<p>Dear College Confidential Members,
Should I choose a career that involves subjects that I am more talented in or a career that I think I would like? Math has always been my best subject and physics seems fun, but judging from what I have read on forums and videos, the life of an engineer just does not seem as interesting to me as that of the pharmacist. I hear pharmacists have a boring job, but the flexible work hours and idea of meeting people and helping them directly really feels right to me. I like math and physics, as well as biology and chemistry. Would it be a bad idea to not pursue a math-oriented career like engineering and pursue further, more advanced math education? What major should I pick?</p>
<p>And this is in the Stanford Thread why?</p>
<p>^ LOL. I’m wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>But um, to the OP, I always say go with your heart. It is your future career after all, something you’ll be doing for the next few DECADES of your life. So I’d make sure it’s something I would enjoy doing.</p>
<p>Don’t pigeon hole yourself into one career. If there’s one thing I’ve learned at Stanford, it’s that people have very unique ways of getting to where they are. Just talk to some profs/advisors, all interesting stories of finding what they want no matter their major.</p>
<p>Although, if you’re good at math I can’t imagine that you wouldn’t be able to find a nice consulting/analyst/etc. job…</p>