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[SERIOUS] How do you do figure out what job you want after high school? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you decide to go to college, you have a couple years of general ed classes to get out of the way. Pick a wide variety of things you are interested in. If one clicks maybe it’s the career for you.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

This. College is useful for trying out difference career paths and subjects. But hopefully you end up enjoying something that will pay off all the debt you just accrued.

[–] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know general ed classes existed. It's definitely gonna be a help for me if I don't get a general idea of what I want to do by then.

[–] notjvb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better yet: you’ll likely be FORCED to take a LOT of GE courses, especially in your first couple of years. Typically it’s like “you need to take x number of courses from these categories.” Categories include: arts, stem, history, humanities, etc… you’ll have a lot of choices.

[–] Fenzik@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not true of all countries, here in NL that is quite uncommon

[–] notjvb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Kinda jealous, I hated GE’s. I had a full time job and was trying to balance full time schooling as well and doing anything not related to my field of study felt like a complete waste of time.