My son was talking about being a dr or a lawyer.
I sat him down with the phone book.
Page after page of dr. Page after page of lawyer. Pages of real estate agents. It was the same for plumbers and A/C repair.
Welders: two columns
Accountants: two columns
Welder and accountant was better, but still a bit glutted. I told him to forget about stereotypical fields such as dr, lawyer, accountant, etc. Use his imagination. Ask himself where things come from, then look at what it takes to produce that item. Then see what it takes to get into that field and ask himself if he could/would do that.
He’s decided to go for a BS in Geology with a secondary degree in Mechanical Engineering and to get into oil. (he wants to travel.)
Kids don’t seem to have any imagination when it comes to career choices. I remember being asked for my major when I was 18 and feeling frustrated. I didn’t have enough experience to even know what was out there and I knew it!
I have a hard time feeling sorry for these “kids”. It takes about eight years to get through college to become a lawyer. We’re not talking about naive 18 year-olds. We’re talking about 23, 25, 26 year-olds. Are they telling me that these bright, young adults couldn’t take one hour out of eight years to look into the job prospectus of their chosen profession on their own?? And now they want to blame the university for the lack of opportunity?
You should publish something on that phone book concept. All those career choice tests and such would have no competition.
Really glad about the geology choice. Those little hammers are cool. All those grid measurements. And, there is nothing cooler that being smart, educated and able to get in mud and pound on stuff.
I’m impressed!