I don't know what to do as a career
How do you decide what you want to do? Bump this tomorrow thanks.
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Just have kids and live on da taxpaya's money like The Sun says loads of women do.
i think i might be a transport planner
This is how I feel also.
I like lots of things but they don't really bring the jobs. What do you you enjoy doing?
use your knowledge to make the world better
be one of those world-changey people.
fishwife
I think you'd make a good housewife.
i'd think about it
Maybe just don't be defined by your work
Youre not stupid enought to really think that 'aspiration' is aspiration
Yeah but I want to do something good in life
I hate my current job. It'd need to be something that doesn't make me anxious ie that I am able to do well and with confidence in my ability. You've got to earn a living, might as well do something fulfilling that makes you feel like you can say yeah I've definitely left a little mark on the world and made it better. I'd basically love to be a university lecturer. It has a nice balance of learning and making a positive impact on others. I think I like to advocate for others too. Basically I should be doing policy research and teaching a subject I'm passionate about. Maybe.
I think if you want to make a mark on someones life there is no better way than being a teacher.
When growing up your main influences are your parents, friends and teachers. Giving a child attention and encouragement can have a lasting effect that they will remember. Any teacher that ever gave me time I have always had very strong appreciation for.
Yeah so much of why I believe is based around education essentially
That and I genuinely think I understand how to treat students (adults not kids) an I'd be really excited about the support and wellbeing aspect of university work. in my curren job pretty much the only thing I enjoy is seeing young people doing amazing things.
Maybe social work might be for you?
I think I'd end up in some public sector management role I didn't like
Academia is great
The independence is unrivalled and if you're serious about engaging with policy makers etc, Universities will increasingly love you for it.
It's not necessarily the thing to go for if avoiding anxiety is important for you though. The image of lecturers being people who sit around leisurely contemplating the world whilst occasionally divulging their wisdom to select gatherings of students is way outdated. It's a high-pressure job (which is reflected in competitive pay now tbf) and for most people I know who do it, it's pretty much their whole life. Obviously this will be true of any really fulfilling job up to a point though.
I know academia can have quite long hours and you are responsible for a lot of people. But I quite like the idea and think I'd be good at it so wouldn't have the stress from being a bit shit at my job ( which j have currently)
If you're thinking of academia
I strongly recommend that you switch into sciences (engineering or health would be best) before you do so.
I don't know either
I don't know if I want a career. I haven't been to university - am I still allowed a career?
I'd make a very good house-husband.
Do you have a II.2 in History of Art?
If so, the DiS Sexism Massive have apparently decided you should pursue a career in PR while looking for a husband.
No I'm like this much away from getting a first though
Does that even count for stuff these days?
yes!
Cartographer
Reckon you could make some good maps
what is it with this site and maps?
like all of sudden liking maps is cool, it is like the equivalent of cats and reddit. GET OVER MAPS
maps
wait
they don't love you like i love you
fuck you
maps are great
people are just pretending to like them
like with dinosaurs and ryan gosling. it's all BS
shut your fucking mouth
dinosaurs are brilliant www.tinyurl.com/dinosaurs-cat-race i hope that's right
shit yeah it is!
That is fairly high on my list of 'Jobs I would quite like to do'
Still don't understand how I can enjoy and be good at making maps, but when it comes to drawing 'normal' stuff I am terrible at it.
don't you do law?
just become a money grabbing, evil lawyer as intended
Join the RAF
they fly cool jets and stuff
You can do essentially anything with a law degree though!
Having a law degree is like having a badge that says 'I'm dead smart and determined and successful'. I wish I had something like that :-\
I don't exactly regret doing a degree with no job prospects, but it's starting to bother me a little. Like, what on earth do I do after this? I don't even know if I can do anything. I'd probably be useless. I'm 95% sure I'll just end up in some minimum wage job.
At least I have another 2.5 years left here I guess.
I think translating documents might be a good job for you
or copy-editing, I can see you enjoying that. They're methodical and precise but still about words and language.
You'll be fine :) you have time to sort this out and talk to your university careers people
Law's kinda just a solid humanities degree like English
Your degree makes you very employable
You have English as a mother tongue and can communicate in other languages. You're gold dust. I say this from my own perspective. Didn't do a languages degree but made a serious effort during my MA to get my French and german back on track and its paid dividends. No one cares if you're perfect, but the fact you can actually speak,the language and that you have the all important English as a mother to,hue is beyond important for a lot,of companies.
do something like this
http://rattviseformedlingen.se/equalisters
http://www.rattviseformedlingen.se/how-we-started-equalisters
I didn't really know until I was just doing it
so...best of luck!
I like the idea of you wandering about for a bit, chewing your nails
and then finding yourself inspecting someone's eyeballs and going, 'Oh, is that me on now? Mint!'
I think the worst years are after university when you're just drifting
Unless you're extraordinarily lucky or extraordinarily sad, or did something hyper specific, or all three, then you're going to spend a while readjusting and trying to work out what you want to do. But eventually everything falls into place and you end up where you feel comfortable, through luck and a bit of dedication. The best thing is doing something you hate for a bit. No greater motivator than unhappiness. But it sucks at the time.
I think you just gotta look after people and stuff
oh, you said 'career'
Have you ever considered becoming a professional muse?
Don't bother trying to decide.
Just embark on a slow, steady process of elimination.
Almost all jobs are shit.
Only a very small percentage of people do.
Most of us get a job and stick with it out of comfort, security and inertia until the last remnants of any dream we ever had have bled away for ever...
See also - relationships LOL.
Boo bloody hoo
Something that allows you the mend and time to pursue the other things in life which make you happy
Because fuck defining yourself by your job and deriving all your self-esteem from it.
Or be a rally driver. Both good choices.
*means
If you don't become a teacher 9-5
you should consider teaching evening classes at least. My family on my mum's side is teachers and social workers, and your personality on here at least is teacher through and through
I've always been a net kiddie so my life kind of decided for me.
I worked for a company that ended up getting us involved with the online marketing, I put it on my CV and I got a call from a company via Total Jobs. 5 years down the line, I'm still doing it.
Me neither
I sometimes want to stay at uni forever and become an academic, but that's just a way of deflecting real life, isn't it? (sorry soapy/anyone else in this field).
Might go into archiving. Mind you, that isn't much better.
fluffer
(you did say you're good at BJs didnt you?)
probably a bad idea for a fluffer to be too good at them
i'm 32 and don't know what i want to do for a career
No-one knows