?

"Nearly a million dollars" + no job = a million miles away from rich.

knox harrington wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Nearly a million dollars and looking for a job? Are you not clear on the concept of being rich?

"Nearly a million dollars" + no job = a million miles away from rich.

Maybe not rich, but a single 42 year old could make that money last a long time.

I'm not single - I have a 3 year old (and a wife)

Rainy Day wrote:

Maybe not rich, but a single 42 year old could make that money last a long time.

I'm actually fairly introverted. My friends call me a "fake extrovert" because I can fake being social but it's pretty draining for me. Thus looking to get out of sales (hate it!)

gremlin green wrote:

Based on your previous work history you would hate it. You need to be pretty introverted to like software development. It will also be very hard at your age to get hired with no experience once you have a degree.

But since this isn’t a real post, go for it. If David can pretend to be in high school you can pretend to be a used car salesman turned developer.

Hah, yeah well we have that reputation I suppose. Part of the reason for getting out of the biz

Yusef Scumm wrote:

Well, since you’re a professional liar, politics seems a natural transgression.

Only cops, politicians, and clergy fall below used car sales vermin.