is it right to say they didn't love their field of study?
2007-10-15 05:07:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It's probably more or less accurate to say that they didn't LOVE their field of study, but that doesn't mean they didn't enjoy it to some degree. Sudden career changes are often brought on by a sense of restlessness, sometimes panic at the realization of getting older without doing anything fulfilling or adventurous, sometimes simply ennui or boredom.
2007-10-15 05:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Pip 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. People do it all the time. For instance, I've been a nurse for over 30 yrs. I went back to school to study science and lab works. I still keep my license up because I may want to go back into nursing. I loved my job. I did Geriatric Psych. I just got burned out and needed a break. It doesn't mean I don't love what I did, I just tried something else and I work private duty in people's home 2 days a week taking care of the elderly. It's a lot easier than working full time in a nursing home or hospital. One patient, 2 days a week is fine right now. Who knows, I may go back only time will tell.
2007-10-15 12:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by Memere RN/BA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. Over time people who got a degree in a field they merely like, might find out their real vocation where they are totally fulfilled, so they get brave and get out of their comfort zone and change careers based on their real vocation in life.
Other people change careers accidentally, maybe they were looking for a job in their field, but a very good opportunity came up in a different field and they took advantage of it.
Other people change out of financial need. Maybe they majored in something they love, but later in life what they earn is not nearly enough to support their families, so they look for better opportunities in a different field, and overtime they might learn to love their new found career.
2007-10-15 12:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by Fon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can think of three answers to your question, and they all begin with the letter B
1. Burn out- The career turns out to be too exhausting, no respite, ever going on and on and on..... All their energies are literally "burned". Now they have to stop to take a quick look at the situation, regroup, and reassess if they want to do more of the same for another , lets say 5 to 50 years.
2. Boredom- This dream job turns out to be a sleeper, their brains are permanently on "PARK", or ""NEUTRAL" and at best is just on a sluggish clippity clop,stop, clippity clop stop.
3. Been there-Done that. There are natural progressions to a career. After years of mastering the general level, they either regress to producing a widget important to that industry or progress to distribution, marketing, or become dispenser/provider of the end product.
2007-10-15 12:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps better pay...Or a change was needed....
I don't know why a person would enter a job knowing they don't like that line of work.....If their course of study was construction, then they should like the field of work they're bound to encounter, otherwise their college years was a waste of time....
2007-10-15 13:20:05 · answer #5 · answered by deiracefan_219 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easy question......the majority of people that change the career's is mostly due ot I would say...boredom & lack of challenge.
2007-10-15 12:17:08 · answer #6 · answered by sunfire1165 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, they didn't get satisfaction from what they were doing.
or maybe money was a problem.
or maybe people they had to work with.
there are many reasons one could decide to change his career for.
2007-10-15 13:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by Analyst 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they change thair careers becouse they want better & better & better
2007-10-16 04:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋