u/FrontierD40 — reddlx

Hello, I am currently struggling a bit getting some clarity on what I should do. My end goal is to move cities right now to Seattle by October of this year. The reason why is for personal reasons, as that is where I grew up and a place I love adn want to be. Let me tell you a bit of background into myself. I originally went to school double majoring in Finance and Accounting, completing three accounting internships over the course of my college career. The first two internships were alright, but by the time I completed the third internship I realized that I couldn't see myself doing that as a career because of how...well, boring and mundane it was. Once it was over, I dropped my accounting degree and took my finance degree alone. I hunted for jobs for only a couple weeks back in 2023 after the internship and landed two offers at two national building material sales companies. I ended up taking the one which focused on wood products and have been working there since. This job has taught me so much and has been a wonderful change and experience from what I was doing in accounting; the people are great, the industry is super cool, and I have way more control over what I do. Now, I realize there are a couple things about this job and my decision that leads me to want to change the path I'm on. One is that there are no remote options for this job so I have to be stationed where I'm at in office/area every day for as long as I work here, and also that it is an absolute grind working the long hours. Another factor is the inability to focus on more of the technical side of sales and business side which I am interested in with how fast-paced it is. On top of this, I know Seattle is where I want to be as that is where my family is at and I can see myself growing old there. The tricky part, I'm sure as you all know is how tough this job market is right now. While i have a finance degree, I haven't had any proper experience in finance roles aside from my accounting internships I have completed along the way. I am still learning more about where my place is at in life and what I actually want to do. I have a very entrepreneurial spririt, where I have a love for helping people and solving problems and working autonomously, but also enjoy working as a team. I get a lot of energy in talking with people and doing a lot of different things and really enjoy sinking my teeth into things to get the job done. I have never been keen on "wait for somebody to tell me what to do", I want to do things my way through quality work and not be limited by the process of others. I am also very creative, with interests in art, music, writing, and videography, but also interested in helping businesses operate better and breaking down ways to improve systems to make them more efficient. That's not to say I don't love business and sales, because I do. I am just more of an analytical person. I am hoping to get better insights into three career paths worth pursuing which I feel I could excel at: becoming a therapist, working as an analyst, or becoming a recruiter. My plan is to move back up in October regardless if I have a job or not to at least give myself a deadline. I am currently employed, and plan to apply to at least 5 places per day which evens out to 100 places per month. I am pursuing analyst roles, recruiting roles, and building material sales roles, but holding out room to see if it is worth the pursuit of becoming a therapist. I am worried that I may have a hard time breaking in to these options without more experience as jobs require more and more on their postings, so if I can't find something by late summer, I am thinking about joining an MBA program to get my foot in the door for management or even doing a master in data science/analytics to pursue to analyst roles. Lastly, another thing I was presented was a general manager role at a construction company my friend works at where they would teach me the ropes and get me up to speed. This sounds great, but I'm just not sure if it's something I *want* to do, but sounds like a hell of an opportunity none the less. I'm wondering if I am sounding too far fetched with my idea, but I want to chase what I want and stick to a plan. Would an MBA be worth it, or even a masters to break into these fields? Or is it a waste of time? What do you think I should do in this situation? Thanks.