r/CollegeMajors

Hello. I’m currently in community college and i don’t know what career and major I want to pursue. I’d like some advice from people who work in these fields or know someone who does.

My priorities are:
-Making around $100k or more a year
-Having a predictable daytime schedule (I don’t want night shifts)
-Having good work-life balance and not working super long hours
-Enjoying my job

My dad really wants me to go into healthcare and become someone who’s in charge rather than always taking orders. He’s suggested careers like radiologist, neurologist, and microbiologist. I was thinking about those three careers, but neurologist and radiologist is a long time in school and microbiologist don’t make it to 100k. I’ve also been looking into nuclear medicine technology and medical dosimetry but my dad says I won’t be in charge and I’ll be taking orders. Is that true?

I’m not sure which of these would fit my goals best, or if there are other careers I should consider.

For people working in these fields:
-What are your typical work hours and schedules like?
-Is the pay worth the schooling and time it takes to qualify?
-How is your work-life balance?
-Do you enjoy your job, or does it get boring or stressful?
-How much independence do you have?
-Are there other careers you’d recommend that meet these goals?

I’d also like to know any advice or things you wish you’d known before choosing your career.

Guys I need help with choosing a career

So I need a career that has three main things!

1. Money - like doctors get a lot of money and also business people!
2. Aura - like when pilots walk in airport, they have a special type of aura that is unmatched
3. Respect - like doctors, like when you say you are a surgeon, you have that respect from people. And also teachers, they also get respect!

for me personally, I like math and chemistry. I took bio and now I’m suffering as hell!

I really like being a ceo like that is something that I have dreamed of when I was young but then, I thought about becoming a doctors because they have high salary! (But I heard some people saying don’t choose medical professor because of the salary) so maybe I don’t want that because I personally don’t wanna do like medical school, MCAT, residency and all that!

I like being bold and Kendall Jenner is my role model, like I love being a model but my parents are strict. And also I admire people who have their own business. But when it comes to leadership skills, I am so low at that, like especially communication skills. I am so bad at that, I don’t have any friends that I could talk about this to! That’s why I’m asking you guys, who have experience, and everything. Please tell me anything, I would really appreciate that!! This is something that I really wanted to ask someone because I am a high school senior and my parents are nagging me saying that people my age have figured out at least what they wanna major in. Because of all the confusion, I thought about coping my sister who wanna be a doctor.

I’m currently a senior trying to figure out what to major in. My original plan was to become an actuaruy as I’m great with math, but I’ve recently began to consider other careers like aerospace engineering as it makes good money just like an actuary, and I don’t have to take the intense actuarial exams. Any suggestions? I enjoy math (mostly calculus, trig, and algebra are my favorites) and im good at it and i know that can help me make lots of money

I tried looking on the college website to see the difference for my major but nothing seems to be clear. I assume the bachelor's in science is more hands on but Id rather not go based on a guess.

UPDATE Thank yall for the information

Hi! So I have been thinking about changing my major from general studies of science, to journalism. It may seem like a weird change but I think it will work for me!

I am still in my first semester of college and currently in the prerequisites of my major. The long term goal was to be a veterinarian nutritionist, but I’m already having doubts. I really like animals and wouldn’t mind working with them but I think I confused the love for help(if that makes sense).
I also struggle a lot in science based things, and looking at my degree program it’s just science after science. I’ve always been better in writing, and comprehension.

My parents are both in the health field(doctor, and head nurse)and expect highly of me, so I’m kind of struggling mentioning it. I have done my research on journalism and where it can take me, and it seems more my style!

P.s I have financial aid covering everything so they aren’t paying for nothing