im sooooo confused :( please help a 14 year old with some problems :(?

Question

hi,
im 14 n live in London, im about 2 do early GCSE but i dont know what i want to do as a job when im older.
please help.
what good PAY jobs ( + £150,000) should i go for and what course.
ive fought of being a lawyer or a accountant are they any good?
please give suggestings on a good job and what course i would need in uni pleaseee

Answer 1

Man I'm 25 and I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. I've always thought it was unreasonable to ask college freshmen to set their career paths out at 18 and now you have to stress about it at 14? Whooo!

Ok, the first thing I would do is see if your school (try your guidance counselor) has any career aptitude tests. These things will ask you questions about your preferences (Would you rather work on your own or part of a team? Would you rather work inside or outside?) and spit out some jobs that you might be well suited for. This will give you a place to start. (Don't take it as gospel, mine said I should be a Forest Ranger, my bf's said he should be a Poultry Farmer. I work as a receptionist and he works for IBM, we're both happy)

There are three things you need to be successful wherever you go. 1) The ability to communicate clearly 2) the ability to teach others 3) knowledge of computers. Those three things will take you far in any field you want to go into.

Now, as far as well paying jobs go . . . Lawyer is a good choice and so is accountant. (I have a friend who's sole job is doing other people's taxes. She only works six months out of the year and make lots of money). Various tech jobs pay well and let you write your own ticket is you do them well (data warehousing, network administator, etc). I'd stay away from doctoring, I don't know about the UK but in the USA it's no longer the career it once was (high malpractice insurance, HMOs, etc)

My advice would be to pick out of course of study that interests you now. If you're interested in law, take law. If you're interested in math, study accounting. If you choose 'wrong' (there really isn't a wrong choice - all experience is good experience) then there is plenty of time to change direction later (even at the decrepit age of 25). At 14 I wanted to be an entomologist and I studied bugs and biology like you wouldn't believe. I eventually decided I would be much happier in a Liberal Arts field, but knowing all that stuff about bugs and biology has only helped me, never hurt.

And say what interests you is something completely impractical? (Do you want to be an artist? A fiction writer?) well then pursue that. Just have backup career skills so you can feed yourself (those three things I mentioned earlier) while you do what you want.

A good way to figure out what you want to do is by 'reverse engineering' your life. Picture yourself at age 20, 25, 30, 40 and decide what you want to be doing at those ages (owning an expensive home? Traveling? Playing with kids in the backyard? In the corner office? Running a home for wayward poodles? Retired already? Writing the next Great Novel and not giving a crap that you live in a loft?) and figure out what you have to do to get there.

Bear in mind that the average adult changes CAREERS every 10 - 15 years (this is at least true in the US, I don't know about that number for England). So you don't have to choose now what you're going to do for the rest of your life,. Just what you're going to do for the first part of it. (I found that when I took the 'rest of my life' pressure off I was actually able to make decisions about it)

I hope this helps

Answer 2

I am proud of you for considering your future, but don't focus on the money you could make. As the two previous answers stated, making a lot of money won't necessarily buy you happiness. I am making good money to sit around and do pretty much nothing all day as I work at a small bank that is just starting. I am at work right now answering this question, and guess what...I hate it. I would much rather be sitting at home w/ my daughter. Think about what activities and courses in school you enjoy the most. Also, don't be afraid to change your mind. You might be interested in accounting for example, take a few courses and discover you don't like it as much. Most people will change their minds at some point or another before chosing their final career choice!

Answer 3

Be self employed. Run your own business. Don't rely on others to pay you. There is no loyalty left in the world of business. Nobody will fire you. You can give yourself a raise, pick your own hours. Do something you like. Turn it into a business. Better to be happy than to work for some old crud.

Answer 4

Think of what you enjoy doing the most. What are you most interrested in?
Getting up everyday and going to a job you hate, is not worth the tons of money you may be getting paid for it.
Doing something you love is worth a whole lot more.

Answer 5

You want a good paying job, But also a job you like doing. You're at an age where you can prepare for what you want to do.

Answer 6

Boy are the hardest to read, one thing- don't let him get to you sweetie. Mixed messages are stupid, but looking desperate is worse. Try and leave it for awhile, he might get his confidence back around you. Don't try to hard around him, but its a good sign that he never told anybody about you liking him. Just hold you head up, its just a crush xox.