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TomatoPatatoWado

Cant decide what career to pursue

Hi all! I wanna thank everone for reading all this in advance, its a lot. ive been a dental assistant five years now, make garbage money 25/hr in SoCal even though i had to go school for a year, have a bunch of certs and have to do CE to maintain a liscence. I tried surg tech and it went great at clinicals, but they didnt hire me, and after 6 months of not finding a job i just gave up after going back to western dental. Its been a year since ive been in the OR so please dont suggest going back to that, i dont want to deal with everything involved with getting back into it, (months of studying, as ive forgotten most everything, the awkwardness of sterility that i cant really practice properly without being in the OR or class setting, and getting my nbstsa liscence. Plus i went to school in az at a school with a horrible reputation. Brookline :( just too much uncertainty to deal with in my opinion. I wanted to go to truck driving school as i love the idea of being alone most the day. i hate people even though im really good at talking and get mistaken as a social butterfly. Also i just drove 13 hours without feeling to tired yesterday, i was a traveling oral surgery assisting and drove thousands of miles a month so seemed like a no brainer, but they all either end class when im still at work or are too far away for me to commute there on time. So now im just looking to do anything that makes ok money and i can get lots of OT. I usually only get 32 hours at my job so id take home more at 20 doin something else. I need the class to be eving or night i work tue-sat. Thanks to all who comment, look forward to reading :)

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 6:59 PM UTC

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