Three years ago, I graduated with a Physics degree. Since then, I've been working in a soul-crushing IT job. Realistically, what are my options to push my career forward? Help me find my passion. Lots of snowflake details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 25, 2013 -
11 answers
I am unhappy with my professional life, but have no idea what I’d rather being doing. Does a person exist who can help me either figure out how to be happy with what I’m doing, or figure out what I really want instead? And if so, how do I find them?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 5, 2013 -
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I'm looking for a professional careers coach in LA to give me advice about changing careers (especially ones who are good at talking with MBA grads who don't necessarily want a typical MBA-type job). The variety of coaches available out there is a bit confusing and some of them are expensive - can anyone personally recommend one? And what criteria should I be judging them on anyway?
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posted by zresearch
on Jan 30, 2013 -
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What qualifications (certifications, skills, volunteer experiences, etc.) can I realistically pick up, for free, without actually being employed in the field which they would qualify me for?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 29, 2013 -
9 answers
My husband and I (both in our 30s) will graduate in May and then move to a completely new-to-us part of the country for a fresh start. During our last semester, we want to work together on defining and figuring out what our new career paths will be in the next phase of our lives. Please help us design a program to help us ask the right questions and do the right work to help us figure out what we want! More about our specific situation within.
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posted by pupstocks
on Jan 13, 2013 -
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I've landed in a dead-end job, but it's hard for me to overcome my anxiety about retraining or changing the direction of my career. How should I perform an objective, reasonable risk-reward analysis in the face of imperfect options and information?
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posted by pullayup
on Oct 28, 2012 -
16 answers
What can a vocational / career counsellor do for me, and are they worth whatever they cost?
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posted by synecdoche
on Jul 2, 2012 -
7 answers
I have excellent spatial intelligence and ADHD. What jobs would be great for me besides surveying?
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posted by lover
on Apr 28, 2012 -
8 answers
Ad agency/career filter: I'm 24. Sometimes I love my job, sometimes it stresses me out so much that I want to leave. An opportunity to move on has presented itself and now I'm panicking.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 15, 2012 -
8 answers
I have a PhD in English. Enough said. No? Okay. How can I ease a transition out of academia and into the private sector, while still doing the part-time teaching thing?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 25, 2012 -
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In the last couple months I've come to realize that I am not alone. My personality is my problem and it is what has made this post-college thing so hard on me.
ENTPs are sort of visionaries who can be the best and innovate and succeed at anything we put our heart to but we get bored very easily if we aren't socially, creatively satisfied and doing some "analysis" or "innovation" or "problem solving". We also don't take well to being "told what to do".
(Sort of like a cross between Steve Jobs (visionary, creative, secretly self-obsessed) Calvin (from the comic), Jack Sparrow, The Joker, and Wile E. Coyote. )
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posted by sawyerrrr
on Jan 9, 2012 -
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I've found what bothers me about my office job -- my position and what I do is utterly useless. What I do has absolutely no effect on anyone, nor does it increase my employer's profit or success in any measurable way. I've realized this is what leaves me absolutely drained at the end of the work day, though I've spent the day sitting at a desk. It also makes me dread going to work in the morning because I could not feel more like a cog in the machine. What are some jobs where I can actually feel useful or needed, or feel like I'm contributing to society?
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posted by allseeingabstract
on Sep 13, 2011 -
25 answers
What did you do when you were in your 20s and trying to find a way to support yourself financially but still had no idea what you wanted to do in terms of a career?
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posted by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
on Mar 28, 2011 -
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CareerFilter! Help me to "diagnose" why I'm so tired of my career and which directions will lead to more satisfaction in future! Patient history, current symptoms and potential therapies under the fold (neatly organised but very long!!!).
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 27, 2009 -
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After a few years of full-time freelancing, I'm exploring a return to in-house work. What I've found in the early days of my search is that I'm in a kind of career limbo, a few years overqualified for the mid-level jobs and a few years underqualified for the senior-level jobs. So: How to deal?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 24, 2009 -
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I'm a jack-of-all-trades type of guy interested in getting into product design/usability/human factors. I'm somewhat convinced getting a degree in industrial engineering is a good start. Any other paths to consider before I commit to that?
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posted by NeoLeo
on Oct 2, 2008 -
12 answers
In which careers can one can get the most experience doing complex negotiations early on -- and make good (or great) money at it?
posted by shivohum
on Mar 28, 2008 -
4 answers
Help me choose between two totally different jobs, my brain is going to explode!
Even worse, perhans I'm an odd person, but I'm going to feel terrible telling either of these companies "No" and it's stressing me out a lot. I hate disappointing people. This emotional aspect is making it really hard for me to just quit stressing and think clearly about which makes more sense.
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posted by twiggy
on Jun 9, 2007 -
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Looking for work ideas that utilizes a fresh MBA that can be done from home.
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posted by ransom
on Jan 2, 2007 -
5 answers
Portable careers?
There was a comment the other day in one of the threads about portable careers and I'm very interested in breaking out of the corporate structure and becoming more mobile again.
What are the best resources for making the jump? What are the best career paths to follow to make the move? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.
posted by fenriq
on Nov 4, 2004 -
8 answers
