How to Choose A Career You Won’t Regret

I'm 28 years old, I have a software degree, went to construction, now running my own dog training company that hasn't done amazingly. I'm at a point where I'm really struggling with hope, and this video legit made me cry with a sense of that hope being refilled. Thanks a lot <3

Life is basically a collection of regrets. so people should not be scared about regretting

I relate to this so hard... I always loved math and science as a kid and participated in model rocket building, robotics, science fairs, and spelling bees. I later became interested in abnormal psychology when I began struggling with mental health issues, and also in anthropology when I took a class in community college and was hooked. I later rekindled my interest in robotics/CS/engineering, as well as starting work in the autism/IDD field (I am on the spectrum myself). Now I am pursuing a degree in Psychology with a goal of working in the autism/IDD field, but I want to go back to college for engineering/robotics at some point just to learn more about it and maybe change my career. In the meantime, I'm learning all I can about psychology, while participating in CS, rocketry, and other engineering clubs on the side.

This is great advice! I remember in fifth grade we learned the term "jack of all trades", which at the time I was told was someone who was good at a lot of things, but not the best at any of them. I thought it described me perfectly. When I'm not learning something new or working on a skill, I feel so lost sometimes. Someday I'll find a way to tie all or most of my interests together...

I used to refer to myself as "jack of all traits, master of none," but now I'll call myself a renaissance soul haha

I remember reading a book called Awakening Your Ikigai by Ken Mogi and that really helped me assess my skills and narrow down my career choices. Definitely recommend it.

As a 17 year old who's particularly good at Biology but still wanting to have a job with a lot more freedom than just medicine because I'm a creative who can sing and likes to write or some sort of something as an active hobby (I'm a high school graduate and I was supposed to actually go to college last year but I repeated my senior year because I didn't know what to do) I have no idea what to do with my future. I have absolutely no idea why I'm even expected to decide what I want at this time because everything makes sense but then again... Nothing really does.

I think we should not strive for a dream career, rather a dream lifestyle and how we can use a career as a tool to achieve that dream lifestyle.

I am currently 18 years old and on a gap year before uni, and I am trying to decide on my future career, and seeing videos like this really helps theoretically but in real life it's really scary to jump into something especially academic or in careers without any reassurance.

As someone that is very indisicive and have alot of interest, i relate to steven. My main interest is art, but i also like coding, science, psychology, music, writing, editing, and other stuff. I think this video helped me on choosing what major i want to be in the future. Thankyou <33

This is so interesting! I’m 17 and I’m heading to university next year, and I have ‘chosen’ my future career (I am aiming to become a university professor) and it’s something I’m pretty passionate about. The degree I’m going to study allows for that breadth of development, such as studying other subjects alongside it. Very well researched!

I love this discussion! I had a previous manager that was upset with me not picking a path to specialize in data. I could do everything from architecture, roadmap development, deployment and testing. I enjoyed the business and technical side. At one point, I believed that creative technology was my path, however I don't have just one path in data. I love acting, film making, story telling, writing. I used to want to be an engineer so I own a 3-D printer because I like building. I feel like I peaked in my career and now my main focus is making an impact on the lives of younger generations. Hopefully spread data awareness. I enjoy having multiple hobbies and interests.

This solved the problem of my indecisiveness. I am looking for new jobs and was so lost. I was already experienced at graphic design, but doubted myself. Thought, I need to learn coding, I need to learn data analysis, I need to learn SEO and marketing, I need to learn software engineering, blah blah blah, all this crap piling up in my head and a giant wave of feeling overwhelmed. Now I know, I need to just stick with design. I enjoy it, I have experience in it, it's still necessary (AI can't replace us, designing has too much nuance to it that AI can't replace), so yeah.....I can make it happen. This was helpful, thank you. I will now become a "T".

I very much appreciate this video, thank you for making it. Once you land a job, try to incorporate your horizontal in your everyday work tasks. Keep an eye out for job listings that line up with your outside interests, and make moves in that direction as time progresses. Advice we get from influencers is advice that comes from the lucky few who land jobs, so their advice might be biased in a way that doesnt help the strugglers out there. Good luck to you!

Really needed a video like this to help get my life back on track. All these years of working different jobs and finding they aren't for me really made me feel like the problem was with me, but I see now that it's an antiquated view to stick with one place for the rest of my days. I must build a strong enough foundation for my "T" and then build from there.

Thank you for the video & ideas in it! This is what I needed to hear right now! Feel much more happy, excited and calm about choosing my future career!😊🙏

Absolutely accurate. Despite having more than 9 years of experience in the IT sector, I found myself grappling with the pursuit of my goals. This led me to pivot into a different field where I delved into trading, creating videos, and coding. It's my belief that the journey of learning is perpetual, especially in a world where everything advances at the speed of light

My heartfelt thanks to you Tina 🙏 this was a lifechanging video for me. I learnt a lot and now clear on my career and life goals.

Picking a career is hard. It turns out a career is a journey, not a destination. Wish I had been exposed to the content of this video a decade ago. I majored in Atmospheric Science, and Computer Science with many side interests. It's interesting to see how career paths for Data Science, ML, and AI are all multidisciplinary in nature, and they didn't exist as specific educational paths at institutions a decade, or two ago.

steven here, thank you so much for the information, I was really struglling to find out what I want to do in life, this gives me so much insights, thank you