<prompt> Human: Spent the first 21 years in the biggest daze of my life.Spent the next 6 years living on the islands in the pacific.Just moved back in with my mom a month ago to my finances and life in order, never thought this would be me.I went out on a whim and got a college degree in Russian language its a bachelors from accredited university in the US. 3.3GPAIt cost me 74k 7.65consolidated in Parent Plus loans as of today 1125and 20k 4-7 in personal student loans as of today 1125.In addition to the 94k in student debt, I also have wait for it... 10k in credit card debt interest free until 32018.I had no idea what I was doing in college, i spent the entire time partying if I wasnt in class. Worked as a surfing instructor, bar manager, photographer, event setup staffer for concerts and large ceremonies, did more retail and customer service and tried car sales.I am currently a server assistant at a restaurant, full time, to make ends meet until I find a better job.I initially moved back home to either do a bootcamp or self teach myself software development would love to do fullstack dev but the whole logicnumbers thing is a weak aspect of mine. I also thought about starting in IT, Ive been around computers my whole life, but I think paralegallawyer is something I would like a little better. Im more of a coffee shop code computer guy.I am thinking of taking a year at my community college and getting a paralegal certificate and go legal route to at least establish a decent career and then study software in my free time.Heres more to this issue. My mom is in an abusive relationship and is leaving my step dad. We going to rent out a 1BR apartment and Im going to help her cover rent because she is also in 20k credit card debt and is making ends meet at her job and just lost hours.So Im definitely keeping my head straight, but I just really need some guidance. Been listening to Grant Cardone and Jim Rohn and Earl Nightingale and Napoleon Hill.I thought about going and selling insurance or doing something in finance, but I think my get-rich-mentality is an illusion and I really need to get my chit together because I dont want to be 30 and sleep on my moms couch.Thank you for any help or personal experiences you can write on here. I need it.Assistant: What options are there for you to use your degree? Almost 100k education, surely you can combine it with something you enjoy? Human: -DiplomatPass Foreign Service exam and wait 1yr to see if I can even get in.-Intelligence officerJoin military at 27 and see if I can get into Officer Training school-International Business ConsultantI imagine this is a sales pitch job peoples person job, I havent researched it beyond selling insurance as Underwriter or becoming a CFACFP, Broker maybe? This whole concept looks great in movies, but I think would stress me out tremendously.-Language researcherResearch assistant gig would be cool if I could combine it with working as a freelance interpreter and web developer consultant or something, but see a research assistant position more of a job for people getting ready for grad school-LawyerCan I afford more debt? Only thing I can think if is paralegal to get my foot in the door.-InterpreterI have an exam in NYC in January. But to be a professional I would need a MA which is 2 yrs, I dont think a degree in MA is valuable. For the price of the masters I would rather study Software engineering or law school. I mean, I think the job security being an interpreter is not as consistent in paying. I would prefer to stay freelance.-Travel writerA dream. Blogging and traveling? Im a huge procrastinator. I have too much going on right now to take this route seriously.My routes are something in sales in finance. Or get my foot into IT and stay with that and migrate to a software engineer. Or get my foot into the legal field.Nothing I can find today that would give me a decent paying job so I can at least start putting my life on track unless I do something drastic like join the military but even then, with this much debt, I dont even know if theyd take me.  <response>: Linguist here. Language researcher Research assistant gig would be cool if I could combine it with working as a freelance interpreter and web developer consultant or something, but see a research assistant position more of a job for people getting ready for grad schoolIts more a job for people who are already in school. The vast majority of language research which is a very general idea that could use some paring down is carried out by people in traditional academic settings. A not-insignificant chunk of it is also unpaid, or compensated in academic credit, which isnt helpful to you because you are not currently seeking a degree.Lastly, it would probably be relevant here to ask how much of your undergrad degree was in pure Russian and how much was in linguistics or language science. Did you start from scratch in RUS 101, or were you already advanced enough to be doing Russian-focused linguistics phonetics, syntax, sociopolicy, historical ling., etc. throughout? Are you C2near-native in Russian now, or was it just enough to fulfill your course requirements? All of this would determine your usefulness to specific programs.Your friendly neighborhood unis linguistics or Russian department might be happy to have you volunteer to make their coffee and transcribe some audio, but I wouldnt expect this to help you repay your debts in any significant way. 