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What careers would be best for me? |
| Message Name: |
KEEP YOUR PRESENT JOB!!! |
| Date Posted: |
09/10/2002 |
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Currently 30 y.o. programmer. ISTP for you MBTI types.
This is what I want out of a career:
1. Offers good money. Similar to programming at the least, but I would like to have a shot at the really big money (solid six figures).
2. Offers a certain level of prestige. Doctor, lawyer, FBI agent, professor, psychologist, architect, etc...
3. Lets me use my brain. I like programming because it gives me a good mental workout. I'm particulary good at solving problems and analyzing large amounts of data.
4. Does some good in the world. All I do now is contribute to my boss' bottom line. I would like to provide a valuable service to people.
5. I like to build things, but I know not what part this may or may not play. I used to like to build software.
6. I like my independence.
I've enjoyed programming, and its been a good fit, but I dread spending another day in front of the computer. I don't know, maybe I'm just burnt out with my current gig.
I've thought about a lot of different careers, but nothing seems to really be pulling me. Well, there's one - the FBI. I'm ineligible though because of some of my background partying when I was in school.
Some of the options I've been considering:
MBA in Finance -> Hospital Administration. Could always go on to get PhD and teach.
JD -> Hanging my own shingle, or working my way to partner in a smaller firm.
M.Arch. -> Seems pretty risky. Doesn't seem like a lot of architects are able to make it.
PhD in CS -> Try to get a gig at a teaching college.
Does anybody have any specific advice relative to my situation? Can anybody think of other avenues I might want to explore?
grazie! |
| Message: |
While I can ABSOLUTELY relate to everything you said (except for building things; I'm not much of a builder), I can tell you a couple of things:
a.)I, too, obtained an MBA in order to get a job as a hospital administrator or other high level health care manager
b.) I ended up doing data analysis with pharmacy claims, not a bad job, but not one with a really good paycheck attached to it
c.) I was laid off this past December, and cannot seem to get another job AT ALL
d.) I have attended numerous "networking" events, where LOTS of MBA's and other people who formerly held professional level jobs are out of work, have been out of work for months, and have no real leads to new jobs
e.) Although I am older, this economy has affected younger workers just as much if not more -- there are actually higher percentages of college-educated 25-35 year olds who are unemployed right now than there are 35-54 year old college-educated people. (This is according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which I pored over in the library yesterday; the Bureau does not separate out Masters degreed people from "college-educated" so that's as much info. as I could glean.
f.) Keep your present job -- no matter how bored you are, it's preferable to be bored and bringing in some money to being unemployed.
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