So what does everyone want to do as a career?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I thought this would be a good discussion on here. </p>

<p>Do you want to follow academia, become a doctor, start your own business etc? What is everyone doing to gain exposure to your interests? </p>

<p>Personally, I'm not sure what I want to do, but I am getting more interested in starting my own idea/company once I graduate. Maybe pursue some research or a graduate degree. Originally in HS, I wanted to become a doctor, but at this point I can't see myself making that commitment. I know for sure I will never be interested in working for the government or some generic desk job. </p>

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<p>medicine</p>

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<p>No clue.</p>

<p>With my philosophy degree, I’ll be well prepared to work at McDonald’s/Starbucks, though.</p>

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<p>No clue… but I do know what I DON’T want to do. I’m too squeamish for medicine, too antisocial for law, and too awkward for business.</p>

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<p>Also. Why is this under UC transfers instead of HS life?</p>

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<p>I guess we have the mod up here.</p>

<p>I never said in was in HS, I am transferring to a UC. When I was in HS, I wanted to medicine. Now I don’t know what I want to do. </p>

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<p>@theskittlebug, bc the thread starter is a transfer student and wants to know what TRANSFERS want to do with their lives ;)</p>

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<p>I’m not sure exactly what my dream job is just yet, but I know for certain it does not involve me being stuck in an office all day. I can’t stand being confined, either physically or mentally.</p>

<p>I also didn’t realize that only HS students were able to discuss career planning. I guess we transfer students should have it all figured out already. </p>

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<p>Not entirely sure at the moment. </p>

<p>I wanted to do law for awhile but I’ve lost so much interest in that lately. </p>

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<p>@ocnative I know how you feel. I see the way I think about careers that used to appeal to me, and know as I an getting older, I feel like now is the time to follow something I’m interested in, not something I think I will get me a job or the preconceived notions on the internet. </p>

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<p>Entrepreneur checking in. </p>

<p>I started my own company about 3 years ago. Long story short being employed as a lot of perks but it comes with a lot of cons as well. I ended up giving up on my company.</p>

<p>Trying to become an accountant right now. </p>

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<p>reality will probably be a starving artist or like a waitress/barista/generally unemployed person but dream is something along the lines of fashion journalist or writer but I don’t want to be some unimportant news writer for a local news website I want to do something that actually helps the greater good of people like think carrie bradshaw from sex and the city that would be a dream come true times 100</p>

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<p>I want to start my own software development company, if that fails, then I want to work in the oil and gas industry.</p>

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<p>I want to be a teacher, specifically history teacher. I have always wanted to teach high school, the dream would be college professor</p>

<p>but just recently I have started thinking about teaching elementary(ever since i took a lifespan development class)
I think its a little to late for that option though.</p>

<p>So more than likely I will go on to get my teaching credentials and teach high school. I do want to take a year off after I graduate to save up for the credential program rather than take out more loans. </p>

<p>I was originally going to go for my masters but I think it will be easier to get a high school teaching job than be a professor at a community college. </p>

<p>Last resort work at a museum(yup I’m boring) </p>

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<p>doctor! study internal medicine and eventually have my own practice :slight_smile: One of my dreams would be to get into any of the UCs medical schools because I want to stay in CA, but that’s probably not going to happen since they’re very difficult to get in! haha</p>

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<p>@ucastell Good luck on your journey to MD. I still have looming thoughts about becoming a doctor, but I have commitment issues to fully say I’d go ahead and try for it. I love patient interaction and helping anyone and everyone. If the whole MD wasn’t such a drag I’d probably be committed. If I am older and yearning for medicine, I guess I could always go to physicians assistant school. </p>

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<p>@ucastell‌ I believe in you!</p>

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<p>So I guess that lifespan class really had an affect on you @sonic23. Cool. </p>

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<p>@CBS111, thank you! you should totally go for it. Medical School is not easy, and being a doctor is probably one of the toughest careers out there because you deal with life/death situations all the time (depending on specialty), but I honestly think it’s one of the most rewarding careers because you get to make a difference in someone else’s life :). Besides, there are so many different specialties, some take fewer years than others. I personally want to do surgery which takes some extra years, but you can always do something that takes less time, or you can always go to PA school :slight_smile: Good luck! </p>

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<p>Really want to work in space exploration, so JPL, NASA, or SPACEX if I suceed in CS. I had a bad experience with Physics 1A so my plan B left the building. -_-</p>