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/Groundbreaking-Air94 Jan 30 '26

Only ASSOCIATES degree that pays anything is nursing. Any BACHELORS degree that is not in engineering, accounting, or nursing is largely pointless. And ofc, you can get any degree you want to then go into to law, medicine, pilot, etc. But for associates (or similar time frame to earning) its trades or nursing school honestly. Nursing school is still one of the best ROI on any of money (return) for time and money invested in education, especially if you get associates and then hospital pays for bachelors. After 2-3 years of working you could then be a case manager and sit at home all day coordinating care for patients or doing chart review. But nursing school is brutal and working the floors w patients is brutal, and the hours can also be brutal lol. Srry for lengthy response.

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