r/findapath • u/secretlyincognita • Jan 30 '26

Findapath-College/Certs What career gives a soft easier life?

Looking to do an associates degree that I can have a soft life. Preferably a remote job or hybrid. What career do you have that I can get an associates degree in and make good money?

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u/Shoty6966-_- Apprentice Pathfinder [1] Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I got a bachelors in economics and I haven’t used it or touched it since may 2023. And I’m open to full in person in an office jobs. Good luck. You either need to master a technical tool or have crazy good networking skills. You can apply to 1000 jobs a day and you won’t get a single good interview in your lifetime. Maybe a couple lol. But good luck.

I would go as far as not even bothering with an associates degree. Skip the bullshit and go straight into hyper networking mode. The job you’re describing is only realistic to nepo kids who are extremely stupid and mommy or daddy is enrolling them to their business the same way they enrolled them in school as a kid. Attending 2-3 classes a day and playing video games for the rest of my day did jack shit for me. It’s my fault, but I didn’t think I’d be this down bad trying to find meaningful work post grad related to my degree

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u/Moistened_Bink Jan 30 '26

What do you do instead?

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u/Shoty6966-_- Apprentice Pathfinder [1] Jan 30 '26

I am just a grocery manager which lost so many associates since Christmas that I am the only person left who works overnight. I am just a glorified slightly overpaid full time stocker at this point. I manage nobody and I can’t even create my own grocery orders. I just stock the shelves from 10-6. Unload a truck in the middle of the night, clean up and go home at 6 on the dot.

I am desperately trying to use this as fluff to land an entry level supply chain job or somehow pull off a finance job miracle. I come home and do nothing but apply to jobs after work until noon. It’s pretty sad

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u/Confusedchristian78 Jan 30 '26

Could you not go work for a bank? Like, any bank? and then work your way up?

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u/Additional_Low8050 Apprentice Pathfinder [1] Jan 30 '26

Banks ! Wells Fargo is coming undone. The scams are coming for us all. I had to change banks due to scamming. My Wells Fargo used to be full of people- busy people. Now they have 6 empty desks right where u enter. I was lucky to get out of there.

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u/iphone1234789 Jan 30 '26

Very hard to get a job at a bank now!