My friend, I commend you on your goal. We absolutely need more lawyers who know the weight of their responsibilities and the damage they can cause and the good they can accomplish.
However, at the risk of possibly giving the wrong answer, I will have to admit I don’t know what you should study or how you could provide for your family.
Whenever I didn’t know an answer, I would read about different paths people took, see where they ended up, and then create my own path based around what others had done before me, but never copying.
However, if you’d like, I will gladly look for potential answers with you if you need help building your path.
Mathematics then actuarial. Or do what I did and complete petroleum and natural gas engineering, work in the industry for two years, then take actuarial exams after COVID makes companies shitcan you and thousands of others, and then actuarial.
Seriously though I am now working as an actuarial analyst in an excess and surplus insurance company and I love it. It gives you a good challenge because it’s not mindless dumb work. At smaller companies where the actuarial team is about 10 people you’ll be regularly communicating with the heads of underwriting departments and even a little bit of the ceo and owner of the company. And I work from 9 am to 5 pm with plenty of time to spare to fix up my motorcycle throughout after work. Something I couldn’t do working 100+ hours in the oilfield. The only time it sucks is when your studying for exams, 300 hours of studying per exam but the company will pay for all your materials and give you 120 hours off to study. If you fail? You will fail exams and they’ll continue to pay you and usually still give you another 120 hours to study for the second try and 60 hours for the third. So yeah it’s pretty sweet.
I should also mention that you will share a lot of job traits as a data scientist, and working on insurance… there’s so many jobs out there for actuaries, just gotta get your foot in the door. Oh and it pays well too, check out dw Simpson salary estimates.
Just stay away from the social sciences (sociology, political science, cultural anthropology, psychology, etc.) and you'll be fine, but I agree with the advice above, find a hard science or STEM type of field.
Engineering.
Robotics
Geology (yes, really)
Law
Or drop out, become a welder/plumber/electrician and start making money
My friend, I commend you on your goal. We absolutely need more lawyers who know the weight of their responsibilities and the damage they can cause and the good they can accomplish.
However, at the risk of possibly giving the wrong answer, I will have to admit I don’t know what you should study or how you could provide for your family.
Whenever I didn’t know an answer, I would read about different paths people took, see where they ended up, and then create my own path based around what others had done before me, but never copying.
However, if you’d like, I will gladly look for potential answers with you if you need help building your path.
the moment that college is free, learning a trade skill should be priority #1.
Mathematics then actuarial. Or do what I did and complete petroleum and natural gas engineering, work in the industry for two years, then take actuarial exams after COVID makes companies shitcan you and thousands of others, and then actuarial.
Seriously though I am now working as an actuarial analyst in an excess and surplus insurance company and I love it. It gives you a good challenge because it’s not mindless dumb work. At smaller companies where the actuarial team is about 10 people you’ll be regularly communicating with the heads of underwriting departments and even a little bit of the ceo and owner of the company. And I work from 9 am to 5 pm with plenty of time to spare to fix up my motorcycle throughout after work. Something I couldn’t do working 100+ hours in the oilfield. The only time it sucks is when your studying for exams, 300 hours of studying per exam but the company will pay for all your materials and give you 120 hours off to study. If you fail? You will fail exams and they’ll continue to pay you and usually still give you another 120 hours to study for the second try and 60 hours for the third. So yeah it’s pretty sweet.
I should also mention that you will share a lot of job traits as a data scientist, and working on insurance… there’s so many jobs out there for actuaries, just gotta get your foot in the door. Oh and it pays well too, check out dw Simpson salary estimates.
Trade Skills.
software, cyber security, data science, nursing
Just stay away from the social sciences (sociology, political science, cultural anthropology, psychology, etc.) and you'll be fine, but I agree with the advice above, find a hard science or STEM type of field.