Learn Mandarin and become an international business consultant for Chinese companies in the US or vice versa. Unlimited upside potential there, no hard math or science classes — just unbelievably hard language classes. The smartest move anyone your age could make. You could also do Spanish or Portugese and specialize in Latin American business but I think Chinese is the way to go long term, especially since you are so young. Good luck to you.

Learn Mandarin and become an international business consultant for Chinese companies in the US or vice versa. Unlimited upside potential there, no hard math or science classes — just unbelievably hard language classes. The smartest move anyone your age could make. You could also do Spanish or Portugese and specialize in Latin American business but I think Chinese is the way to go long term, especially since you are so young. Good luck to you.

Learn Mandarin and become an international business consultant for Chinese companies in the US or vice versa. Unlimited upside potential there, no hard math or science classes — just unbelievably hard language classes. The smartest move anyone your age could make. You could also do Spanish or Portugese and specialize in Latin American business but I think Chinese is the way to go long term, especially since you are so young. Good luck to you.

Soliticing career advice on a housing bubble blog is an interesting approach, but who here knows what you want to do and what interests you more than you? If law interests you then go after that with a single minded focus. With a family to support it sounds like you don’t have the luxury of bouncing around to different things to see if you like it.

Soliticing career advice on a housing bubble blog is an interesting approach, but who here knows what you want to do and what interests you more than you? If law interests you then go after that with a single minded focus. With a family to support it sounds like you don’t have the luxury of bouncing around to different things to see if you like it.

The one thing that I wish more people had told me when I was looking for a career was, “Go into what you’re good at.” If you pick a career that matches your skills, chances are high that you will excel in that arena, which will make you more valuable and surprise, surprise, you’ll end up enjoying it tremendously.

When I went through college I majored in music, and while I had some professional success, I had a lot more frustration than anything else. But I was always good at math and logic. Gradually I drifted from writing music and doing sound effects to programming video games. What I realized with time was that I was dang good at the programming, and found myself having more and more success doing that. This success was a lot better than the constant frustration of the music gig. Not only was it better financially, but it was more enjoyable, because success is way more fun than beating your head against the wall.

So, whatever you pick, pick something you will excel at! That can be hard to determine. But try to think about the tasks you’ve had at school and work so far. What were your successes? What were your failures? What skills did you use that caused you to succeed. You’ve already identified that math is not a strength, so definitely do NOT go into anything that requires much math. But what are your strengths? You have good grades, so there must have been a reason for those. There must have been some good skills somewhere that lead to good grades. What were they? What career would give you the chance to develop those skills and excel?

As to law school. I can only saw that I’ve met lots of ex-lawyers who are doing other things, and lots of lawyers who wish they were doing other things. Way more than I’ve met of people in other fields. But I’ve also met a couple of lawyers that like their jobs. In all those case they are lawyers who are really successful and well respected for their legal abilities. So, maybe if you think you would be a really super good lawyer, then law school would be a good idea. But don’t go to law school just because you don’t know what else to do.

Hope this helps,

XBoxBoy

The one thing that I wish more people had told me when I was looking for a career was, “Go into what you’re good at.” If you pick a career that matches your skills, chances are high that you will excel in that arena, which will make you more valuable and surprise, surprise, you’ll end up enjoying it tremendously.

When I went through college I majored in music, and while I had some professional success, I had a lot more frustration than anything else. But I was always good at math and logic. Gradually I drifted from writing music and doing sound effects to programming video games. What I realized with time was that I was dang good at the programming, and found myself having more and more success doing that. This success was a lot better than the constant frustration of the music gig. Not only was it better financially, but it was more enjoyable, because success is way more fun than beating your head against the wall.

So, whatever you pick, pick something you will excel at! That can be hard to determine. But try to think about the tasks you’ve had at school and work so far. What were your successes? What were your failures? What skills did you use that caused you to succeed. You’ve already identified that math is not a strength, so definitely do NOT go into anything that requires much math. But what are your strengths? You have good grades, so there must have been a reason for those. There must have been some good skills somewhere that lead to good grades. What were they? What career would give you the chance to develop those skills and excel?

As to law school. I can only saw that I’ve met lots of ex-lawyers who are doing other things, and lots of lawyers who wish they were doing other things. Way more than I’ve met of people in other fields. But I’ve also met a couple of lawyers that like their jobs. In all those case they are lawyers who are really successful and well respected for their legal abilities. So, maybe if you think you would be a really super good lawyer, then law school would be a good idea. But don’t go to law school just because you don’t know what else to do.

Hope this helps,

XBoxBoy