<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am an undergraduate student at a community college and I will be transferring to the University of Illinois next semester for Psychology and Communications. I am now trying to determine my future career and path. I really do want a lot of money (because I really enjoy travelling and nice houses), so for a long time my plan has been to go into Marketing (recently I have been considering Management Consulting) because I want to be able to utilize my intelligence, charisma, and problem-solving ability, and I have no doubt that I would be able to become an executive or something of that sort down the road. However, the more I think about it the more I do not want to spend an enormous span of my life working hellacious hours inside offices. I do not mind working long hours at all, but I would like to be doing something a little more active than Management Consulting or Marketing, something a little more outdoorsy. The alternative in my mind is to go into one of the careers until I have made an enormous amount of money, start my own firm as a low-intensity thing, and go about my life with my future family, travelling all the while.</p>
<p>Any ideas? If you need more to go on, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks!</p>
<p>What you would like to do is what almost everyone would like to do… It’s pretty darn tough.
As far as outdoors careers that pay big $, I am not aware of any. There are too many outdoors freaks who will work for dirtbag wages just so they can live that lifestyle. Too much supply, not enough demand.
Consulting “can” pay big $, but it is very stressful and the hours are brutal.
Despite what folks on this website tend to think, it’s not easy to make a bag of $. Just look at the distribution of wages and figure out where you fit into the spread; are you a top 5% or top 0.5%. The top 5% person will be making 100k after 5 years. (of course there are exceptions to this, but the majority of people would be in that range) The top 0.5% person may be making $300k after 5 years, but they will earn it with hard work. Remember that the vast majority of new businesses fail in the first 5 years.</p>
<p>This might not be quite what you’re looking for, but what is an option if you love to travel, you could work on a cruise ship for a bit acting as a recreations manager/planner for customers. I don’t know the requirements for that type of job, but if you are interesting in consulting/management/marketing, this could be an option to pursue your goal of networking and marketing the program all the while traveling the world.</p>