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When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Apytele@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm trying to give someone advice on choosing a career that will suit them better than the one they're in and hate. I wanted to get together a list of good questions for them to ask themselves so they can use the answers to compare options like "do you prefer to work sitting or moving around," "do you want to not work weekends" etc.

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I started programming as a teen. I didn't realize I could do that as a job (weird, I know), so I looked into lucrative careers I could do so I could afford to have lots of free time to program. Then I discovered that programming was also a job.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

I had this one weekend when I was in tenth grade where I did nothing but write code on a fun project. Then I decided I didn't like writing code. I don't know why. Kids are weird.

I decided then I couldn't make it my job. I managed not to program for three years. It turns out I'm bad at everything else. Miserable.

That was 22 years ago. That's still all I'm good at.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 points 3 months ago

Same. It is fun but was not a good fit. Because I didn't want to code on my spare time as much. Now I am a game designer and it is exactly right. And it's more fun to code on my spare time.