Hi everyone, I’m a high school senior graduating soon and honestly I have no idea what I want to do with my life career-wise. I’ve been stressing about it a lot lately because I feel like everyone around me already knows what they want to do.
I do have experience in business/banking through internships and school programs, and I also have experience in the medical field from classes and training. For a long time I thought I wanted to go into medicine and maybe even med school, but now I’m starting to question if that’s really what I want or if I just liked the idea of it.
I recently got accepted into a really good college with strong business/economics programs and a really good pre-med program too, so now I feel even more stuck because both seem like good options. I’m also worried about job stability and AI taking over a lot of careers in the future.
I already know trades probably aren’t for me. I respect people who do them, but I’m honestly not good at hands-on things like welding or construction.
So I wanted to ask: if you were in my position right now, what career path would you go into that’s stable, pays well, and still gives you a good work/life balance? How did you figure out what was right for you?
Edit: Thank you so much to everyone who took their time to answer my question and give me advice or their perspective. Even though I probably won’t be able to reply to everyone, I’ve honestly read everything and I’m really grateful for all of it.
I also realized that your major doesn’t completely decide your entire future. Some people majored in one thing and ended up doing something completely different later on, especially in engineering, business, tech, and healthcare. That honestly made me feel a little less pressured about figuring everything out right now.
I still don’t fully know what I want to do, but I’ve learned about so many careers and pathways I didn’t even know existed before. Another thing I kept seeing was how important networking and connections are, which is something I definitely want to focus on more.
I also want to do more internships, travel more, and explore different opportunities while I’m in college. Since I’m going to school near the Boston area, I feel like there’ll be a lot of opportunities to meet people and gain experience, so I’m excited for that.