How many of you are still undecided on careers?

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So I'm 25, 26 in October and sill unsure of what I want to do.

I have a few ideas but nothing concrete. I feel by this stage I should really have an idea and be on my way to it or in it!

Before I get flamed I do work btw :p

With the prospect of being laid off shortly I have come to a bit of a brick wall as it were, no idea where to go after.

Anyone else in similar situation?

For those that are doing what they want, how long did it take for you to decide "Yes this is what I want to do"?
 
I'm 21 and I knew what I wanted to do from about the age of 18~....and I got there :)

Working full time straight out of Uni now.
 
I'm in exactly the same situation and I'm 25 next year. I know I should be doing something more, but am uncertain as to how to go about doing it, as I have no idea where to start!
 
Moses99p said:
I'm 23... and still unsure! I'll be at uni for a while, so there's no rush.
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Saying that, it's good to have a general idea of what you want to do, so you can maybe get some experience in it before you finish University(i.e. maybe doing an internship in summer, to find out if that's really what you want to do).

;)
 
Me I'm 36 joined the nearest place of work to my house when I was 16. I have been doing the same trade since then and am trapped tbh. I don't much like the job and have zero interest in aircraft but I'm trapped. The money and time off is too good to be able to do something else and maintain the lifestyle to which I have become accustomed :D

Unless I can find a rich family member to kill or atleast 5 numbers and a bonus ball come up I will continue taking money for a job I'm not fussed about.
 
I never knew what i wanted to do until recently. 25 at the moment, 26 in Jan.

Fought off a load of 16/17 year old's fresh out of school/college to win an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering \o/

1st few years will be a pay cut to what I'm on now but I'll be doing what I want to be doing and after those few years are up I'll be on A LOT more than I'm on now. Good thing I have nice savings to fall back on and no debts :)
 
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C.P said:
Fought off a load of 16/17 year old's fresh out of school/college to win an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering \o/
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Battle royal style?

I fell into my current career path. Just after finishing my degree I was at home sitting in my pants watching TV when I got a call from the University asking me if I wanted to do a PhD. It was industrially sponsored and two people had already rejected or quit, I must have been the only other recent graduate that the research director had a phone number for in his address book. I was really upset that I had to put some trousers on and run to the campus to make it to the meeting.

3.5 years on I got invited to an interview with a company in the same industry and start there in 2 weeks. Would still rather be in my pants in front of the TV though.

EDIT: Just wanted to add that I don't condone a passive mentality in regard to career choice. I've just been really lucky because I'm actually a hardcore slacker who has become increasingly adept at appearing the opposite.
 
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I do obviously want to work in computers, or failing that something in fitness like a personal trainer, never thought about it before, but since my hobby is pretty much gym and diet type stuff I'd love to do it properly, though I think fat people blaming genetics would grind on me after a while.
 
C.P said:
I never knew what i wanted to do until recently. 25 at the moment, 26 in Jan.

Fought off a load of 16/17 year old's fresh out of school/college to win an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering \o/

1st few years will be a pay cut to what I'm on now but I'll be doing what I want to be doing and after those few years are up I'll be on A LOT more than I'm on now. Good thing I have nice savings to fall back on and no debts :)
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Funnily enough, this, except I'm 26, 27 in October and I'll be doing a Merchant Navy Engineering Cadetship. (All being well with medical and references of course, only got the letter of offer this morning.)
 
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22, hopefully starting a PhD in October after a year of funding mishaps and me generally being unhappy because of it.

That will take 3 years and allow me plenty of time to decide what I want to do!
 
R5Rich said:
So I'm 25, 26 in October and sill unsure of what I want to do.

I have a few ideas but nothing concrete. I feel by this stage I should really have an idea and be on my way to it or in it!

Before I get flamed I do work btw :p

With the prospect of being laid off shortly I have come to a bit of a brick wall as it were, no idea where to go after.

Anyone else in similar situation?

For those that are doing what they want, how long did it take for you to decide "Yes this is what I want to do"?
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if you are being laid off mate you should use the time to do something you wouldn't otherwise.

I'm the sort of person who goes on and on about doing mint stuff all the while treading a (relatively successful) pretty common path. Finished uni last year and like everyone else I "said" I was gonna go travelling but ended up at an engineering type firm after swearing I'd never go into it after my degree.

Then I was made redundant and just out fo sheer luck than anything I got a really good redundancy package (talkin like almost 7 months pay when I had only been there for 3) and went to China for 4 months, greatest thign I ever did by a mile.

I never even thought about China before, all my trips were "planned" in the americas and never got past a first stage plan. I went to teach (didn't work out that way thoguh) and I had never thought about that before but just being so far removed from my comfort zone my perceptions of the way things were and what I could achieve made me really realise what I wanted to do. I want to be a writer but that was the same as my travelling plans, always just a tiny pipe dream in the back of my mind that irritated me as I delved ever further into the monotony of the rat race.

But then during and after being away I realised there is no excuse not to at least have a stab at your dreams and if it took something as drastic as moving to the other side of the world on your own with no real plan to realise that, then so be it.

If I was you mate, and anyone else saying they're "trapped" (one guy said it twice in one sentence) I'd take a step back and wonder things like whether or not you really did have to have that new xbox game or blow 90 quid on a night out with your mates.

The only people who literally can excuse themselves from ever realistically chasing a dream or at least something better (i.e. a job you dont despise) are those with kids under the age of 18. Every body else can find room, its just about how much you want it. Apathy is so much easier to swallow than change.
 
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if you are being laid off mate you should use the time to do something you wouldn't otherwise.

I'm the sort of person who goes on and on about doing mint stuff all the while treading a (relatively successful) pretty common path. Finished uni last year and like everyone else I "said" I was gonna go travelling but ended up at an engineering type firm after swearing I'd never go into it after my degree.

Then I was made redundant and just out fo sheer luck than anything I got a really good redundancy package (talkin like almost 7 months pay when I had only been there for 3) and went to China for 4 months, greatest thign I ever did by a mile.

I never even thought about China before, all my trips were "planned" in the americas and never got past a first stage plan. I went to teach (didn't work out that way thoguh) and I had never thought about that before but just being so far removed from my comfort zone my perceptions of the way things were and what I could achieve made me really realise what I wanted to do. I want to be a writer but that was the same as my travelling plans, always just a tiny pipe dream in the back of my mind that irritated me as I delved ever further into the monotony of the rat race.

But then during and after being away I realised there is no excuse not to at least have a stab at your dreams and if it took something as drastic as moving to the other side of the world on your own with no real plan to realise that, then so be it.

If I was you mate, and anyone else saying they're "trapped" (one guy said it twice in one sentence) I'd take a step back and wonder things like whether or not you really did have to have that new xbox game or blow 90 quid on a night out with your mates.

The only people who literally can excuse themselves from ever realistically chasing a dream or at least something better (i.e. a job you dont despise) are those with kids under the age of 18. Every body else can find room, its just about how much you want it. Apathy is so much easier to swallow than change.
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Speaks the truth, I left my old work place coming upto 2 years ago now and got a redundancy, still got some of it and my savings previously.

Always say I'm going to do traveling or something but never get around to it.

I have a huge comfort zone that I don't want to leave and find it difficult to take that plunge.

I know if I don't likely to regret it, but I think in the time I'm away I could discover something I want to do.
 
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