Employment while starting out

[Justin Foster]

I'm a college student and I don't have a job right now, but I would like to get into real estate.

I was thinking about trying to work for a larger real estate company, even if my own position wouldn't have anything to do with real estate. My thoughts are that just being in a close proximity to people that do this for a living would give me networking opportunities and chances to learn from the people around me.

Would this be a good idea or would I be better off just finding a decent paying job unrelated to real estate and pursue real estate with local investors that I could meet through meetup.com?