A Career

[Inferius]

So, i'm at the age where I starting to seriously contemplate my future career.

And i'm wondering, What made you pick your job?
I grew up thinking your purpose was to do something meaningful,
something that interests you deeply,
but now I'm becoming confused...
Do you think you made the right choice?

What kind of advice can you older folk offer a youngling starting to swim into the deep end?

Inferius Reviewed by Inferius on 11-10-2006. A Career So, i'm at the age where I starting to seriously contemplate my future career. And i'm wondering, What made you pick your job? I grew up thinking your purpose was to do something meaningful, something that interests you deeply, but now I'm becoming confused... Do you think you made the right choice? What kind of advice can you older folk offer a youngling starting to swim into the deep end? Rating: 5

[CityBoyGoneCountry]

The fantasy is that everyone should do what they love. The reality is that's not always possible. If no one did the jobs that no one likes, then our civilization would crumble. Someone has to pick up the garbage, clean the toilets, and serve the food. That's just the way it is, and there's no getting around it.

Now, let's say you actually do have the skills and the character necessary for doing a job you love. How many of those jobs are available? If there are 10 openings, and 50 people apply, that means 40 of those people have to go find some other job. There are 300 million people living in the U.S. and they can't all be doctors, lawyers, or rock stars.

I'm a welder. It doesn't interest me, and I sure as hell don't love it. But it pays good, and there are tons of welding jobs out there.

My advice is to strive for something you will love, but at the same time, prepare yourself for something that you might get stuck with instead.

[Whos Carl]

Why did I choose my job?

BecauseI like being covered in shit all day in the rain usually. Being ridiculed for being too big I get stuck in small places. I like eating fish and chips and sitting in vans outside of cake shops. I can lie like no other. I have no concept of time keeping. I like being paid too much for jobs and driving a big van makes me feel important. Obviously I had to be a plumber.

I think I made the right decision still find it interesting. Of course there are days when its shit. It is very hard to enjoy mixing concrete in the rain you know.

My advice choose something your interested in. Everyone will say that but its true.

CityBoyGoneCountry I no what u mean about how many of those jobs are available. My mate has gone into game design. Out of 100 people that graduate that course 1 yes 1 of them get a job straight away!

[LIP]

Im a Marine Diesel Engineer, specialising in Boat building, boat fitting and all mechanical aspects.

I wanted to do this job since i was a kid, and eventually luck came into my life and now im doing it and getting payed good money.

I am very interested in my job, and love doing it, so its a hobby as well as a job.

My advice; starting to swim in the deep end? Hold on to the sides!

[Skrappie]

If youre willing to sell your soul in college and like traveling, go to business school, and learn a language. When you know a lanugage (Say chinese) You become a competetor in another country.

IF all goes to shit do what a lot of my buds do.

Teach english in the 3rd world.

[daima]

So, i'm at the age where I starting to seriously contemplate my future career.

And i'm wondering, What made you pick your job?
I grew up thinking your purpose was to do something meaningful,
something that interests you deeply,
but now I'm becoming confused...
Do you think you made the right choice?

What kind of advice can you older folk offer a youngling starting to swim into the deep end?

Music. Why? watching others punch a time clock, their hair grow gray at an early age, and they didnt seem to be having any fun.
depending on myself for my living made me feel..., good.
How far i went was always up to me.

dai*ma:stoned:

[justinsane]

"No, you're working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars."

[sensistar]

video game development is huge ........give it a try ...my boys say its easy work and exciting

[Skink]

Try to incorporate something you like to do,beside smoking pot,,,of course...

[Da Boy Genious]

There's good money in welding, my father was in a pipefitters union, but he fucked that up like he fucks everything up. You have to think about it like this too, you can do something you love and make shit pay, or you can do something you hate that pays well and than do something you love with the money it pays.