Do you plan on sticking to your career path?

[MagicGecko]

Just curious because many of my friends say that they will be doing the same career for as long as possible (i.e civil eng, chem eng, architect, surgeon etc) but me....I plan to do engineering for a while but then go into teaching, its sort of been what I've always wanted to do since year 7 but was torn between that and engineering.
Anyways what about you guys? 

[pi]

I do

[datfatcat]

I think I may become a surgeon and work 30-35 years before working as a GP.

[vox nihili]

I'd just love to have a path to stick, or not stick, to.

[HossRyams]

I'd like to think so but I'd be open to change. I mean if I really hated law but found that I was close to finishing my degree... I'd probably continue, make some money first while I think about what I want to do next then and then eventually try get a new job.

My friend on the other hand is pretty set on changing his career path. He intends to become an engineer and then teach later at disadvantaged schools.

[b^3]

I do, but at the same time I kinda don't. My plan was really to keep going with engineering after finishing off uni. I started in a single aerospace degree (after changing my mind from aero/sci at the last minute), only to transfer into aero/sci after a year of uni. The more science subjects I've done have made me start to swing towards science and away from engineering more and more. With that being said, teaching has always been in the back of my mind as well (there's a bit of influence from my sister and her bf being current teachers), I don't think I'd be able to put up with the kids though. I really enjoy tutoring, but then I guess tutoring isn't exactly teaching, there's more to teaching than just delivering the material, as there is with tutoring as well (but there's a lot behind the behavioral stuff too). With that being said, I'm probably sounding like one of those who goes on about wanting to go and change the system with teaching, but hardly anyone ever does it.

We'll see in the future I guess, planning too far ahead can be a bad thing, and you never know what could happen in the next 5 years or so, what opportunities come up or who/what becomes important to us in our lives that has an influence on all of this.

There is also the joke among teachers that people go into teaching because they can't survive in the real world. Little do some people realise that there's a lot that go to become a teacher, and quit after their first round of placement because they can't handle the kids

[BigAl]

Good question. I'm not really sure. I guess I'd pursue a career in engineering...Well, if I increase my average a bit more, I might go into academic career..If not, I want to study a master degree in engineering then find a job as an engineer.

I'm still unsure about what I can do with my science degree...nevertheless, maths major is useful almost everywhere

[Hancock]

Work at Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE or Boston Dynamics (if I venture into robotics). #pipedream

[Stick]

I'm open to change in the future.

[alondouek]

What's a career?






 

[TrueTears]

Will never sway from becoming a finance academic lol

[brenden]

Nah not at all. To be honest, the way things are going, I'm probably going to become a substance abusing poet who is an auctioneer in his spare time.

[Lolly]

Professional moongazer philosopher ftw.


That was probablya joke.