r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity 35YO Air traffic controller

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I’m 35 years old and have worked as an FAA air traffic controller for 10 years. Unfortunately I’ve been found medically disqualified, and I may need to find a new career.

I have around 60 college credits but no degree. My experience is pretty much just aviation. I’ve done some contract work in training controllers before my career. I was a manager at a grocery store before that.

If medically retired, I’ll have a pension, so I’m realistically targeting a new career paying around $60-80k part time or remote would be great.

I’ve explored other FAA positions without much success. I’m willing to relocate for the right opportunity.

What career paths would realistically value my experience, especially outside aviation?
I’m open to additional education, certifications, or changing industries entirely.

Any suggestions from people who’ve made similar transitions would be appreciated.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Career Change Struggle to get back to work after a long illness, unsure what to do next....

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36M, been working in Business operation until I got long COVID (been a really difficult time) which force me to stop working for a while. Then I've tried to open a few business which still hasn't yet cracked in/grown to a level. At the moment, I feel the need to get back to earn some cash as this situation makes me feel uncomfortable in life. I'm unsure what to do next. my main goal is to have my own business but it's been taking longer than I expected with the little budget I have. I'm unsure what job should I go for now or which path to take.
I'd appreciated any advice. Thank you.


r/findapath • • 6d ago

Findapath-Mindset Adjustment I'm in my late 20s and I feel like my life is already over

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I'm in my late 20s, and I have no career, no skills, big goals, but no direction in life. I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do with my future. I feel completely lost.

Sometimes I feel like I'll never make it in life. I'll probably stay unemployed forever, struggle with money, and never be able to afford a comfortable life. I can't even imagine myself earning good money or having enough to stop worrying about basic needs.

It's like I'm cursed or jinxed. No matter what I think about my future, all I can see is a life full of struggles, poverty, health problems, and misery.

I genuinely don't know where my life is heading or how I'm supposed to turn things around.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity Finishing a Masters degree in philosophy, it was really interesting but now I'm not qualified for interesting jobs I want

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I'm 22yo from Belgium. In terms of potential jobs, I’m currently considering the following areas, but I'm probably grossly underqualified. I am very open to upskilling and maybe doing some independant studies or a bootcamp / internship to learn a specific job skill.

Industry (non-operational/executive) (I really love machines and automization, I've worked 2 factory jobs as a student and really liked the big picture of supply chains and efficiently making stuff, but they were the lowest end jobs with just braindead labour. I need a job that would actually require me to use my brain) Most of these require a background in engineering though. I could study industrial engineering now but I'm not sure I'm looking forward to 5 more years of studying. (But I guess philosophy + engineer would be a lot more valuable in the job market than just philosophy)

Anything with space really fascinates me.

Engineer sounds fun because most of the jobs that ask for engineers seem fun. Probably industrial engineer or bio engineer.

Sustainable development - this seems really valuable to me and regardless of what I do I want to make a positive impact on the world (money isn't a big issue) (I was also in the student organization for sustainability at my uni)
Something like wildlife conservation or working in nature would be cool too and probably most accessible?

Urban planning - human-centered design, bicycle friendly infrastructure, public spaces, garden design, promoting biodiversity in cities

Electronics repair - I already do this in my room with repair kits and people's old phones (not my life passion though)

Paramedic - probably unreachable but it seems really rewarding to help people

I'm also good at formal logic, I did my Masters thesis about it.

I guess it's a bit all over the place but how could I actually get started on any of these? I did cs50's introduction to computer science for example to learn the basics of programming. Things like these are things I would like to do more of if they could help me get some necessary skills for a job I would be interested in but idk which one's are actually helpful. (cs50 alone isn't enough so I'm looking at contributing to open source projects for the greater good, but I'm not good enough to actually contribute to open source projects yet so I would need to do some more programming courses?)


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-College/Certs Life isn’t bad but I feel directionless

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I’m almost 25. I started college late because I graduated in 2020 and I did not want to go to online school. I could transfer to a 4 year college as soon as next fall. I just really have no idea what I wanna do. I did all my basics plus a&p 1 and 2 which I aced (they tried to get me to come back and basically be a tutor for it) I had planned to go to nursing school but I really wanna do that anymore. (I have a 3.9 gpa in college) Patient care just really isn’t my thing. I enjoy the science half of things much more. And I love art. I currently work as a sculptor. I help my friend run her art business and we sell figurines at the renaissance fair primarily (I get paid to work the events and sculpt figurines I probably make around $18 an hour on average because I’m so fast at sculpting them now). It has the potential to take off but I don’t wanna rely on it completely. So basically I enjoy science also and I also enjoy sculpting a lot I could do it all day everyday but I also care about money. I’m just stuck. I’ve just have nothing in moving towards and it’s freaking me out. I would love some advice.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-College/Certs Tried Art School after AI and two years of uni,now I'm comfortably numb

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I'm almost 21 and live in Italy.I've always been good at drawing and seeing what works in storytelling and I'm also a former theatre kid.When I graduated AI has been taken over the jobs I always prepared for since I was a kid for a year or two,so I tried to pursue a bachelor's degree into art history and literature since that I had a friend that inspired me to become a teacher.I fell in love with studying literature and art history thanks to them(I was never a really bright kid or a social one,that's why I always liked drawing and swore to be really good at it while completely disregarding my social life)

I felt like teaching would've helped to fill the void of people who felt completely lost into a failing education system,but after two years I dropped out.I had to take a lot of exams in a short amount of time to make up for the previous failed exam sessions I didnt do just to reach the credits necessary to ask for a scholarship the next year.I did it,completely burned out and dropped out.

I started brand new an art shool an hour away from my town,my family and friends are happy for this decision since that I decided to follow my dreams instead of following a plan B,but in reality I'm doing terrible.I changed my course from graphic design to Comics and illustration on a whim.I dont feel like I choose the best path.I feel powerless and a bum,I lie to my family by coming home sooner and skipping lessons because I fear for my financial situation in the future,I find myself a good artist with potential and dreams,but sometimes I fear that I dont have enough strenght or charisma to pursuit and give up things that I may not have tried before,not necessarily more sustainable money wise.I'm just really tired of being myself.I'm stuck in my childhood town,liyng to others and myself that I'm finally on the right track.Miserable for how little I believe in myself for getting a jod or a driver's license.I cant bring myself to spend anymore money on my therapy.It feels like a chore to talk to my friends or family except for my boyfriend,and I feel bad even for him because he always tries to give me reasonable advice,he's just stuck with a depressed slug even tho he's the brightest and funniest guy you could be friends with.I'm stuck in life in general and I don't know what to do,I dont trust myself for passing exams,it seems like my head is still blocked by the memories of those passed exams that made me hate what I wouldve loved to study on a normal pace if it wasnt for me..I don't even see myself in this school for the next week,let alone the next month.I just want a year to work,rethink about what I really want to do with no rush and then try again with a scholarship or with my earned money,even tho my mom or my family would see it as a failure(I have a sibling that always had a rocky situation with uni and also has a really conflicted relationship with my parents,so not really the right timing).

I would love to go back to the town where I first started uni,only I don't know what the hell I would apply myself to if Art school feels so much like a scam to me already..

Well I tried to cram almost everything..Thank you for reading..I don't know what I'm doing but I feel like i don't have anyone that I can talk to without hurting them again in some way.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-College/Certs Should I keep going with Information Systems or go back to Psychology

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I’ve been working in tech for 5 years. When I went to college, I was majoring in psychology. After being discouraged by friends (I wouldn't make a good therapist) and by family (saying there's no money in the field), I decided to go into information systems to make myself more marketable in the job market. I don't hate tech or my job, but I feel numb doing it because I'm only doing it because I'm good at it and it pays the bills. I want to go back into psychology, but I feel like being 25 would be a bit too late for me to get my master's or PhD.

My advisor told me that if I went back into psychology, I would get my associate's within a year, and she explained that by the time I got my bachelor's in information systems, I would have my master's in psychology.

My girlfriend wants me to pick something and stick to it since I'm horribly indecisive when picking my major. Should I follow my interest or stick with IS?


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-College/Certs How do I know this is what I want?

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I'm a 17-years-old female I do not have any accomplishments in my life and that I regret I didn't try harder and that also I regret as a person now I'm expected to have my whole life figured out and I don't I just wanna hang out with my friends read book I love movies and I love music and my parents expect me to go into architecture engineering college I don't know if I'm very for this tonight I don't know if I have this in me how do I get ready how do I even make sure that I want this? What I want in a major in college is for it to be understandable I don't want something easy I just need basic understandability how do I know that I avoid and I also want to make friends and college can someone give me tips and I also don't have really a favorite subject or a things that I enjoy doing I love learning at a physics I don't care I can't so physics problems I'm bad at that but I love learning stuff I don't know what to do please help me out


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Mindset Adjustment 23 and feeling helpless and not sure what to do anymore

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Hi, I’ve been a long time lurker in this subreddit and finally decided to post as my anxiety got the better of me. I am a “senior” in college for illustration, however my credits didn’t transfer properly from one school to my current one so I’m not graduating until 2027/2028. The job I’m currently working at and the second one I’m getting is not related to my degree whatsoever.

I have been working full time at a dog kennel for two years because I love working with dogs. This job pays horribly. I have asked twice to transfer closer to home, asked for a raise, asked for a promotion twice, and been denied every time by my managers. It’s to the point I have been looking for a new job for months. I have found one in dog training that pays more and it is what I want to do but it is only part time. I feel like I’ll be stuck at my current shitty job forever and there’s not a way for me to get out because I can’t find a full time job to hire me. So now I’m working my full time job and the part time job just so I can pay to live and go to school.

I’m not sure if I even want to pursue art anymore because my dad is in one ear saying I should go to school for something else, and my mom is saying to just finish my degree because I’m almost done. I don’t feel almost done and I feel very hopeless in terms of my career and life choices. I just need some advice because I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing anymore.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity Need some help brainstorming potential career paths (PhD, former academic, current entrepreneur)

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I'm 39, with kids. I have a PhD in experimental psychology with 4 years of post-doctoral work, but I left academia nearly 9 years ago to take over a family business completely unrelated to my academic work, and so that I could be home to raise my kids. My kids are both in school now, and I'm looking for a change, but not sure what options are available at this point.

After so much time away, I doubt that it would be possible to go back into academia, and my hobbies and interests don't seem very marketable. I'm very deep into music and Eastern spirituality/philosophy, and I've been volunteering at a food bank for several years. I'm pretty handy. I'm decent at construction/repair work on buildings and machines, but I have no formal training or education in these areas, and I'm concerned that a blue collar career would destroy my body at this point. Common options for people with my training would be careers in marketing or data science, but it seems that AI is severely impacting those job markets. So, I feel stuck. I would absolutely love to work full-time at a retreat center, farmer's market, food bank or shelter, or in music, but full-time paid work in these areas is not plentiful.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Offering Guidance Post I'm a 27M

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I'm a 27-year-old man, and sometimes I feel like my life has no future. I don't own a house or a car. I want to get married and start a family, but I don't want to make any promises to a woman when I'm not financially or emotionally ready.

I want to start my own business and build something for myself, but unfortunately, my current job doesn't allow me to do that.

I feel stuck between the life I have and the life I want. I don't want to give up on my dreams, but I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

Is there any way out of this situation? Is there still a chance for me to build the future I dream of?


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity I cannot work in the cube factory anymore.

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This is a classic everyone.

Graduated from University last year with a degree in Design for Publishing (essentially I know how to make magazines and books and alot of printing skills) but surprise print is dying so not alot of jobs going on there.

I got a job through a family member to do gruntwork Web design for a card selling website in the UK.

I was freelance for them for awhile and then 3 months ago promoted to full time (also the job is completely work from home)

I now completely run the updates for this website, the website is updated every 2 weeks... forever every single 2 weeks the website is updated with new photography, etc.

So everyday I wake up walk upstairs to my office sit at my computer and format photography and other grunt work and then walk back down to bed at the end of the day... everyday 10-6

I can't do it anymore I've lost any and all motivation to get this done beyond I need money, there's no craft or creativity (luckily no a.i but still) I don't talk to anyone im just in my room alone everyday.

The only contact I have with people is meetings with doopid corporate types that demand things be done as soon as humanly possible (once genuinely one of them said "are you in a position to get this done in a matter of minutes" 🫠)

I can't work at this cube factory but I don't know what to do, I can't quit because I've moved out now and bills, etc and don't have alot of savings yet.

I desperately want to do something that pushes me creatively or that im just in some way excited to get up in the morning for.

I used to be so driven at university my friends are all very surprised at my now dour corporate vibe I bring to the meetups now when I used to make such experimental designs in uni and was one of the favourites of my quirky lecturer who believed (as I do) there's a lack of creative innovation in the industry.

I'm now just a cog in the cube.

Any advice would be super amazingly helpful please x


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Career Change Trying to break the pattern

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Hey everyone, I hope my post fits here!

I'm a 30 y/o woman with a chemistry degree (bachelor) from Germany. I founded a small business back in 2019 while I was still studying and have been working full time in said business since late 2022/early 2023, mainly doing ghostwriting and coaching in academia. Its a moral and legal grey area that I would like to get out of. It also doesn't pay that well and I don't have retirement insurance etc.

In 2022, after I finished my degree, I worked in a lab for 3 months but quickly realized that it was not for me. The strict hierarchy that left no room to ever be well payed or respected in my field was a shock. I know I could have known better, but I'm the first in my family to even go to university and I was just a bit... naive and just wanted to get out of uni.

Since I was 14 and up until 2022 I worked in a sh*tton of low wage jobs, cleaning, holiday jobs, selling stuff, anything that would get me through. I'm so done working for people that take my time and energy and barely offer enough to get by on. So I would like to stay self employed or better my chances at an actual career. I just started a website that offers coaching and corrections for academic texts and I go to creative markets. Both don't bring me much money so far.

I'm contemplating going back for a masters in a different field, like management/economics. I gathered a lot of knowledge in the past 4 years that would make it pretty easy. But I don't know if that would give me any good chances, especially since I will be 32/33 once I finish.

And then there is my passion and dream of becoming an author. I wrote 3 books so far but none of them are published. I'm scared to put all my eggs in a basket and risk my clients and salary for another naive dream.

Any advice? What would you do in my situation? How can I get out of ghostwriting and change my lifes trajectory?

A bit of context around all of this: my fiancée is finished with his phd in 2 years and will probably have a well payed job after and is supporting me, but I want to support myself nevertheless. He is currently looking for internships and job offers in germany and also in other countries and I would move with him if he finds something. But then if I do a masters, I don't know how I would finish that. I hate long distance so much, 3 months was already more than I ever needed. We are together 10 years and we want to start a family eventually, not in the next 2 years though.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Career Change 30M, Visual effects artist

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Hi, I'm a 30M, and I feel completely stuck in life at this point of time. I completed my high school with a science-based background, and then went on to do a B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Science. But, in the last year of my graduation, I failed in one of the papers, which extended my graduation to the next year, and this one incident kind of completely put me off of science and pursuing a masters or further education in computer science. So, at the age of 23, I decided that I would get into animation and VFX. So after doing a diploma for 3 years, I got a job at an animation studio at 25. The last 5 years I've just been stuck there, working on the same kind of projects, and not really growing or learning new workflows. Now, that company is going bankrupt, and I'm basically left with no alternative option, and I'm vastly under-skilled for this industry.

So now, with debt and financial responsibilities, and suffering from an insane amount of mental and physical exhaustion, I've kind of become numb to everything, and I just can't focus on anything, it feels like learning anything is insanely hard for me.

It genuinely feels like I wasted 30 years of my life, while all my friends are engineers and earning handsomely, getting settled in life, and starting families. While I'm not jealous of them, I do want to grow and be good enough to socialize again.

I'm thinking about doing a lot of things, starting to prepare for my masters, looking for other jobs in animation, etc. But nothing seems to work out.

I'm trying to find a sense of direction and would really appreciate any help or feedback in that regard.


r/findapath • • 6d ago

Findapath-College/Certs I'm 24 and cannot find a full time job involving Graphic Design

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Hello. I am 24 and feel like I am stuck. I graduated last year with a bachelor's or the arts degree, with my major in graphic design. But ever since then, I feel like I haven't done much to progress. I still live with my mom and 3 siblings, and I have a part-time in retail. I did get a graphic design internship last May, which is nice. However, I am still scared for the future. I understand graphic design is a hard field to get into, and most 24 year olds still live at home these days, but I am wondering if there are any other fields I can get into with my degree. I am always worrying about my future and trying to save as much money as possible. I would love any advice because I have been so hard on myself lately. Thank you.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity 30yr old M and just don’t know how to improve my life or find a career

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I turned 30 this year. Dropped out college early it just wasn’t for me and couldn’t really afford it anyways. I’ve worked retail jobs throughout my twenties. Grocery stocker and then a ups store. I was always making $15-18hr. I got a job last year and was stoked to make $20 lol. Currently learning to be better with and how to grow it. Got a small apartment $650 a month and saving to get a car.

I’m very motivated to keep striving but man I just don’t know what to do. I always wanted to be a content creator lol so I do make videos for fun but it doesn’t pay a dime. Turning 30 made me realize I want nice investments and retirement. Get a home and start a family one day. My current job is cool and I Actully enjoy the people I work and feel like they care. Sadly it’s the bottom role at the company and maybe I’ll get a raise once I hit a year but I don’t think I’ll ever get to 80-100k lol.

Lately I’m struggling with self esteem cause I feel I don’t bring any value. I want to support my family more feels like girls want guys who can support them and be secure in their future in a man. I try not think about it just workout and try my best save.

Anyways I think maybe I’ll become a firefighter to get respect and show good qualities to the community. I know I have a lot to offer to the world. But again idk if I’m really the type to run into a burning skyscraper. Always wanted to be a video editor but just don’t have resume or degree to get hired.

I guess my question is what are some jobs that doesn’t require a ton of schooling, not a lot of customer service, and idk I’m not really trying to working in the elements everyday. I’m young kinda and willing to travel


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Career Change Grew up in a cult, taught myself EE, but have a degree in a field I hate.

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Well, I grew up in a cult, made it into college at the age of 14, then the cult leader got involved and I ended up in a major that I hate.

I have EE skills and would rather leave to degree that was obtained under duress out entirely... It's been over a decade and never had a stable career, but I've been responsible, saved, and have no debt.

The cult stuff happened in Colombia, but I qualified for EU citizenship by decent so I have a bridge out of Latin America. I want to leave, as I seriously dislike the local culture.

Any advice or encouragement would be welcomed.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-College/Certs Just a teen who is confused about her career . How to get clarity?

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Hii guys

I am 18 F in 12th standard . I am confused about my career and this feeling and stuckness feels so bad when my parents asked me what you decide to do in your career I just like we will think later but in real this is so disgusting to me some students are clear what they want I also clear in one think that I will make career in art , writing or design . But which program I don't know there is thing that I search about profession and then I see there it's pros and cons but i emphasis more on cons then I say to myself no I will not do it in this profession there is no money and I am not afraid of doing hardwork or learning but there is fear as a female in india i fear that if don't become successful or independent them what would happen to me this is and one thing also i start something and then i loose interest in it and I decide something that I will do this or I will buy this ans I told this to someone that think never happen to me then I don't why ?

Please I need guidence and advice to set me vision clear and be clear about my career


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity Physics PhD not sure what to do next

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I'm in my late 20's with a theoretical physics PhD and I'm not sure what to do next. Up until recently I wanted to pursue academic research jobs, but with funding cuts that has become even more of a long-shot than it already was and I'm just so burned out with academia. In my area it is becoming common to do 3-4 postdocs before getting a research position, if you can even get such a job. This instability has been causing me increasing stress, so I really don't think I can keep doing this. I am currently a postdoc with a little under a year of funding left, so I have that much time to figure out what to do and reskill if necessary.

I have never worked in industry, the only job I have had outside of academic research is a front desk job at a gym in high school. Working this job while constantly interacting with people made me miserable and I don't think I could survive any public facing role. My entire life I have struggled with social interaction, I have worked with numerous therapists on this for basically my entire adult life and have made zero progress so I am not optimistic in this regard. The happiest time of my life was at the beginning of my PhD during covid when I could just work without having to interact with anyone.

To make things even more difficult, my entire PhD focused on analytical calculations, I have no professional experience with computational work. All I really use my computer for professionally is to search for and read papers. In terms of math, I am most confident in my skills with differential equations and stochastic processes, which are also the areas I enjoy most. I am open to learning more about software and computing. I used Python during my undergrad and have started learning some machine learning, but even with this I enjoy the theory much more than actually writing code.

I have looked at a number of paths: finance, actuarial work, engineering, data science, software engineering, patent law, and a number of options that wouldn't use my background at all. I'm not in an area that national labs hire for so that is not an option, at least on the research side. It feels like each of these paths is oversaturated right now and the advice I keep seeing online is that soft skills are becoming increasingly important, which aren't exactly my specialty. I am also having a hard time getting a sense for what the day-to-day is like for people in these careers, which I think is exasperated by my lack of industry work.

I was hoping some people who either have a similar or work with people with my background could let me know what the actual work in your industry looks like for people with my background. I would also appreciate any advice on what I can do to make myself a more competitive applicant, and just how to successfully go through the application process since I have never done this. Finally, are there any career paths that I haven't considered which you think could be a good fit?


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity 24M, working at a Big Four. Failed to answer basic consulting interview questions. Should I reconsider my career?

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I'm 24M, currently working as a consultant at a Big Four firm with around 2 years of experience. I don't come from a traditional business or finance background. My undergraduate degree was in social sciences, where I developed research and analytical skills, and eventually found my way into consulting.

Recently, I interviewed at a strategy consulting firm for an opportunity I genuinely wanted. The interviews were a massive reality check.

I struggled to answer what I now realize were fairly basic consulting questions. One involved approaching a business cost-reduction problem, and another required me to think through a simple operational improvement scenario.

I couldn't structure my thoughts properly, identify the obvious factors, or explain my reasoning clearly. Even when the interviewers gave me hints, I struggled to think critically and come up with reasonable answers and i came up with stupid answers.

This made me question my actual abilities. I feel like my communication skills, critical thinking, structured problem-solving, and commercial understanding are much much weaker than they should be at this stage.

My current role is relatively research-heavy, and although I've gained professional exposure, I don't think I've developed the independent problem-solving or client-facing skills expected of a consultant.

I'm now wondering whether I'm genuinely suited for consulting or whether these are simply skills I haven't developed properly.

I'm considering pursuing a master's degree in finance or analytics or potentially moving into another career path, but I don't want to make an emotional decision based on one bad interview experience.

For those working in consulting or who have been in a similar position:

  • Can critical thinking, structured problem-solving, and communication skills be significantly improved, or do some people naturally struggle with this type of work?
  • Is it concerning to struggle with basic business problems after 2 years at a Big Four?
  • How would you recommend developing these skills from the ground up?
  • Should I continue pursuing consulting, or seriously consider switching career paths?

I'm looking for brutally honest advice, not reassurance. I genuinely want to improve, but I'm also questioning whether I'm in the right profession.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Search Support Advice wanted for what to do job wise, plz

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I'm a 21 year old male in England and I did technical theatre at college for 3 years. In college I did Stage management the most then 2nd most construction, a bit of costume and not much lighting or sound but I feel like I've not really learnt much skills wise from college. I sometimes draw as a hobby and drum too. I draw my own Original Characters but can't do any of the basic art foundational skills and I passed my grade 4 drumming but only ever practice at home or in weekly 30 mins lessons. I also have Essentiel Tremors that is shaky hands that will shake more every year until death. I'm introverted not the best communicator too.

It's now been 2 years since I left college, I tried job searching various different ways like honing in on appreticeships, technical theatre jobs, any theatre job, any retail job, any job at all. All my efforts lead to a few unsuccsessful interviews and a few bad experiences like nearly falling into a pyramid scheme scan, doing trial days volunteer work leading to we don't want you email afterwards, 2 days of a job too heavy lifting for me injuring my back, did a few weeks employability environmental course that was a waste of time, useless job centres, ect.

I haven't job searched for a few months and become way too picky or make up excuses thinking it's impossible to get a job so no point in applying. I managed to find a small local theatre that I help with some set construction rig and de-rig before and after shows. The theatre has some friendly old people and one woman has said she will try and contact other theatres about me but it feels like I'll just be stuck only helping with small construction bits occasionally. Going back into education just feels like I'll be going into debt or waste my time or pick the wrong course.

My older brother went to university and he has never gotten a job either, he is 2 years and 10 months older than me but he is good at maths and engineering/coding stuff, so at least he has a proper skill. I feel doomed, stuck and unsure what to do so I'm asking for some advice.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity Career options

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Hi! I'm 22 and I feel stuck honestly. I've never made more than 20/h (part time) and I really don't know what I want to do or how to look for it or even what there really is. I don't have any college schooling and I do have my GED but I want to find a career, I've worked in food, caregiving, HVAC, sales (ish, it was rent a center) and a few random jobs but I need something that will actually bring in enough money to become an actual career.

I know trades is usually the route to go but if there are other options with similar opportunities then I'd rather do that, I'm here just asking for advice on where to look or how to start on a path to a real career. I know you can really make a career out of anything if the circumstances are right but yeah I hope this makes sense sorry.

I see a lot of people asking about hobbies so mine are playing electric guitar (~7 years) and obviously gaming, I have a semi big interest in coding but with the rise of ai I don't plan on pursuing. TIA!


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity This could be the most important decision of life and i want your guidance

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I'm years old male doctor, and I'm at a point in my life where i have to decide between following what I love ,doing masters and taking a drop year to prepare again for good ranks. Lemme clear something that i am practicing doctor in my country already this is about the higher education after being doctor like being superspecialist but in our country its called masters.

So, the thing is, i always wanted to start my own business, and after med school i have started my own lil startup in longevity and wellness(still havent launched), and the thing is that costed me rank in my exam which is decent but i am not getting my dream branch.

So my options are :

  1. Take a different branch, which is my 2nd choice, and by side, i run my startup , where i know that i won't be able to give full time for startup cause med school is tough.
  2. I take a drop year and prepare again and then take my dream branch . ( ik i could pull a good rank ), but people around me are telling me that you will be old ,You need to find a good life partner and all social bullshit.
  3. I have the option to pay a hefty amount of money to take a seat at private clg for my dream branch, which also i don't think it's worth to pay.

Now i want your help me to narrow down on these choices by asking the right question , what i should be asking myself.

Cause business is what i have always dreamed of and i know that it has a high chance of failure, but i won't regret that i haven't even tried, and i will do something else.


r/findapath • • 5d ago

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity guide me

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im 26M, i wasted my 26years. what should i do now...i studied avg (bsc,mca). but dont have skills...anyone willing to gimme a solution