What is the trick to knowing what the right career path is for you? Have you found your ideal position that suits you?

[Reddie]

[HighlyVolatile]

I just went with the best job offers I got out of university as a software engineer. I ended up getting a bit lucky and striking gold on the internet by publishing some work (just freeware combined with a paper) that ended up becoming widely used in the film industry, and then I was offered jobs left and right without applying.

It's a fairly enjoyable job although I miss seeing my colleagues face-to-face. I've been working purely remotely since the COVID lockdown.

It wasn't my dream career. I actually wanted to become an illustrator when I was in university, and double majored in both visual arts and computer science. In hindsight though, I don't think I'd want to be an illustrator and I wasn't all that great compared to the top students in my art courses. I probably would have had to have been an accomplished illustrator and a recognized name in my field to have even earned as much as I did fresh out of university as a software engineer, and achieving a sense of stability might have been a struggle. I think I enjoy it more as a lifelong hobby rather than a career.

[Reddie]

That's great, awesome achievement 👏

[HighlyVolatile]

Cheers!

[Shamalien]

Learn to code, and force yourself to like it because every other career ent worth it. You could go trades as a safe bet if you truly don’t know. Otherwise, follow your dream and be prepared to make shit all during that hustle, and if you can truly devote yourself you may succeed.

[Reddie]

Thanks a lot for your great answer.

[DizzyDesii]

I know I want something creative like hosting a radio talk show, building up a lingerie clothing line, being in the advertising/copywriting market, possibly having a film critic hobby, or simply becoming an interior showroom design consultant. At the same time, I wouldn't mind being an executive assistant to the CEO. But at the end of the day, whatever I do, I want to feel happy and needed. If they dont need me then they can dispose of me at anytime. And if i dont feel happy, i could quit at anytime. Thats what im struggling with these days is finding a place where i dont hate working. At the end of the day, none of it really matters to me because my only true dream job is to become a mom. So all of the above is just making money in support of that dream

[Reddie]

Great answer. And like you said... Happiness is the big one here. You spend a high percentage of life working and you want your workplace to be as friendly and positive as possible. I have struggled myself to find something for years, I used to work underground for 10 years in the mines and that was my dream job, I loved it. Then I was diagnosed with multiple autoimmune diseases and illnesses internally and this has made a massive impact on my life and career. I have tried slot of different things over the past 8 to 10 years, and I have finally stumbled across the 1 thing that I know I will enjoy and if Done the right way it should be successful. It will take time, I'm not rushing into it, but by the time I'm all ready and set up, it will be great for my family and my kids in the future when they grow older if they would decide to follow us in the same direction.

[DizzyDesii]

Well you’ve set goals and sound passionate about accomplishing them so i wish you the best

[slatyb]

There's no trick. If you have a decision, do as much research as you can. Talk to people already in careers you are considering.

[exitseven]

I have finally found out what I want to be when I grow up.

[TheMajesticKing777]

Ehhh