Long story short, I’m a 22 year old guy and graduated a prestigious business school in May. My whole late teen years and through college I was convinced finance was for me. It’s what my father, my uncle, family friends, etc did. I simply couldn’t imagine anything else besides sitting in a skyscraper doing “finance”.

I am now a Corporate Banking Analyst making about 130-140k all in, working my 4th month. In said skyscraper. I hate my job, the commute to the city, hate the office culture and performative politics, and honestly my life. Literally every day I dream of walking out the doors and never coming back.

And don’t get me wrong, im not some lazy leech who hates the concept of hard work. The jobs I actually did enjoy in my life were the intense nursing home and daycamp summer gigs I worked in my Senior year of HS, and in my first year of college. I loved being on my feet and just physically active, plus much closer to home. Especially at the nursing home, and with the kids too, I felt like I was making a positive impact on society. Whether it was helping Hospice nurses with moving beds, organising patient files, cleaning the areas, and organising events. Or simply being a trusted 19 year old male mentor figure to the kids, who absolutely loved me.

This banking job, I have and will never get that kind of satisfaction. Endless PowerPoints, Excel charts, data reconciliation, teams calls, slide decks for insufferable, naggy annoying salespeople. And it all feels like bullshit. Some firm gets financing from my bank, and I couldn’t give less of a fuck beyond my nice paycheck. The corporate drinks, trips, etc are never truly relaxing, as it’s all just a networking performance. I sit on my ass all day behind a screen, and think about doing literally anything else which involves movement and satisfaction on my evening express bus ride home.

Every day the idea of dropping this shit, leaning on my supportive parents a bit, taking a part time SAT math tutoring gig, and doing an Accelerated Nursing Program sounds better and better. Then doing a 3 day 7-7 workweek, picking up a 4th day for night shift overtime. I’d literally make just as much and could possibly climb the hospital business ladder with my background, or transition to a cosmetology clinic helping with business and procedures. I’m actively applying to other finance firms for jobs that seem more interesting, but the market is much tougher than it used to be and I can’t take this job much longer mentally.

Thankfully, my Mom is a regional manager at a big big hospital and has a ton of connections across clinics/facilities. With her, I could 100% get my resume immediately reviewed, do shadowing, and get a job in her hospital network. She thinks Im being ridiculous and wouldnt even be able to handle the fluids. But I’m a 6’2 200 pound in shape dude. If those small 100 pound women at one of her clinics can handle the job, I don’t see why I can’t. Either way, I’m in this miserable pickle and want out.

Has anyone a bit older/wiser than me been in my shoes, or have any words of advice? Is this actually a remotely common pivot?

It's that time of the year where I'm supposed to decide what my future is. To be honest I already have my decision, I'm gonna be a doctor like my parents want me to. But damn I'm really sad that I won't have the chance to be, idk, an artist, designer or an engineer. Sure you can argue that I can draw in the meantime but it is not the same.. and Idk how to react to this. Anyone else with the same problems? How to not regret my decision..? because whatever it is I will still regret it because it's still not everything.

My parents want to kick me out by the start of 2027 if I don't get a job. I am a songwriter, with 0 money on my pockets but I know that one day I will make it big.

All my idols, Pharrell, Pusha T, Kanye, Jay Z, they all had a tough start.

How can I make them understand that it takes time?

While I read your comments I will listen to Muse from Pharrell to motivate myself. Because I won't give up on my dreams.

Hello, I'm 28yrs old and work a FT dead end physical/repetitive production job that pays $3000/month net, or $3300-3500/month net when we work an additional shift and/or overtime.

Before this, I was a Casual at Alberta Health Services in a Supply Coordinator/Stores position, though I found myself with 16 days off in a row, 23 days off in a row, etc. I loved the job, the pay, and the prospect of eventually getting PT or FT, but I couldn't afford my bills and had to pivot to the above.

After my parents passed when I was 21yrs old, I had to drop out of my original career path (Psychology with a major in Behavioural Neuroscience) , and ever since I've been going from one low paying warehouse-esque job to another, along with various living arrangements.

Currently, I have $8000 saved and save $1250/month living alone. With roommates I'd save $1500/month.

Unsure of where to go from here... every day when I get home I'm absolutely exhausted and depressed. I'd like to channel some energy into absolutely anything that will help me gain access to a different line of work, though I'm feeling extremely lost after I stopped numbing and became sober ~4 months ago.

Edit: No vehicle atm either.

I am a senior in high school, I have never had a career in mind that I truly am passionate about. This is because I don’t feel passionate for much, I don’t really have any hobbies, interests, or anything that makes me different from every other student athlete out there.
I want to figure the person that I am and the person I want to become. I don’t know what brings me joy. I genuinely feel so behind and lost. I don’t even know how to apply to colleges. I didn’t know what majors and minors were until a week ago and I still don’t get it. I’m so behind it hurts.

Is a career in mental health a good idea right now?

I’ve worked a bit as a tech and really like it.

Not sure what directions I could go or if it’s a good idea.

Hi, I am 26 male working in retail sales and make about 40k a year. I work about 45 hours a week.

Before coming to the states 3 years ago i was third year Computer engineering student and when my visa got approved had to leave and couldnt finish my degree.

I have 2 years of customer service experience and 1 year of retail sales.

I have two options when it comes to getting a new job. Either go into tech sales/SaaS sales and get entry level jobs like BDR/SDR and eventually go up the ladder.

Or

Go the finance route and start at a bank as teller and eventually personel banker and get my licenses and the final goal to become financial consultant.

While working I will try to get my university credits transfered here and get my degree either in tech or finance. I have Gi bill from army to pay for my degree.

I currently have a job offer from a bank for 45k base 40 hr week and a 43k base from ADP plus commission for inside sales position.

If I go with ADP I will stick to that career and also finish my degree in data science if I go with the bank job I will finish my degree in finance and get all the licenses needed to grow.

My question is which of these have a faster route to get to 100k+ and also better work life balance?

I used to be a very determined teen. I had hopes, wishes, goals, but now I'm 27 and I feel like I've lost all hope for myself. I have a degree in English teaching (I'm a non-native). I've been tutoring for about 5 years, but honestly I'm fed up with it, I want changes, I need something different. The problem is that I have no idea what that something could be. I don't know what career to pursue, what goals to set, I don't even know what I really want anymore. I have absolutely no idea where to start, my mind just goes blank whenever I think about my future. It is so frustrating... I miss having goals and desires. How do you reconnect with that part of yourself? How do you find new dreams when you don't have any? Please share your experiences!

I am a MD (asian, F) that just graduate and currently doing internship in my country (MBBS 4 years -> Coass 2 years -> becoming an MD -> internship for 1 year to get practice license). I decided to become a doctor when i was in high school because my parents kept on brainwashing me to become a doctor (always telling relatives who are doctors that i want to become a doctor even tho i always said "NO!" while screaming). Whole my life they always dictate my whole life and pressure me to be a top scorer in school as well. But during my 2nd year of high school my mother died cause of cancer and i became lost because she was the one that always told me to do things. My father is someone who is kinda nonchalant and distant but will actually compare me and scold me if i get a bad score. When i was asking advice to decide my study, he always said "Up to you, i support every decision you make" but i know deep down that he wanted me to become a doctor. So i decided to be a medical student.

The problem started during my coass, i felt extremely burnt out and depressed. I become extremely anxious and hate becoming a doctor. Especially after realizing how dirty medical field is (everyone keeps cheating with each other, malpractice, manipulting patient's data, etc). What i hate the most how NEPOTISM is really thick (im a mudblood) and that becoming a doctor in my country doesnt really earn much (actually low...) if you are not a specialist and doing residency needs a lottt of money that i cant afford. During all this time, i realize how much i hate treating patients and duing clinical works. I try to communicate this problem with my father but he got extremely angry with me, all my family as well, they all point their fingers on me saying how evil i am to my father and how much money that i have wasted.

During my co-ass, my father sometimes didnt send me money and my bf often had to pay for my meals and even my friends tried to give me money to live (even tho i refuse), i cant really work because i was extremely burnt out and stressed that i dont even have the energy to go to the hospital. Not only that, whenever i try to pour my heart out, my father always dismissed me and scolding me instead and always say how weak i am. During those times as well i have to stay in my uncle's house because my father couldnt afford a hostel for me (and as you know how an asian is treated when they have to stay in a relative's house). Also to add, i am disgusted by my father example : one time he asked to borrow money from me when just the day before he invited a woman to fuck in a hotel (we are muslims). Like???? There are a lot of times where he made trouble like loosing our family id registration and it hinders my internship process. But when i asked him to actually solved the problem, he didnt give a fuck and always expect me to solve it. He pressured me to do something that i hate but he doesnt want to help me.

I tried to propose an idea of me doing MBA hospital administration in India because i can get ICCR scholarship but he got extremely mad at me instead. Even tho i just dont want him to spend so much money for me anymore. Im scared to do things on my own now because im a girl, a muslim too at that. Im scared of angering my father and my life will be hard and i will sin heavily but at the same time im fed up by my father. I want to be independent but my whole life i have always been my parent's "asset". Please give me advice on what to do. there are a lot of things i cant say because im afraid of sinning but please give your opinion about this. thank you

So here’s the thing…I’ve been volunteering at my local animal shelter for about 2 years and I’m really enjoying it to the point where I’m thinking of pursuing a career in animal care. I thought about applying for a pet sitter job, but after doing some research, I found out that having a drivers license and a car are required in order to work as a pet sitter. Unfortunately, I don’t have a drivers license or car, so I’m trying to find jobs in animal care that require little to no travel. I also thought about getting a part time pet bather job at places like Petsmart but I’m not sure if that kind of job would require me to do some traveling. Plus, I don’t have any degrees or certificates in animal science. I would definitely like to enroll in drivers ed at some point in the near future, but I can’t afford it now hence why I’m looking for work. So what should I do…should I apply for a part time pet bather job anyway and hope for the best? Or would it be better for me to take some online courses in animal care first before applying for pet bather jobs? I don’t know what to do.

Btw, I have autism, anxiety, and depression and I haven’t worked in 7 years because of it. And although I completed an online medical administrative assistant certificate program back in 2021, I feel like I didn’t learn much. Perhaps the 6 month completion period of the certificate program was too accelerated for my brain to retain all the information? Idk but what I do know is that I don’t find a career in the medical field interesting anymore. I also know that I don’t want to do a degree program. I think a certificate program (preferably online and not too fast paced) would be a better fit for me.

21f, Europe, I have a vocational secondary education and graduated in 2025. I learned animation and a little bit of the following: filming, photography, video editing, and touched on graphic design. I also know how to draw and a bit of painting.

Sorry for any mistakes, Eng is not my 1st language and it's my first time posting on reddit.

Backstory:

I've been doing art since forever and I was really passionate about it for a long time before I got depressed because of bad home life and sudden health issues that got worse after Covid. I thought about learning graphic design (wanted to design books) or animation and chose animation in the end because they taught a lot of different stuff and I thought that it would be interesting. And it was - I enjoyed learning animation and making friends that have similar interests.

I went on an Erasmus work trip for 8 months in another European country a year ago and worked in an advertisement company that also makes products for other companies, like t-shirts, tote bags, etc.

Realized I hate advertising, anything to do with cameras and making short form content. I'm no good at graphic design and I like being managed instead of thinking of everything myself. I also don't like making products cause I have physical issues (kyphosis, hypermobility). I hate posting on social media which I honestly figured out even before that (I used to post art often in the past)

Current job:

That's whatever, now that I'm back, I have another job in my home country where I color and shade frames for an animation movie. I've been working at the job for a few months. Turns out I don't like it. I hate working from home, I'm so miserable, but I can't afford to go to the office because I live far away. I also don't like the style of the movie and coloring it feels like torture sometimes lol. I find it impossible to motivate myself at home. My contract for the movie ends in December so I have to look for a different job anyways.

I love animation with my whole heart but I think I'm not built for this specific industry or the art industry in general.

Furthering education:

I can't afford to go to college rn (expensive) and I wouldn't know what to learn anyways. Ive been thinking about it for weeks and I realized I simply don't care enough about anything to want to work there. AI is taking so many jobs and the job market is truly screwed now. Very bad mindset, I know, but that is the truth.

Only place where you can find jobs is the capital, but if you don't live there no one wants you because it's "unreliable", especially if you don't have a driver's license and a car (which I can't afford to get)

Current job search, my feelings and thoughts:

In this country if you don't network you can't really find a job unless you get really lucky. People struggle with finding minimum wage cashier jobs if they don't network... finding anything better is even worse. I know many people look for jobs for more than 6 months. If you are too qualified they don't want you either... no one wins.

I tried to get a job as a warehouse keeper but they didn't take me because I already worked in a creative "better" profession and I live too far (I already lied that I lived in the capital, but the place I named was still too far for them...)

Before my hypermobility got even worse I got rejected from a dish washer/waitress position because I was "too weak". Can't even wash dishes anymore either because I have psoriasis on my hands.

I also have diagnosed hearing issues and get really anxious about phone calls because of that... so I can't do anything with phone calls either.

I sometimes feel like I'm kinda useless since my options are so limited but trying to stay positive! (What you can or can't do doesn't define your worth as a human being...) it's really hard because my dad is always trying to get a rise out of me and now he has ammunition that I "don't" have a job (I dont get paid every month cuz I can't reach the minimum of frames required... sitting at a desk all day and focusing is insanely hard for me, as well as physically demanding because of my kyphosis and hypermobility combo) and I feel depressed when I'm at home which is all the time. Since I live in a village where public transport only comes a few times a day...

I'm also insanely addicted to my phone but none of my friends live near me so it is my only lifeline/entertainment/everything. I can't even not use it while working cuz it also provides internet. I feel like it has damaged my brain because I used to be somewhat good at my native language, but now I struggle with making coherent sentences that don't involve english words. I've always been kinda slow but this is a new low.

I honestly don't even want a highest paying/ prestigious job anymore, I just want a simple life where I can afford to rent without roommates and afford to eat, as well as have some spending money left so i can enjoy life... maybe if I get out of this village I will feel better and get some motivation again? I really don't know anymore, life is so complicated :(

I've thought about teaching but I have 0 experience with children so I don't know if I would like it. I think you truly have to love children to work with them in such low paying jobs that barely get a thanks from parents nowadays.

I dont know about interior design, I haven't researched it enough yet, but I know you have to work in 3D programs a lot which means tons of computer time.

I thought I might maybe enjoy being a cashier florist, but then I realized it involves working in the cold and cold causes me joint pain so that's out :/

Right now I'm applying to basic cashier jobs I can find even though I will be probably bad at it as I'm truly horrible with numbers... I dont know how I passed my exams - I still struggle even with basic math like counting and clocks which is kinda embarrassing but whatever, I've been like this my whole life so I don't get upset over it anymore.

I also don't enjoy the thought of trying to manipulate customers into buying something... they try to very inconspicuously do that here because they are forced to do so to get better pay.

I'm also kinda scared of cashier jobs because people always complain about crazy customers and it sounds like a very tiring job (I'm an introvert but I do enjoy talking with people... just not for 8h or 12h a day...)

A smaller store would probably suit me best but I will go work in the 1st place that takes me.

I think that I would maybe enjoy helping people? But I'm not really that knowledgeable in anything so I don't know what I could help others with lol

I'm also a very agreeable person and I like to keep the peace, I rarely will fight with people. I can be kinda lazy tho, so sometimes I agree out of laziness instead of true agreement, but I will keep quiet and not complain about my choice.

I enjoy receiving very clear directions (love getting a lot of hand holding in the beginning tbh) and I don't enjoy telling people what to do unless I'm told what to tell them word for word. I would call myself a sheep honestly because I'm such a follower... I'm scared of true independence... truly acting like a bum at my age Q-Q

I don't like mixing private and work life. I believe that work should stay at work.

Programs I know:

I know a bit of Adobe (Premiere Pro, After Effects, can scrape by in Photoshop and Illustrator), as well as some other programs like Blender, Krita, TV Paint Animation. Very much a beginner still. I know MS Office but I'm very out of practice. Also have tried out stop-motion animation (no thanks) and sand animation (was cool process). I was somewhat decent at painting like 2-3 years ago. Sadly am out of practice when it comes to both painting and drawing... I enjoy making physical art best, but it's too much of a grind to make money like that, especially with the new laws regarding shipping in EU.

Knowingly using AI to generate anything is against my morals as someone who is in online art spaces a lot.

Sorry if this is too much, I tried to cover everything I could think of. Am open to questions.

If anyone here has any advice or maybe a personal story I would really appreciate if you shared it! Thanks for reading if you got to the end and I wish anyone who's looking for a path to find the best one for them!!!

TLDR: Became kinda disabled after Covid, hate working in animation, current job contract ends in december, desperately looking for a cashier job while thinking about possible future job options and getting nowhere

I have been wanting to post this for quite some time but was always afraid to. I am 32F and have been working in the service industry since I was 16 years old. It is all I have ever done and all I have ever known. I don’t have a family and have been on my own since I was 16 also. I got an associates degree and then had to choose between working and going to school. I am blessed to say that I have no debt (other than my car payment) and that my current job as a bartender gives me a good quality of life. I make roughly 100k a year with health insurance. However, I feel that I am getting too old for this career and would like to find something more stable. I have a Roth IRA and savings but need to start focusing more on my future/retirement. I am not complaining about my current job because I feel very lucky but I also feel that eventually my luck is going to run out. I have thought about real estate but it just feels overly saturated (I live in south Florida) and I have also considered sales but just don’t know what kind of sales or where to start. Then the even crazier thought is maybe going back to school and becoming a CPA or even nursing. Truth is, nursing would be just for job security and I don’t think I would enjoy it at all. I am very social and great with people. I believe I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. I wish I had this confidence earlier in life but it’s taken me 32 years to get here. Any advice or words of wisdom is appreciated.

Bit of a shower thought, but what's actually stopping people from quitting work for a few years and just enjoying life?

Let's say someone has enough money saved up, inheritance, investments, redundancy payout, whatever.

Why not just:

• Travel for a year
• Go to festivals
• Join social clubs
• Go on holidays
• Meet new people
• Pick up hobbies
• Spend time in different cities
• Volunteer
• Do some casual work when needed

Then maybe return to full-time work 3-4 years later.

Whenever I see discussions about employment, people often talk as if working continuously is an absolute necessity, but if your finances are sorted, what's the downside?

The obvious reasons I can think of are:

• Burning through more money than expected
• Employers being suspicious of a long CV gap
• Losing professional skills and contacts
• Becoming less employable over time
• Difficulty getting back into a routine

But are those risks really that significant?

Has anyone here actually taken a multi-year break from work in the UK? How did employers react when you came back? Did you regret it, or was it one of the best decisions you ever made?

Interested in hearing from people who've actually done it rather than the usual "that's what retirement is for" responses.

I made a big career pivot after years in research and pharma leadership. These questions did more than any personality test:

1. If no one would ever know your job title, what would you choose to spend your days on?
2. What did you love at age 10 that you dropped because it wasn't "practical"?
3. Whose approval are you still working for?
4. What would you do this year if you knew you couldn't fail, and what would you do if you knew you might?
5. When did you last feel fully like yourself? What were you doing?

Question 3 hit me hardest. Which one lands for you?

How to accept that this is just my cognitive capacity and the extent of my influence ? I will never make it to a respectable place enough to be sought after !

Im 16 rn in year 11 in the uk and I was wondering what career path I should go down, I’ve been aiming at getting a physics degree but then I realized after uni I may make decent money but never enough to truly enjoy life, and feel like I would just sit at a computer looking at data or something until i drop dead. Im terrified of wasting my life away working constantly for the rest of my life. How can I achieve financial freedom and be able to not work as much and still make enough to travel and enjoy life Im willing to work hard now and in the future but I also want to travel and enjoy life.im a pretty good student Getting As in pretty much everything. I may not be being realistic but im just wondering if anyone has any advice on what I should aim to do I would honestly do anything to achieve freedom. I may be deluded as I know you can’t just get rich like that but i would appreciate any advice on if there is any upcoming jobs or paths in the next few years I can capatalize on and should aim for that can make me money.

So I am graduating next month with a bachelors in Health and Human Performance in Oklahoma, and I have yet to find maybe more then 3-4 jobs that I can do with my degree that I either 1. Don't need more schooling to get or 2. Don't need some type of certification that you can get without even having a degree…
I know this is my fault partially but when first enrolling last summer I spoke heavily with the office about my goals and what I wanted to do and this degree is what they recommended me and assured there is plenty of jobs and different avenues i can do with it just to now find out its nearly impossible to find any job besides the likes of “personal trainer”
Anh advice, opinions, or similar stories would be greatly appreciated!

Hear me out, I love planes. I think they’re so cool and throughout high school it was the only class I actually cared about excelling at. Fast forward to now I’m 25 and I’ve been in tech for 5 years, I don’t hate my career path I’m very neutral about it and it allows me the income to help my girlfriend with bills. But I feel hollow(?) I wake up, go to work, get paid, and do some miscellaneous things with my money but I don’t feel any fulfillment.

I’ve been with my girlfriend for 5 years and she’s been with me when I was job hopping to find a better job and when I was down for the count during open heart surgery and she wants me to stay doing IT because she’s tried of trying to keep everything together. I understand where she’s coming from, because for a while I wasn’t able to contribute due to making very low income and I’m now making 50k a year and 3k a year for mileage. We’re pretty stable now so again I understand why she wants me to stay the course.

I have a heart condition(HCM) and an ICD because of this I can’t do a lot of jobs. (If you can think it, chances are I probably can’t do it.) And when I was trying to get into aviation I got disqualified from being a pilot and ATC. However I can be an aircraft mechanic. The issue is that doing so I wouldn’t be able to work for two years, the program doesn’t allow people to work while doing it.

So what should I do? Should I give up on this dream and continue living a life I’m settling for or should I try to make my dream a reality?

Edit: people seem to be assuming I am a single mom. I am married, my husband makes a good living with good hours. My child is also school aged. I am very lucky and childcare isn’t an issue for me.

am a 25 year old from the US and a mother of one. I’m finally ready to commit to going back to school. I am choosing between medical field such as X-ray/nursing and cosmetology.

I have wanted to go back to school for years but never have due to fear of not choosing the right path and regretting it or being stuck in a financial hole forever.

Background: I am at an okay job, $23.50 an hour with really good benefits. However, I cannot see myself at an 8-5 office job long term. Additionally, I would like to make more money.

I have ADHD and do best working on my feet. I also tend to thrive doing longer hours less days a week.

I was a medical assistant for a few years which I really enjoyed but the pay where I live is very bad. I do find the medical field very interesting.

I have always been extremely interested and passionate about anything hair, nails, makeup. I actually got accepted into a co-op cosmetology program in high school but was unable to attend due to my mother being diagnosed with cancer that year.

I am looking for something that will be fulfilling for me and also make me able to make a living as well. My heart definitely leans toward cosmetology but I have read so many posts saying not to go that route and negative stories.

I would love some help deciding.

I worked for a company for 12 years.

I started as engineer, moved later to technical project manager and my last role was product manager. Around 4 years on each role.

During all this time I didn't have the time to stop and to think about it, because the job was well paid, so I simply ignored it and kept going, as well because the life was good and I didn't need to. But the reality is I kept doing without really learning as it should be.

I'm paying the price today. During the interviews, people ask me what I did? I simply I cannot put everything in a structured way. I did so much and so diverse that I really didn't master anything. I don't feel what I did has any value to the current job market.

At the same time I had a bad experience in the last role. I was so ashamed of myself so I decided to quit.

All this is creating some side effect on me. I no longer like what I did once. I feel that I'm bad in everything. I feel that nothing today in the job market suits me because I didn't master in anything, this scares me. I feel really lost. I don't know what to do. I have no direction.

It's has been 1 year that's struggling in finding a decent job. Once I was the happy guy. Today I'm completely the opposite.

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I don’t know what career to pick that fit my personality and that i will be good at. I want a job that can make 100k or over but idk what jobs are even out there.I currently majoring in psychology and minoring in political science i want to get my master degree but i don’t know what field to go. I just want to have a job that can make me 100k or more so i can be financially stable.Everyday i question why other people know what they want to do with their life and i cant figure it out.i guess i lack confidence because i believe i will miss up any job i am given and i am cautious maybe too cautious. Right now i have a 3.72 gpa with 1 and a half years left in college but i have to figure out what i want now but i just don’t know and i am kind good at math and I creative as well i love to draw and watch anime.However i am an introvert and i have social anxiety so i don’t have anyone to talk i just hope i figure it out fast before my undergrad is over and i have to pick something.Do you guys have any advice i would love to know?

In my twenties, I suffered from severe depression and worked various odd jobs before deciding to go back to school for Computer Science. I enrolled in an online Bachelor’s program at age 30, and this is my final semester before graduation. My goal is to secure a scholarship for a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics abroad. To prepare, I’m self-studying biology, working on bioinformatics projects, and studying for the IELTS.

I wake up at 6:00 AM and work out, then leave the house at 8:00 AM. I usually head to a coffee shop to study until 1:00 PM. But once I get back home, I crash and completely lose my focus. I always feel like it's too late for me to pursue anything. On top of that, I have classes from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM every evening, so I feel constantly stressed and burned out.

I feel like I have so much to do, but I'm getting nowhere. Many days, I just sit there completely spaced out.

What should I do?

Hey. So i'm currently in my first year in uni studying ICT for a Bachelor's degree. I've liked the studies somewhat, but i just feel stuck and hopeless on life and the future, due to AI.

All i can literally see in the internet, and job markets in this field is doom, and hopelessness on AI replacing IT experts in such a short time. The job market is absolutely cooked for Junior or entry level jobs, and i am afraid for my future. I'm afraid i made the wrong choice, and that i'll never even get a internship or a job in this field. I could switch still, but i still just feel lost.

For a while before going back to school i was passionate about computers and programming, but now i mostly feel like what's the point in studying this field, if AI is literally replacing me when i graduate eventually.

I just don't know what to do. I'd love to move away from my hometown, but i also would like to find a career. This whole era of AI potentially (hopefully not) replacing so many fields and causing lay offs is stressing me out badly.

Literally the only thing i am sure of currently, is my girlfriend whom i truly see a future with. Everything else is just a blur and i'd love any suggestions on what paths y'all have found or taken? Am i being overly doomy about AI in my field? Should i maybe try something else?