Is it being a McDonald's manager right after graduating college? Working for McKinsey for a couple of years and leading the operations team at some client? What do you imagine being the fastest way to be in charge of the largest number of people as possible, regardless of pay, exit opps, prestige, etc.?
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Not sure why you got shit on, was going to say the same thing. Become an officer and you start leading people almost immediately.
I concur. A First Lieutenant is in charge of of company sized units (110-140) and typically have 18-24 months experience. Although, I'm not sure how much of the figures listed on that site are legit and how much of it is an army sales pitch. They haven't changed a word on that page since I looked into a military career when I was 16.
http://www.goarmy.com/about/ranks-and-insignia.html
@5ways2doit: You can not commission without a degree. You're thinking NCO, I think.
It really depends on the type of unit, but from what I know I'd say 110-140 is on the high side.
Vladmir Putin's career path
coup
organize a fanclub outing
Or you can start your own business. Maybe a restaurant or gas station or something.
Easily some sort of construction management job - right out of college you will be handling a crew of at least 10+ workers.
Not a lot of prestige, but surprisingly decent pay and great hours. Plus you're outside.
I did this right out of school, and its the obvious answer.
I had 5 direct reports on my first day on the site, as well as the ability to call in ~ 15 more as needed. By the time I left the industry after 2.5 years, my crew size was ~ 50. I was 24.
Pay is decent, not great. Lifestyle is shit. Hours are shit. Being outside is shit (it is rarely comfortable. Its either cold, hot or raining 90% of the time). Your coworkers can either be the coolest people in the world, or scum. YMMV, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Psh, being outside was shit only because you weren't in San Diego, everyone should work construction in San Diego.
...oh wait
Religious preacher. "Sow your seed for $1000"
YMCA summer camp counselor -- you can do it at 16
Go to the Navy, after 3 years you can become a officer(even without a degree). Their are allot more leadership roles early on within the navy.
Huh? You might qualify for certain programs (apply for Anapolis, OCS, etc.), but you sure as hell won't be direct commissioned unless you enlisted as an MD or something crazy like that.
You can Google the navy's enlisted to officer program. A good friend of mine joined the Navy at 17 and is a commissioned officer at 23 years old, no college degree.
The OP didn't say anything about not going to college.
Start a cult
Very California of you
Start out in a career that earns 6 figures out of school. Save + invest your cash until you're in your 30s. By then you should be a millionaire with good credit standing.
Take your savings and take a loan to buy out a company. Go out to Asia to take advantage of thecurrency/wage gap.
Funny how this is a forum catered towards career path around M&A, yet no one has even brought this up. IB really cripples your entrepreneurial spirit it seems. Everyone is just a monkey.
Pyramid Scheme
Since you didn't define lead or career, I'd say any kind of volunteering you set up would count. Do a reoccurring beach cleanup, that can get you to lead hundreds and there's no real age requirement. Tour guides also lead a lot of people- though not reoccurring.
For a play on words, just become famous. Billie E has 38.8m followers on Instagram alone and I think she's only 17. That's more than a lot of countries
Drug lord or Youtube star
Quick question:
Why do you wanna lead a bunch of ppl? You know how much grief and stress that gonna cause you?
If you have an engineering degree, join an Operations Management Development Program at a big manufacturing company. You'll be leading a team of 40 right off the bat. And if you're really good, you can become a plant director/manager leading a team of 450+ in 6 years.
Problem is that most of those operations management programs are raising the entry requirement to MBA or MEng now
Obviously go to home depot with a pickup truck, pick up some day laborers, and tell them what to do.
A pyramid scheme or cult
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