u/Gasstation211

18m doesn't know what to do with his life

I am 18M and will be going in the fall to a state school to study accounting. I'm mainly doing this because I really was not sure of what else to do, and my mom is a CPA, so she advised me that it would be a good career path. However, I am concerned about AI and outsourcing and want to do something that is more beneficial to society. I am good at writing and would be interested in something like healthcare admin, but that seems to be getting outsourced as well. I am also autistic, so I don't think a job where I would have to talk to clients all the time would work well for me.

If I could do a job, I think I would work in logistics for some large company (or some transport system, because I am interested in mass transport) making sure that shipments are on time, but I don't know if those are mainly for engineers. My math skills are pretty trash, so I don't think engineering would be great, nor am I really interested in taking things apart or anything like that.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I am pretty sad and don't feel like I have much direction in life

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u/Gasstation211 — 21 hours ago

Not sure what to do

I am 18M and will be going in the fall to a state school to study accounting. I'm mainly doing this because I really was not sure of what else to do, and my mom is a CPA, so she advised me that it would be a good career path. However, I am concerned about AI and outsourcing and want to do something that is more beneficial to society. I am good at writing and would be interested in something like healthcare admin, but that seems to be getting outsourced as well. I am also autistic, so I don't think a job where I would have to talk to clients all the time would work well for me.

If I could do a job, I think I would work in logistics for some large company (or some transport system, because I am interested in mass transport) making sure that shipments are on time, but I don't know if those are mainly for engineers. My math skills are pretty trash, so I don't think engineering would be great, nor am I really interested in taking things apart or anything like that.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I am pretty sad and don't feel like I have much direction in life

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u/Gasstation211 — 21 hours ago