Doing a Job You Love or...

<p>... doing a job you're more likely to get? I've had this dilemma for a while now. I'm currently a freshman thinking about my future school and job. Lately, I've shown interest in becoming a doctor. I think it'd be great helping people with health issues and whatnot--but in this day and age(lack of jobs, huge unemployment), I don't feel that just because you go to school to be a doctor you'll actually become one. And to add to that, I think I'd have a better chance of getting a good looking college application that focuses more towards computers than doctor-related subjects. Now, that being said, if I wanted to become a computer/software engineer, I know I'd have a way bigger chance of becoming one because of the huge demand for them and because of my gender. The thing is, though, when I picture myself engineering, I see myself sitting on the computer all day in tiny cubicles in a gray room with a water dispenser and Styrofoam cups(don't know why I had to include that, hahaha). But when I see myself as a doctor, I see myself saving lives and helping others get over diseases and illnesses. </p>

<p>So how do you feel on the whole "do what you love" saying versus a career that I'll have a bigger chance of getting? And if there are any engineers who can convince me otherwise, please do so!</p>

<p>I don’t think people are having issues finding employment in the medical field. (You certainly don’t have to be a medical doctor to help people with health issues.)</p>

<p>“And to add to that, I think I’d have a better chance of getting a good looking college application that focuses more towards computers than doctor-related subjects.”</p>

<p>That really isn’t relevant at all, but colleges don’t care what you plan to major in anyway because most people change their major. Also, you can major in whatever you want and still go to med school as long as you fulfill the requirements.</p>

<p>“But when I see myself as a doctor, I see myself saving lives and helping others get over diseases and illnesses.”</p>

<p>I think you’re most likely romanticizing it, at least to some extent.</p>

<p>[I&lt;/a&gt; wrote this post on medicine vs. software development.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1474547-cant-decide-between-cs-pre-med.html#post15652668]I”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1474547-cant-decide-between-cs-pre-med.html#post15652668)</p>

<p>Prima facie, you definitely seem to have no passion for “computer/software engineering” but I don’t know if you’re inexperienced or disillusioned.</p>