This might not be the best community for this, but I don’t know what job I want after high school. I’m afraid of pursuing a job that I’ll end up hating. How do I figure out what job I want when I grow up?

  • cerement@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    [cynical rant – take with a bucket of salt]

    you don’t

    you pick something that you are competent at that pays the bills and keeps you alive and gives you enough free time to work on what you actually want to do

    traditional boomer advice was to pick something you love, but after putting in endless hours of doing it over and over just to make enough to keep you fed and provide a place to sleep, you will grow to resent it with a passion – for your own mental health, you absolutely must maintain a separation between the job and your personal life

    • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      You should pick something that pays the bills and gives you free time to do what you want, but it’s good for it to be something you find some enjoyment in. Not necessarily something you love. But something you can get some level of satisfaction from learning and doing.

      • zoe@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        yea, money is king. the feeling of relief when u find out u can afford ur medical bills by urself.