Your career and why
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So many amazing careers.
Mine's vague, very vague. I want to write. Games? Sure! Fiction? Cool. Anything? I love to write, and I think I've got potential for it, so I want to nurture and employ it.
I'll be starting uni in a few weeks time, double degree Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Communications - so I'm just starting out!
Mine's vague, very vague. I want to write. Games? Sure! Fiction? Cool. Anything? I love to write, and I think I've got potential for it, so I want to nurture and employ it.
I'll be starting uni in a few weeks time, double degree Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Communications - so I'm just starting out!
I'm hoping that when the new recruiting budget rolls around I'll be accepted into my local infantry reserve regiment. After high school though, I want to go regular force into the army as a medic. It just seems like something I'd enjoy doing, being able to help people but also being able to be in the Canadian military xD
If, for whatever reason I can't do that, maybe a carpenter or save up for a while to go to university and try to become a psychologist.
If, for whatever reason I can't do that, maybe a carpenter or save up for a while to go to university and try to become a psychologist.
Well fuck it here goes, the cautionary tail of my life so far kiddies.
I was the one who would always be stuck in school when asked the question by the careers guy 'What do you want to do when you grow up.' Well like most when i was younger i would have said i want to be an astronaut, or a doctor you know the all the normal stuff. I figured that i would know later on for sure, It'd come to me in a flash of inspiration...or something like that. So i spent my years growing up with this vague slightly uneasy feeling that i really should be working towards a career in something and that i need to decide what it is i want to do. From my grades in school it wasn't really clear what i was best at, i got good grades in Science (all three disciplines), Art, Geography, and i was OK at Maths. So not really any pattern to help me out there then. So i went to university, i thought that maybe there I'd find out what it was that i really wanted to be. I did a physiology course as human biology was one of my favorite parts of my A-level course. As it turned out i managed well up until my final year where a combination of life events and a almost complete loss of interest in the course caused me to only graduate with a pass. This was it i thought sod it I'll just get a proper full time job (I'd been working part time during my a-levels and university) because I'm fed up of always being skint and it's not like I've got studding to do now. I got a job at a bank for a couple of years. During this time i got to thinking that maybe i should try getting a qualification in something else. I'd always been interested in engineering so i took a foundation course in that to learn the basics before i jumped into the proper course. I didn't get to finish it however as i was still working full time to pay the bills and be able to eat (i wanted to finish it though it was just i couldn't see a way of managing it and the job). I finished working at the bank about 6 moths ago now. I've been doing mostly temp contracting and retail work since then. I'm still not sure what it is a want to do for a career at this point an i know the clock is ticking (I'm 26 now, i haven't got long left before it's too late...some people say it already is. I'm still holding on to some hope though)
Yeah so there it is. I ask of you world... have you got any ideas for me?
O.T.
My career:
Haven't really got one at the moment
Why:
See above paragraph.
I was the one who would always be stuck in school when asked the question by the careers guy 'What do you want to do when you grow up.' Well like most when i was younger i would have said i want to be an astronaut, or a doctor you know the all the normal stuff. I figured that i would know later on for sure, It'd come to me in a flash of inspiration...or something like that. So i spent my years growing up with this vague slightly uneasy feeling that i really should be working towards a career in something and that i need to decide what it is i want to do. From my grades in school it wasn't really clear what i was best at, i got good grades in Science (all three disciplines), Art, Geography, and i was OK at Maths. So not really any pattern to help me out there then. So i went to university, i thought that maybe there I'd find out what it was that i really wanted to be. I did a physiology course as human biology was one of my favorite parts of my A-level course. As it turned out i managed well up until my final year where a combination of life events and a almost complete loss of interest in the course caused me to only graduate with a pass. This was it i thought sod it I'll just get a proper full time job (I'd been working part time during my a-levels and university) because I'm fed up of always being skint and it's not like I've got studding to do now. I got a job at a bank for a couple of years. During this time i got to thinking that maybe i should try getting a qualification in something else. I'd always been interested in engineering so i took a foundation course in that to learn the basics before i jumped into the proper course. I didn't get to finish it however as i was still working full time to pay the bills and be able to eat (i wanted to finish it though it was just i couldn't see a way of managing it and the job). I finished working at the bank about 6 moths ago now. I've been doing mostly temp contracting and retail work since then. I'm still not sure what it is a want to do for a career at this point an i know the clock is ticking (I'm 26 now, i haven't got long left before it's too late...some people say it already is. I'm still holding on to some hope though)
Yeah so there it is. I ask of you world... have you got any ideas for me?
O.T.
My career:
Haven't really got one at the moment
Why:
See above paragraph.
I've done everything for money at least for few weeks or substantial gigs/jobs:
gardening work,
selling, painting,
chopping trees,
forest work,
clearing sawing,
photographing,
graphical design,
heavy-duty industrial pressure cleaning (shooting water with enough pressure to kill) and vacuuming (with suction that can and will rip a limb off),
web design & websites,
poker,
picking tomatoes,
image processing,
military,
DJ:ing,
roadie,
...
And I'm 22. Haven't really yet decided what I really want to do.
gardening work,
selling, painting,
chopping trees,
forest work,
clearing sawing,
photographing,
graphical design,
heavy-duty industrial pressure cleaning (shooting water with enough pressure to kill) and vacuuming (with suction that can and will rip a limb off),
web design & websites,
poker,
picking tomatoes,
image processing,
military,
DJ:ing,
roadie,
...
And I'm 22. Haven't really yet decided what I really want to do.
I write. Amateur as yet and probably as forever. However writing fiction is my ambition; I have no other and no financial motivation to pressure me elsewhere.
I Wouldn't worry too much. Career isn't the same as Life, though a lot seem to think so. Same as you I haven't really got a career, I just got some work. It's great if you can make your career out of your hobby, but otherwise just keep time for what you want to do. Music is my great interest, and it's actually pretty liberating to discover you can make music without having to get revenue out of it.x EvilErmine x said:
Something in IT or Music Technology.
Because I'm taking GSCE IT and a plan to take Music Tech at A-Level.
Because I'm taking GSCE IT and a plan to take Music Tech at A-Level.
It's never too late to figure out what you want to do for a living. I think it's better to wait a while and try out different jobs, than to jump into a career (and an education) you don't really care much for, just because people are stressing you about time running out.x EvilErmine x said:
At least, that's what I think. So hang in there!
I never wanted a normal office job. Originally I wanted to be an auctioneer but I just couldn't get my foot through the door so insted I went into Museum work which I now think was a better option. Job's great but the pay is shit.
I'm currently an automotive technician, with extensive experience in all forms of auto diagnostics and repair, domestic, asian and european imports, heavy and light-duty truck, bus and industrial diagnostics and repair, hybrid and electric light-duty car and truck diagnostics and repair, as well as extensive experience in high-performance (i.e. track and drag strip) diagnostics and repair, modification, adjustment, and installation. I currently have an Associate's degree in Automotive Technology, am an ASE Certified Master Technician, ASE licensed for recovery and service of R-12 and R-134(a) refrigerant systems, a licensed Virginia State Inspector and have numerous certificates for various training courses I've attended over the years for various vehicle and system-specific systems. I don't usually make egotistical statements, but if there's a vehicle on the road, and I have access to the proper tools and equipment, I can diagnos and fix it right the first time.
I'm currently pursuing a bachelor's in mechanical engineering . . . but I've given serious thought to changing over to sound and audio design. I love figuring out solutions to complex problems, even if it means fabrication to achieve my desired result. Audio, though, has been a past time and hobby of mine since I was little (much like computers), and many of my game mods revolve around that hobby. Sadly, though, the only thing really keeping me from such a pursuit is how little people in the audio field make.
I'm currently pursuing a bachelor's in mechanical engineering . . . but I've given serious thought to changing over to sound and audio design. I love figuring out solutions to complex problems, even if it means fabrication to achieve my desired result. Audio, though, has been a past time and hobby of mine since I was little (much like computers), and many of my game mods revolve around that hobby. Sadly, though, the only thing really keeping me from such a pursuit is how little people in the audio field make.
Currently studying a PhD in neuroscience. Mapping the brain, at the moment specifically the anterior temporal lobe. I also work closely with the university's C.S department for brain modelling as well which is fun. I focus more on the workings of the brain, rather than old style psychological metanaratives. Afterwards will continue to research in universities.
Why? Just really enjoy learning about the brain and how it works. Plus I am using a technique called TMS and with it you can focus on areas of the brain, make their legs and arms involuntarily move, which is always fun but err it's not really the point of it lol.
Why? Just really enjoy learning about the brain and how it works. Plus I am using a technique called TMS and with it you can focus on areas of the brain, make their legs and arms involuntarily move, which is always fun but err it's not really the point of it lol.
Metanaratives? I didn?t know the psych bunch used that terminology.Beccax said:
I am currently doing an MSc in Sociological research , I am also working for the British census atm and tutor at the local college, ran a tutor group at the Uni last semester as well. Hopefully will get a PhD next year, and after doing the tutor stuff I really want to continue teaching, so hopefully will be able to teach and research at Uni. My focus is video games and digital cultures.
Whys? Well the teaching part just because I liked it and was rewarding helping people get through the exams. The research because I love understanding and knowledge.