hey guys my names jewel and im 15and i kno wat i wanna do when im older...start my own scuba diving charter in greece (maybe even sumthnig with livaboats)...anywaays i was wondering if any of u hav ever done anything lik ethis b4..hav u ever taken a chance by moving to a foreign country and start a business without getting an education (university +)...cuz i kno i wanna scuba dive the rest of my life.if u kno anyone or if u are sum1 thats done sumthing like this..please tell me ,...did u suceed, etc? is it worth it?
anyone ever start a scuba diving business?
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One option: Go to college. Get a business degree.
Another option: Get certified up to instructor. Learn to work on diesel engines. Get your captains license. Work on a liveabord for awhile and learn from doing it. Save your $$$$ then make the move.
Good luck,
TwoBit
Another option: Get certified up to instructor. Learn to work on diesel engines. Get your captains license. Work on a liveabord for awhile and learn from doing it. Save your $$$$ then make the move.
Good luck,
TwoBit
Afraid_of_Fish
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Yeah, without a college degree you don't have much luck. Also, experience is the best teacher, you should work on/around liveaboards for awhile.
Good luck!
Good luck!
I think you've asked a very similar question here before...in case you've lost the thread in the numerous ones posted since then, here's the link for you
I beg to differ about a degree. It cost me a whole lot of money, a whole lot of time, and its done very little for me except make me wish I had gone to a tech school instead. If you choose a college to attend make sure its one that provides hands on, real life experience and interns for the duration of your stuides otherwise your doing nothing but learning theory.
To own a business, I feel you need to understand marketing, finance, writing a business plan, human resources, along with the market the business is in.
You can learn this in college.
TwoBit
You can learn this in college.
TwoBit
jewelrox1:
A few thoughts, 1) First do not write like you are IM'ing your 15 year old friends. Sorry, that bugs me. Many on this forum do not speak English as their primary language and that "cute internet stuff" just causes communication problems.
2) Before you can even consider starting a business in Greece or any other country you need to find out if you can work in that country. What rules and regulations does Greece have regarding non-citizens operating a business and what the scuba charter laws are there?
3) Have you ever run your own business? Yes, even at 15, kids run their own businesses. Car washing or lawn cutting or newspaper routes that require schedules and maybe inventory and possibly payroll are a great education.
4) 15 and YOU KNOW that this is what you want to do for the rest of your life? How many dives and in what conditions have you dove? What are your plans if you take a bad DCS hit and the doctors tell you no more diving?
Please enjoy youth, grow up slowly. Taxes and car payments suck. Get as much experience and "education", not always from a school, as you can.
CBulla:
Collin, I disagree with you in some aspects. Theory is what makes things work. I work in TV production, when I started in the business we only knew analog, now we have gone thru analog to a digital format and on to high definition. The theory is still the same. The equipment has changed but the engineering concepts are the same.
I knew a technician who made himself obsolete because he learned how one piece of gear worked. When that item was replaced he was lost he didn't know the theory, he just knew how to do task A not why he actually hit certain buttons.
Oh god, I'm sounding like one of my non-teacher teachers...
