Most of the time, it’s not really that important. To me, my career is as important as my hobbies. In fact, when I think about what I like to do, it’s the opposite. I love to watch movies, read books, and go to museums, and I love to play with Legos. But it’s not the career I’m passionate about, so I’m not really worried about what career I choose.
I had a bad career choice once that ended badly, I can’t even imagine what it would have been. I was a dancer, and I was so good at it, I wanted to be a movie star. The problem was I didn’t like the movies I loved so much. I didn’t enjoy them, so I quit dancing. That career went nowhere and now I’m just a random guy with a lot of random hobbies.
Yes, the career-choosing process has been a bit of a mixed bag for me. Sometimes it seems like the right choice, other times I’m just so bad at it that I end up quitting. But I am still a fan of the career-choosing process and I’m going to talk about my favorite one here. A career I started at 10 was music — the music I wanted to be a part of.
I really hate the term “music.” It’s not that I don’t like music, or that I’m “not a fan” of music, but I find it a bit silly to talk about a musical career as something that’s “born” at 10. I mean, sure, I could have been a professional musician, but that would have required me to be out of my parent’s house for 6 years by my 10th birthday, which I’m sure I’d have hated.
I started at 10 and I was always a fan of music. Since I was 10, I would play the piano, drums, guitar, and bass. I was always drawing and painting (I started at 8) and I really liked the idea of going to a local college and really getting to experience the world from the perspective of a young person. That was the whole point of my music career.
I should have been better. But I don’t know, maybe I’m still a little stuck on the piano, I guess. A lot of people I know who were professionals had jobs at 10 that are still full-time. I’m not sure what I’d do differently if I was in my 20s, but I’m sure there would be a lot of opportunities I’d miss.
In many ways, it is the path of least resistance. If you want to live on your own, you need to figure out how to get a job. You are likely to find that it is possible to get a job before you get a degree in a field. For example, if you want to be an accountant, you may be able to get a job as an accountant before you start college.
Most people in my generation started with a high school diploma. There are other paths to a good job, but that is one path that is very likely to get you a job.
I started with a high school diploma in my early twenties and still have no job. I have a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s in human resources from a large university. I’ve had a couple jobs in the past, but the one that I enjoyed the most was working for a company that used to have a reputation for high turnover. I found myself working for this company for about a year before they decided to reduce the number of jobs.
The company I worked for is actually well respected and fairly high-paying. If you go to my LinkedIn profile, you can find out more about the company.