If you're working with a diploma or a GED, get some college or vocational training. NHTI, etc. Welding, machining, woodworking, something of that sort. A couple years of community college is a great way to answer the question, or at least formulate an idea of an answer, of "what do I want to do?" The plus of being a college student is that you're in a great situation to pick up part-time jobs, like, as a part-timer at a gun store or as an instructor/RSO or moonlighting at another job. Plus, the environment of community college is basically that everyone wants to self-improve.
2. That's tough I really havent narrowed it down to a specific part of the business. I want to do something more than retail, so no cash register at shooters but beyond that I'm just not sure. Anything from assembling parts to working a gig at the firing line perhaps?
Spend some time thinking about this because its your life. You don't want to be miserable ringing out M*ssholes at Shooter's or KTP who bitch about having to show their IDs.
3. I would say my more valuable skills would just be that I am pretty old school of thought with work ethic. I'm good with writing and fairly well versed in the English language. I also tend to learn things very quickly my memory is somehow very sharp. I have not spent my life working with my hands. That was just never part of my life growing up and so on. I would not consider myself mechanically inclined.
Anything involving writing is either going to take a shitload of natural skill or a minimum of a Bachelor's, if not something higher. I've literally spent the last three years in law school learning how to improve my writing and my first job after law school is going to be a crash course in... more writing.
4. Man. In 20 years I would like to work for myself. And although I would want to do things such as assembly and such, I always pictured opening up an FFL eventually to sell firearms and perhaps provide another key service.
Hmmm. Weird answering those questions but that's what I got.
If you want to work for yourself, you need cash. Meaning, you'll need to be pulling in enough money to secure a loan or open up using your own money. You also want to have some talent that separates you from everyone else. In other words, develop a skill.
I realize these are all generalizations, but I'm of the philosophy that people need to find their own paths. Some people are happy being 40 and in a frozen trench. Me? Nope. You have to find what you want to do.
You need to reach out to Q. They're a small NH company most known for their rifles Honey Badger and The Fix. The latter is a bolt-action rifle that is assembled by the engineers who designed it. They were struggling to keep up with demand, the page at one time displaying 360ish-day countdown timer for backorder. They offered the alternative of coming to their facility and building your own alongside the engineers, right up to the serial number. One online customer review said he came for a customer build and ended the day playing Goldeneye at the founder's house.
They're solid, smart, small, and would be more likely to offer some personal advice even if not having a position for you.
Yeah, while SIG is the big boy in NH, NH is home to a lot of small places like Q and small time manufacturers and machinists. Think small, think local. Never hurts to send an email or write a letter.
