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What career shall i do? please help... :(
what career shall i do? please help... :( / Career / 5:54 PM - Friday June 16, 2006
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A Hip-Hop Guy (Male, London, Who Cares?, Student) asked:


i need some career advice... im 16, and just done my GCSE's (end of high school exams, leading towards college) - and i feel like my grades will be ok-ish!

main thing is - that what career shall i go into? i was gonna go into medicine, and try to become a doctor-- but you need REALLY high grades in science from these GCSE's, and that would be impossbible as my modules in science... are well crap - even if i did college in science, medical schools are SOOO tough, they will be looking at my gcse grades!!

anyway, after a change of career idea - i realised... what shall i do? i enjoy maths, and wouldnt mind runnign around, whilst workin of i had to.
i love commiunicating with people, and enjoy having fun, and love to listen to people, and socialise - also help people, etc.

i was thinking a choice in accountancy, bcause i would like a career with a lot of income - in the future!!

but i need career advice... seriously, what would you recommend, or what can u advise to choose - or other alternative careers, etc..

thank you sooo much, i really aprreciate this :) x


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A Thinker (Female, Madrid, 36-45, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

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It's a shame in a way that, in the UK, it's not that easy to do a general arts degree that would allow you to sample from a number of different faculties and broaden your knowlege base. If it makes you feel better - and, to be honest, it may not - many of us who went to uni thinking we knew exactly what we wanted to do have been shown up by Father Time. I studied theatre and now I work as a bicycle tour guide - which means a certain amount of performance, but boy, do I wish I'd had the chance to do more history courses and general-knowledge geography.

It's all right if you don't know now. At sixteen, you don't have to have your life completely mapped out, and even if you did, you would have to remember that people your age will probably change jobs and change professions quite a number of times.

The answer? Study what you love. Study something that you could stick with, something you love, and don't sacrifice that for something that you think will make you a lot of money. Otherwise, you could just find yourself back in uni in your late 20s. Look at Alan Rickman - he studied graphic design because he thought that trying to make a living from acting was mad....and four years later, he was trying to make it into RADA. You can try to suppress your passions, but it won't work. Never does. Do what makes you happy. The money always comes later. Really.

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A Thinker (Female, Santiago, Who Cares?, Student) answered:

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Hi 'Player':

Glad to see that you take some interest in your future. Mmm, no Medicine, huh? Well, it's never too late to work your brains off, trust me. I've recently moved to a country where I can barely understand the language, and for 2 years my grades were a bit on average. This year I've actually got them above average so it's all good.

Your GRADES: It takes dedication, organization and a list of priorities. To study medicine you have to LOVE to study because that's what you're going to dedicate your life to. To know all that you can know just so that you can help people. Trust me, I know this because my cousin got into Medicine and spends almost all day and everyday studying.

Ahem, you love Maths? So do I. If you're into a little bit of computer and arts you may consider Architecture, it's what I'm going to study. Accounting sounds great! Really.

Just find something that you're good at and you see yourself doing for the rest of your life! I know, they make us choose our careers way to early, as if half the kids know what they want when they're 18 or 17. I'm gonna get out of school when I'm 19 because of the switching country thing and I still am not too clear.

Anyways, any more worries, I'll be online if you wanna chat: xxxxxxxxxx.

Take care Player and Luck!

Constanza

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A Mr. Nice Guy (Male, Philadelphia, 29-35, Technical) answered:

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First thing to realize is that money is like 6th on the list of things that create job satisfaction. You need to make a living, but other than that you need to do what makes you happy.

Second thing is that you don't need to find just one thing that satisfies every aspect of your personality. You will have a life outside of work and can make whatever you want of that. Community service, local politics, bowling league, whatever you want to express the other side of yourself.

Third, and probably most important, "its too hard" is not a good reason to avoid something.

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A Player (Male, New York, 36-45, Medical / Dental) answered:

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i am a doc. you can go the caribbean med school route or the doctor of osteopathy route and still be a doc in the USA. type both into some search engines on the web to get more info. in high school you should spend 44 hours total in class, practical labs, and studying at home. And it will be about 60 hours in undergrad college. and it jumps to 66-72 hours in med school, and it jumps to 84-108 hours in medical residency. make sure your hours are upto par even if you have to force it on yourself. thats what got me thru as i didnt like studying much, but the hours quota with full concentration only or it doesnt count is the way to do it.

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A Creative (Female, Edmonton, 36-45, Student) answered:

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Accounting would be a great career, but since you love working with people and socializing, have you ever considered counselling, teaching or something like that? There are many different courses you could go into that are math related, just do a google search for careers, find out what you would most be interested in and then go from there. Hope this helps.

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, Tel Aviv, 29-35, Medical / Dental) answered:

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Try engineering. Telecommunications makes sense. Probably eletrical engineering?

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A Guy Critical (Male, 46-55, Fitness) answered:

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