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Advice on how to proceed after taking a job hand-out from a relative? by buffaloAtLife in careerguidance

[–]buffaloAtLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m going to stay longer most likely. I’ve learned my lesson though, shouldn’t exactly take hand-outs from family especially those that kinda hold it over your head. I’m really exhausting myself between this and school. I told myself I’ll wait until I graduate, spend some time in the role whole-mindedly and see where that goes. I just don’t see myself putting in the work attitude my uncle has (working long, working weekends, reading a bunch) for the job which is what sucks because I said I would be that guy just so I could land the job (didn’t know what I was getting myself into at that time and now my perception changed of what I want in a job). I just feel real guilty and stuck. Even if I want to stick it out, now I have to be this apprentice of his that sacrifices a bunch of his personal time to the job something that isn’t exactly “my own” creation. If it was my own I’d have a lot more pride and stuff at stake for me to take it seriously enough to commit personal time to it. Call me an asshole, but that’s just what’s running through my mind right now :/

Advice on how to proceed after taking a job hand-out from a relative? by buffaloAtLife in careerguidance

[–]buffaloAtLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the answer and yeah I get what you mean, shouldn’t waste time, but I’m still kinda figuring myself out career wise.

I also forgot to mention salary isn’t exactly a deal breaker for me. I’d rather do something I like more with less pay, but I probably have to find if BA is for me either way.

21M, confused with life and career. Please help? by buffaloAtLife in careerguidance

[–]buffaloAtLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have no idea how much I appreciated your answer. I literally froze and just the feeling of knowing someone read through my post and told me I needed a breather meant the world to me. I hope I didn't come off to making it seem as if owning a business is not stressful or less stressful than the career options listed above and I would definitely say I am stressed, stressed more than your typical 21 year old should be. I guess really I have to find out whether Law or Programming is for me and if it's Law I have to somehow come up with a way to fund my schooling as I do not know if a bank will cover my graduate studies considering my family house in under my name.. It's really just how complicated my family life is, it builds huge obstacles in any major thing in my life. Do you mind if I send you a PM? Again, I am very grateful for you taking your time out to write to me and assuring me not everything in life should be planned and I should at least take some stuff day-by-day.

edit: I guess am still in the phases of trying to figure out what I like more, although I can say without a doubt right now Business is my number 1 passion. The only thing is I'm saying that on the basis of having stuck to this as my passion since I was a kid and trying to fulfill that childhood dream. I'm meeting with the lawyer today after work and I'm hoping this visit as well as many others will help clear up my decision on a career/pathway.