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What do you wish you knew (but didn’t) when you first contemplated what career?

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Faseeh’s Answer

I just wished someone could give me a proper guidance on what course to choose for the kind of strengths I had. There were people talking about engineering and medicine. No one spoke about law or advertising or journalism or NDA or IAS or IPS or other fun filled challenging courses. Everyone was stereotyped towards Engineering or Medicine. I had to play my strengths and find out what was best for me. I am surprised that even today students don't have a clue as to why they chose what they are doing.
We give into peer, parental and society pressure. Stop. Relax. Breath. Identify your strength, go for the one that you feel calls you. Do your research. Never regret that you had an opportunity to do something you wanted but were unable to because of someone.
You can have a person who has done engineering jobless sitting at home. But if that person was good at what he did - He would have been working with something that he enjoyed. You may have a MA LLB sitting at home, if that person knew what was the calling that person would be doing what he enjoyed doing.


Just remember. Life is what we live here. You need to enjoy that very life. Choose what your strengths are.


I wish the society had given me this confidence!!!
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Melissa’s Answer

Ever since I was young, I noticed that any child, anywhere would always look at me and SMILE! I didn't need to know them. This continued until I reached high school when I overheard my principal speak of someone working with children with disabilities. That moment turned out to be pivotal in leading me down the road to being an early intervention speech therapist. I have translated my love of kids into working with them and their families.
I was encouraged to answer the competitive entrance tests for Medicine, Architecture and Engineering. Despite knowing very little about being a speech therapist -- the internet was not such a great resource back in the day -- I followed my instinct, skill and love for kids and I am happy for it!
Follow what you know you will be good at, but also realize that you must love it, to be happy doing it for a large part of your life.
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Zahid’s Answer



I wish I knew that going community college is not a negative thing and that some universities will transfer all your community college credits vs others who will only accept a few.

I wish I knew that medicine is not hard like it's made out to be but rather just lot of memorization and lot of classes you can take at community college and transfer them over if the university class is too hard and professor being unreasonable.

I wish the websites were as informative back then the way they are now with listing careers, small description of what they do, type of education needed, and starting pay out of college.

There are many things we can wish but the biggest difference between then and now is the level of resources available for younger generation that puts them leaps and bounds ahead in terms of making an informed decision as well as opportunities to get started on what they want to be from as early as middle school.

Lastly, it's important to know what you want and dream of doing and not be afraid of what your parents or others will say or do. You should just go for it. Also, don't tell everyone everything about what you are doing, rather just say you don't know yet or you are still deciding or some other reason. Having unwarranted attention and too many eyes on you is never a good thing.
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Judy’s Answer

Fortunately, I haven't faced serious frustration in my career. But I would like to share some of my thoughts that I wish I could know before.
I wish I could be more confidence, don't be afraid to ask people questions and show yourself. I'm kind of people unwilling to talk in public or with someone you just met. But it's ok to perform not good and make mistake. Everyone have this moment, not only you're gonna face some awkward time. Don't be frustrated about that and keep moving!
There are some similar situations like: you ask someone for help and didn't get response, especial when I work from home or in a global group. At first, I was very upset and thought maybe I asked to many questions that they don't like me. But mostly everyone just too busy to answer you or missed your information. You don't need to waste too much time to worry about why they don't want to answer you, you could just keep asking them with good mood. Maybe someone are not easy to get along with. It's not your fault and don't be upset about this kind of thing.
Just remember to be happy and positive to your life!
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