[quote=sdrealtor][quote=XBoxBoy]The biggest piece of advice you can give anyone regarding careers is, “Go into something you are good at.” Don’t recommend being x or y because you are passionate, passion will fade. Don’t recommend being x or y because it is a good stable job, the tedium could well destroy that person’s spirit. But if you are good at something you will be successful at it, and that success will bring you happiness and fulfillment. Always, the answer to this question is “Go into something you are good at.” (Knowing what you’re good at can be a problem though…)[/quote]
it was a full day of testing, in a fancy brownstone in Mahattan, so incrediblyupper class. I’m not exactly sure how I was selected, there were some “scholarships” at my high school. I took the test, excited to get my results. They recommended “lawyer”; I said no way. not for me.
Not only can it be difficult to know what one is good at, even with a sophisticated expensive aptitude testing company, but it can be difficult to see the connection between a particular aptitude and a job. or one may have several aptitudes, some greater than others, and a job may utilize some of them in various quantities. where does that leave one?
Still, I think the advice is spot on–better to honestly evaluate yourself, and try to do something that seems like you’d be good at.
