Did You Choose The Wrong Career and What Did You do about It?
How did you eventually realized it is the wrong career?
How did you end up in your current job and is it your true love/passion?
How did you find your passion or what you really loved to do?
That's the hard part..
is find that "something"
The saying "find something you want to do / love to do" has become quite cliche nowadays…
without offering any method how to do this.
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Please tell your story…
There might be something ppl can learn from it.
It's a pretty much well-known statistic that most people change careers at least four times in their lifetime.
My younger self started out looking at a degree in biology- only due to interest in animals & genetics (loved that)…I also liked & scored well in literature. I scored well in all of my courses, but nothing really grabbed me. I believe that the majority of students would fall into this category.
I did the 2 yr. degree in FL, then had to go to work to help a sickly mother (no one else stepped up). Later, I worked in laser-optics, inspection of airfoils, & other jobs which allowed me to "learn-on-the-run" & I'd always liked & enjoyed anything technical. I also got my real estate license. Then, I met my future spouse on a holiday. Married, moved to the middle of the middle of no where, had great kids, divorced.
Migrated to AU & found what I loved- computer related repair, training, & trouble-shooting. Got a Cert IV in small business admin & started my business.
Long story short- you cannot read the future. It really doesn't matter if you choose something now & change later. It really doesn't.
HTH
thanks for telling your story..
So what does your business do?
So what aspect of the career do you consider your passion?
-the actual work..
-running the business..
All, actually. I like being all. I enjoy moving & making appts.
I like not having a boss.
so what business did u create? ie what does it do?
Contact NEIS. Just do it.
my 'something' is what i like to do….not sure it's everyone's cup of tea though
you have to find your own
i'm not being a smart a$se, but you need to find your thing
i'm guessing you are fairly young, and that's the problem, i didn't find my thing until i was 34 !
What was the "something" that you found?
Also what process did you go through to find it?
Can you share your story?
mate, i tried a few things, some good some bad….now at 47 i am perhaps looking to change again…then again maybe not
Consider that some people, I would suggest most people, don't work in their passion.
They do a job that they find acceptable and pursue their interests in the other 130 hours per week.
It is reasonably hard to find passion in fast food retail or accounts receivable, yet that is what most people end up doing.
So a valid approach is to find a job you can accept and focus on the other things.
If you are really disciplined, you could focus on making enough money, or cutting your costs enough, so that you only need to work part time or not at all - giving you the ability to pursue other passions full time.
I quite like the tasks of my job, and my co-workers, although my employer is a bit tedious. But there is no way it is my passion. And the things I do like doing in my leisure time would be lots less appealing if I had to do them every day whether I wanted to or not.
I like cooking a few great meals every week, but being a chef would be terrible. I like a glass of wine and a chat, but being a sales rep for a winery would be terrible, I like doing a bit of wood work, but having to make somebody else's kitchen cupboards would be terrible, I like learning about investments, but being a stock broker would be terrible.
By earning my income elsewhere I have the privilege to pursue a range of interests, as they take my fancy.
what is your current job?
what would you do if money was not a factor?
I work for a telecom company, it is an office job that involves some documentation, some project management and a little bit of other roles like technical, financial, legal, commercial.
If money was no object I would work to develop local employment where I live. Currently, mainly low wage jobs are available, but it would be a great place for, as an example, a campus of a university, or a movie post-production studio, or software developers. But that presupposes I have very large funds.
If it was just enough for my expenses, I would keep doing a little bit of a lot of things, but probably more involvement in politics/policy development.
Did You Choose The Wrong Career and What Did You do about It?
- No. I picked the wrong degree though but I'm nearly done so I will finish it but hopefully get a job in a different industry with it.
How did you eventually realized it is the wrong career?
- Seeing people who did the work, what they looked like, how happy they were.
How did you end up in your current job and is it your true love/passion?
- N/A. I'm a student so my job is meaningless for now.
How did you find your passion or what you really loved to do?
- I had NO idea what I wanted to do apart from not wanting to do what I thought I wanted and then came across the industry by accident and thought 'hey why not?' Ask me again in 2 years and I may hate it.
what degree are you doing?
what job are u looking to get ?
Degree - postgraduate Maths.
Industry - something creative.
Why are you asking? What position are you in?
Good question mate. This thread deserves more responses.
Trial and error.
And also a career isn't what you go through when you are studying for it. We need to check out what working in that field is like before investing too many years of studying in it.
long story, but yes
won't bore you with details
find something you want to do
life is too short to hate work