What are some realistic career goals?

A bit too general. It depends on what they like and are good at, and maybe what kind of subjects they learn at high school.

@Mimishu1995 Just list a couple of careers.

If you have the math skills, you could get into a trade without a degree. Electrician, Plumber, Machinist…. all pay well and none require college.

Locksmith, roofer, lawn-care, building fences, babysitter.

Shit.. With just high school I worked at a movie theater as a projectionist, in a wafer fab making computer chips, as a janitor at a tv station, in a place that developed film all night, as a random nerd fixing XP, building fences in peoples backyards….

There is tons of shit you could be doing. It has been years of this. Might be time to just accept that you will ask about what you could be doing and never put any effort into actually doing it. I’m actually pretty sincere when I say this. Give up. Accept that you are probably going to be doing what you are doing now in ten years. Embrace it.

But if you do want to actually try to move forward take some online classes or something for college credit to at least move forward. You can do them from your residence.

You might want to start by deciding what kind of work you want to do.

With factory work you can make great money and move up to be in the Quality Dept. or a Supervisor position. Many factories will also pay for your college too.

Are you interested in a list of jobs that currently have more potential than others? Or are you interested how to go about setting realistic career goals? The two are very different.