u/ComfortableFlower651

For starters, I'm 17 (F) and finished high-school early this year. I'm currently waiting for my application results to university and I'm torn between becoming an engineer or a technician.

To give you some info, I did pretty decent on my final exams, not extremely good but it's higher than average.

I don't really have a "dream job" my only reason for wanting a job is primarily because I want to make enough money to live comfortably while supporting my family.

I'm actually leaning more towards being an engineer due to the higher salary however it takes around 4-5 years of studies to be qualified and I just don't have time to study for that long.

My parents are in their 50s and are going to reach the age of retirement in a few years, I have a little brother who hasn't even started middle school, and my sister is planning to do her own business so I don't want to burden her by studying for so long and leaving her to provide for the family.

I'm just really torn right now because I don't know which career is the right path for me, I really want to earn a high salary but I don't want to burden my family in the process.

Any advice on which path to choose will be greatly appreciated 🙏🏻

I'm currently torn between choosing which course to continue my studies in. I don't really have a "dream job", my focus is more on getting a high paying job so that I can help support my parents and little brother since my parents are nearing their retirement age and I don't want to burden my sister since she's planning on starting her own business and needs to save for her startup capital.

Back to the topic, my SPM results are kinda bad (4A, 4B, 2C and 1D). I already got my form 6 offer for aliran sains but I don't really want to continue form 6 cause I've seen my sister go crazy from studying.

For my upu, I mostly chose chemical engineering but I did apply for INSTEP's Diploma in Industrial Instrumentation & Control. I might be getting ahead of myself asking which course to choose even though I haven't gotten the offers but I think it's better to already have a choice in mind.

I'm not a big fan of theory learning, I prefer practical learning if that helps.

Would appreciate any advice given, thank you in advance.