Do you regret your job choice?
Lil_M
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Do you ever wish if you had the opportunity to be 16 again and just change your career path and decide to do things differently?
I do all the time. I am over-worked and despite how much I get done, it is never ever enough. I don't feel appreciated. It is the enviroment, you are expected to be this amazing "work-aholic" and you always feel you are failing to keep up to that standard.
I do all the time. I am over-worked and despite how much I get done, it is never ever enough. I don't feel appreciated. It is the enviroment, you are expected to be this amazing "work-aholic" and you always feel you are failing to keep up to that standard.
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If I could choose again I think i would want to be an economist/ banker/ financial analyst. Huge salaries, bonuses and it doesn't matter even if you get it wrong.
Or actually I wouldn't mind being a dentist. Office hours, and be self employed in private practice earning lots of money.
I work in a cafe and yes, it's crap, but hey at least it's a job, right? It gives me something to do and I get paid for it (albeit not much but still...) I do have a job interview tomorrow so fingers crossed I get it then I'll be able to leave.
On the other hand I'm off to college in a little over a week to fulfill my ambition of becoming a lawyer. I've actually always wanted to be a lawyer however because of put downs from other people, lack of belief in myself, etc I have never pursued it until now.
I'd choose to become a town planner I think
That's quite a relief to read. It can feel like there's a lot of pressure to find a career ASAP when you're in your 20s. It can feel frustrating when you see others settling into steady career paths. But then, on the flip side, being a so-called drifter can actually be an advantage - in that your flexibility allows you a wider range of options later on.
Nail on head!
I wouldn't change a thing cos I love what I do now, but I have jumped about in my field, taken risks.
I also walked away for a period when the role was wrong, but the money was more than right. Took a year, but then I found a job I love.
My career satisfies me emotionally as well as financially, however, I do think if I was 16 again I would be just as worried about my future as I was then
I have no regrets.
But if I could have gone on to further education to Uni level, I would be in Mental Health Care now.
As it is I am just an advocate.
Now I don't know your circumstances - e.g family life, education level, employer etc. But you can change your employer by looking for another job while not leaving your present role. You can train or re-train - part time. You can use your present or learnt skills to gradually go self employed while still working.
Will it take dedication and some long hours? Sure. Will it be even harder if you're supporting a family? No doubt. But at 22 you are the peak of your energy, while having more experience and knowledge than you did 5 years ago.
With the internet having so many resources and info available to help you more than people 25 years ago, the world is your oyster!
If I could be 16 again I would not bother with college and look into work-based training.
No, I was in the power industry. My last job was in a nuclear power station.
So a couple of years back I decided to go back to uni, I've been doing a part time open uni course since, I am gonna be in my late 30's by the time I get my degree, still not sure I am doing the right thing.
It took me 10 years but I am finally doing something I love now which also pays well, but you have to be brave and single minded if you want it.
I ended up in IT. Part of me regrets it as I don't enjoy it that much, but actually I think it's the actual jobs I'm in that have made me feel this way. If I worked for a better company I think I would enjoy it so much more. I'm starting at a new company a week on Monday, although might possibly have an even better role in the pipeline if I did well at my interview yesterday, so it will be interesting to see if I still feel that way in a years time.
I should love it though, as I'm a geek and a gadget ****, so you would think it would be ideal for me.
Interesting question. I think about this from time to time and, more often than not, ponder some decisions.
Sometimes I think about how I wish I'd pursued something in sports because I love all aspects of fitness, etc, however the reality is that when I was at the age where 'key decisions' are made then I didn't actually realise this back then... Which is why it's pointless to have regrets.
At the end of the day, you simply can't look back like that because it can make you miserable. You've got to look forward.
It's never too late to try something new. There are tons of training courses and education programmes, not to mention internships or voluntary schemes to get your experience up.
Life's too short. Do what you want to do, no matter if you're 16 or 66.
Towards the end of doing a LPC at a law firm, I had a mini breakdown and quit it altogether. Then, career-wise, I wandered - Saturday jobs, short-term jobs, summer jobs and the like - for about five years before settling in to work in a field I am in now. Still legal-related, but it's a field I enjoy.
If I were given a chance to rewind the clock, I would ignore the family's expectations and just focus on doing what I want to do. I don't remember what I wanted to do at the time, but whatever it was, I should have stuck with it.
On the whole, I don't regret it. I'm just sorry that I wasted all these academic years on something that didn't even interest me.
I agree with you about the publishing!