r/findapath

Hello, I'm a 25F now looking for a company job for the first time. I'm still an undergraduate - idk what I've done for the past 7 years in uni. It's not that I've had been working or anything I've taken two years off because of depression, and I'm regretting my decision.

I'm wrapping up my exchange semester in Europe soon to go back home. I really want to come back but maybe I should've work harder on my studies or career to do that... Now I feel like it's all too late for me to start making portfolios and stuff and no company would hire me without any actual work experience, even tho i know 25 isn't an old age :(

Sorry for the ranting & my broken English. I just had to get it off my chest.

Hi all, I’m a 39M and seeking a career change with some stability. For the last 7 years I’ve been selling homes, averaging about 100-125k in commissions and doing home flips here and there.

This year has been the toughest since my first year in business. The real estate market has been tough and I’ve only closed 1 deal worth 11k. I’ve had many deals fall apart in the last 3 months. I essentially feel unemployed right now.

I’m looking to transition into fully remote work now, I have a 1yr old daughter who I have to look after full time.

Based on my skillset: **Your strongest skills**
High-ticket sales and negotiation.
Building trust with clients.
Real estate investing and underwriting.
Construction and project management.
Coordinating multiple parties (attorneys, lenders, contractors, architects).
Explaining complex financial concepts in a simple way.
Working independently and driving deals from start to finish.

**Enterprise AI or SaaS Account Executive or AI Solutions Consultant roles** seem to be the best fit for me. However, I have been applying and after 10 months of sending in applications to these positions, I’ve only had one interview so far.

If anyone has advice on what I need to do to break into this field, it would be greatly appreciated.

For most of my life I’ve been fairly passive but now that I’m 18 and turning 19 in December I want to do something with my life. I’m not someone with much depth and I feel like I’ve missed out on most of the things people did at my age. I rarely go outside and I spend most of my days ether working or playing video games. I graduated high school but don’t intend on going to college. Is there something for me to do with my life? My biggest dream growing up was to become a YouTuber but I’ve tried so much and just never got the results I wanted. At the moment I’ve got what I think is a pretty good idea for a manga/comic book but I don’t know where to start, I don’t have the art skills to make one myself, and can’t hire an artist at this moment. I know this post is kinda all over the place but I’ve just been feeling like shit recently and want to get things in order before it’s to late. If anyone has any advice, that’d be much appreciated.

Is it true that you make more lifetime as a teacher (salary + defined pension plan + perks + benefits) than most engineers in Ontario?

for reference, im a 20F who grew up in New York. ever since i was younger i had a dream to work with animals when i got older. i thought id do marine biology but my Highschool professor killed that idea for me long ago. i thought maybe id become a veterinarian, but its so much schooling and the salary isnt what it should be (8 years average). and other animal jobs such as zoologist aren’t a sustainable job.

my mom recommends me becoming a physician assistant; as i do want to “help” something/someone and enjoy biology/sciences/med. it’s only 6 years of schooling, and i could practice in different offices (such as surgical or dermatology). the benefit of that is so i wont get bored, I could always work elsewhere. the salary’s good too. but it isnt my dream, and the feeling of wanting to work with animals is still there.

i just want someone’s opinion on how to go about this. my major is biological sciences, so it fits both criteria’s, but i wonder if im making the right choice. the school i go to is also so expensive, so if i can save any penny by switching my major ; i wish.

Hi everyone so I’m 27F and I have an associates degree of mostly just core classes like English math history etc. I have worked as a teachers assistant in school for a long time and honestly I am burnt out and tired of constantly being sick and underpaid. I’m a type 1 diabetic so insurance is important as I live in America. I know many people say try entry level admin jobs and office assistant jobs etc but in my state of NJ they are extremely hard to come by and they want you to have atleast 3 years experience for example dental receptionists because they want you to use softwares like EHR or other dental management softwares, for office assistants they want you to know quickbooks and other softwares and that’s what’s really holding me back. I’ve never been tech savvy unfortunately but I can email and use google suite apps like slides, docs, and sheets. English has always been my strength and I am articulate, I even speak better than my lead teacher whose grammar is horrible. But unfortunately, an English degree isn’t really getting you a job much like a history or ba in psychology. I just want something where I’m not worn down and underpaid I wouldn’t mind getting a cert or a 2 year degree. As I’m type 1, nursing is out because I’m immunocompromised. I just want some business skills that’ll help me get a job because admin jobs keep turning me away. Can anyone help and give advice? I also have tried applying to government and state jobs for years to no avail. Thank you to everyone in advance.

Edit: don’t drive so realty is sadly a no

Was waiting in the pharmacy today and started talking to this man. He was an entrepreneur working in cancer treatment and sounded very charasmatic, intelligent and confident. He was telling me about his life and all I was thinking was fml.

I felt like crap- I have a dead end job, hate what I do, no ambition and have no idea what I want to do in life. I'm so dissociated I have no idea what I'm good at.

I'm 47 male and suffered alot of childhood trauma and all my life is full of excuses.

It leads me to depression and self hatred.

I've been thinking about something lately.

I don't think most people actually hate working.

I think what scares people is knowing exactly what the next 10 or 20 years might look like:

Same job. Same routine. Same Monday.

And you keep telling yourself you'll do something different "someday."

At what point does "someday" become never?

Curious how other people see this.

I just got off my shift and everything hit me all at once so excuse me if my post is ranty, I don’t feel the best right now.

I am a uni student studying my dream career and working a part time restaurant job for money. It sounds good from the outside but I’m panicking because nothing is as it seemed when I had to make big life choices at 16-18.

When I was 18, I actually wanted to do an apprenticeship. My parents strongly opposed it because they saw university as the “better” and more respectable route, so I ended up going to uni. And in their words “apprenticeships are for people too dumb for uni, so as long as your under my roof that will not happen”.

I study digital marketing and advertising and I’m heading to third year. At first and second year (first semester) I was just writing essays on general business (human resources, management, entrepreneurship) and I was so so lost because this isn’t helpful to my degree. Finally second year second semester I’m doing marketing and it’s just 6000 word essays, make a claim and find studies to back it.

I thought I’d be making campaigns, mock advertisements, working on briefs, getting feedback, learning how agencies actually work, building things I could be proud of and eventually putting them in a portfolio. Instead, I feel like I’ve mostly learned how to write academically. That’s fine, I can do that. But also it’s just dropped on me “btw if you haven’t already done a portfolio and sent many applications for a placement what are you doing?? It’s too late you should’ve started months ago” And nobody discussed this before not even in passing, nobody in my course is planning to do a placement year for this reason we all feel underprepared (and kinda dumb).

The reason why my hopes are up for uni was because I remember asking on an open day for my course (different uni same course) what would it look like if I chose this course? And they told me how they have all these equipment and I’ll be taught these skills and I’ll be doing practical work relevant to my career choice, looking back that was all I wanted but reality couldn’t be more opposing. I’m scared that after uni, I’ll just have my degree and some debt and it wouldn’t mean much at all, just a silly pastime. That’s all that uni has been for me, learning how to write academically and I feel like once I graduate I’m gonna feel pure dread.

Ig the stress of work is also getting to me since I’m thinking about this after a late shift but this isn’t what I imagined for myself at all. I try to build a portfolio from home but idk I’m just overwhelmed with regret. I don’t know whether my from home experience even means much to employers without actual employment rather then freelance work. Should I do an apprenticeship still after uni, did I waste 3 years.

I’m sorry the post is so ranty, my head is all over the place.

i’m struggling a bit in my current role. I work in supply chain planning. lots of presenting findings to upper management and answering their questions about the numbers. i made a fool of myself at a meeting today, as I didn’t have numbers pulled up quick enough. and then someone else on the team stepped in for me. now looking at it, what they wanted me to show is so simple. but in the moment, my mind was like a tornado of thoughts. i over complicated the questions. This would happen in school as well. when we’d do case studies in class or at interviews. the rest of the team would be so far ahead of me. I never have enough time to even wrap my head around the problem/figure out where to begin.

I will be moving to a new team soon. Current team is looking for someone full time, but it’s pretty evident that i’ve proven i’m not ready for that. feeling a bit anxious about my future, due to my inability to problem solve when there are many possibilities as task can go. I’ve never been very bright in life. definitely don’t have a STEM oriented brain. and also sometimes struggle socially (in situations like the one described above). all my office jobs seems to be misses and i can’t never hit the nail on the head. feeling lost as to what i can do, other than working minimum wage.

I'm almost 30. I have a bachelor's degree, but honestly it's a degree in name only — it didn't teach me a real skill or point me toward anything I care about. And I didn't choose my current job out of interest or passion — someone I knew helped me get it, so I just landed here and I'm doing it.

The problem is I have no real idea what I'm good at, or what kind of work I'd actually enjoy and could earn a living from. I'm at a stage of life where nothing quite makes sense, and I feel stuck.

For anyone who's been here: how did you figure out your strengths? How do you discover work you genuinely want to do when you're already this far in and starting from scratch? I'd really appreciate hearing from people who found their way through this.

Right now I’m in college and my degree is set as RN, but in all honestly I don’t think I really want to pursue nursing. I mainly chose it since I was encouraged to by family, but in reality I feel so anxious about going into it.

So I guess I just want to know what other options are out there that aren’t nursing? I’m still open to medical field jobs, as long as I won’t be put into too much debt due to them.

I would prefer jobs that do pay a livable wage too.

Edit;;

I realized I didn’t really explain too much about myself initially, that’s something I should’ve done previously and I apologize for that.

I’m currently 21 and this is my first year in community college, again my major is in registered nursing though I’m just doing the basics right now.

My main concern when it comes to nursing isn’t like work related responsibilities, it’s being liable for a patient if something were to go wrong. I freeze up a lot when there are emergencies. Which is why I worry if I were to become a nurse, I wouldn’t be a very good one.

I’m still interested in patient care though, or any career that will allow me to interact with people.

Anyways thank you so much to anyone who replied to my post!! A lot of them were very helpful and I learned about careers I never even considered :)

I'm turning 25 next year, and lately, I've been feeling strangely anxious about it. I always thought that by this age, I would have a stable life and at least some idea of where I was going. But honestly, I don't.

I have over a year of work experience, but I left my job in June because of some startup-related issues. I've been looking for a new job and have received a few offers, but none of them felt right. Now I keep wondering if I'm already behind or if I'm making turning 25 into a much bigger deal than it actually is.

I know social media makes things worse. I see people my age seemingly doing well, building careers, traveling, and enjoying life, while I'm here trying to figure out my next step. I know plenty of people my age are struggling too, but my brain naturally focuses on those who seem ahead of me.

Did anyone else feel this way around 25? How did you deal with the feeling that you were running out of time or falling behind?

I’m turning 25, and I genuinely don’t know what I’m doing with my life.

I mean, I have a job. Everything is fine. I have some health issues, but aside from that, I don’t have a bad life. And I know that the shape of my life depends largely on me. I can decide how I spend my time, what I do, where I go, who I meet, etc. But is that it?

Even if I imagine having an active life, like being physically active, going to concerts, traveling around the world, making a decent amount of money, is that really all there is to life? Is that it?

I don’t know how to explain it. I don’t know what point in my life I’m at right now, but it doesn’t feel right.

It’s not that I’m unhappy with my life. I just keep wondering if this is what the rest of it is going to feel like. And it kind of makes me anxious, which is enough to ruin my day(s).

I have an HR background, strong AI prompt engineering skills, and I'm good with people. But I've been unemployed for over 9 months, and before that, my career had already stalled.

I'm completely on my own — no family, no partner, no safety net. I used to make six figures, but I'd take a pay cut just to get back in.

Physically, I can't do a longer desk job anymore — my back and shoulders can't take it. I need something active, where I'm moving and interacting with people.

Mentally, I'm struggling after losing my dearest dad. Depression and anxiety make it hard to even get started each day, with no one to hold me accountable or check in.

I need practical advice: What roles can I pivot into with HR + AI skills that keep me on my feet and don't slaughter my pay too much?

And for those who've been at rock bottom — what was the first step that actually worked? A mentor? A random opportunity? Networking? What got you moving when you had no one in your corner?

Hello everyone I (25 F) am looking for tips and suggestions to find a meaningful career and a living wage ( seems impossible these days lol).

I graduated with a BA in Urban Planning in 2024 and have not been using it out of choice. I wanted to have fun after college and not go right into a big girl job, but with this market I feel like that was mistake… since graduation I have had a selection of jobs - raft guide , ski racing coach, server, substitute teacher and mental health coach at a young adult theraputic program. Most of my jobs are part time so I work 2-3 at once. I don’t hate this because I get bored easily and I don’t do well with monotony. I also got my EMT certification.

Anyway I am now interested in applying to entry level jobs in Urban Planning, community engagement/ development, marketing , and or any position that I can utilize my skills in.

I am a problem solver and love fast paced work environments. I have ADHD and a slow pace means lack of focus.

I am honestly open to anything at this point so I would love to hear suggestions or just if anyone can relate

I have been depressed all my life, but when I was younger I at least had some hope that things could be different as an adult. I used to picture myself as an adult working an average job and functioning like everyone else. Now that I'm 26, I feel worse than ever before.

I used to be a straight-A student, now I can't even get a job over $22/hr. I graduated with a bachelor's in Genomics and Molecular Genetics and I have no idea what to do with it. Recruiters are not impressed with my degree and they don't care that I had straight-a's in school or that I was a hard worker. All they care about is job experience, which I don't have because I couldn't get an internship/research position during my college years (COVID-19).

I was working a contract job that didn't turn into a full time position, and my contracted ended so now I'm unemployed. And I cannot move out of my parent's home because there is no affordable housing in the area.

I have tried to monetize my passions and interests, but I they didn't work out. Now I cannot see myself in a career and liking it.

I hate being at home, I hate working for pitiful wages, I hate that I can't do anything with my degree. I cannot see myself being successful in the future. The bills are piling up and taking all my savings, It's like I never even earned the money at all. I genuinely am so lost and I have no clue what to do.

If you can relate to this, I'm sorry.

My work has been completely replaced by AI. In my career I have done creative and marketing roles in house, for creative agencies, and for the last 5 years I’ve been contract/freelancing. All of my work has completely dried up, and the creative agencies I get my contracts from are all doing layoffs. Freelancing has always been hard work to get clients but the last 2 years have been particularly bad. The only client work I get is people asking me to recreate their AI designs.

I am at the point I don’t care about staying in creative and doing this job that I once loved makes me sick to my stomach. I went and got a part time job at a store but it pays extremely low. What I make in a 9am-5pm day at the store is what I usually charge my clients per hour.

I honestly feel hopeless. I just want a job that causes no stress and pays a livable wage. I am almost dead broke right now. Anyone career change mid 30s to something more promising? Anyone have a job they like or causes no major stress?

Hello everyone,I’ve recently graduated and unsure what I want to do.I think I feel pressured on the future with money.Inflation just keeps on rising and I want a good paying job that is stable in the future.Right now I don’t really want a kids.But just enjoying the “solo lifestyle “ obviously still with friends and family.Anyway I have 3 plans.

1.College
I’ve been thinking of going to a local community college and then transferring to a public university.The majors I am interested in are accounting because job security and I’m good at math. I have been hearing though that it is harder to get in nowadays. Another major that I’m interested in is criminal justice or criminology. I’ve always wanted to be an FBI agent when I got older, but I’m not really sure what that job intels . I know that I Don’t really wanna become a police officer.

2.Airforce
I’ve been thinking about the Air Force a lot. Not only do I think this will be a good steppingstone for me in my life, but the benefits are also good there. I would learn discipline also saving money because I don’t have that many extra expenses. Jobs I’m looking at are special investigations, financial management and operations management.therefore, I could also potentially do school with the G.I. bill and also travel the world. The only thing is that I am afraid of going to war. but I think this is a really good choice. I eventually transferred to a civilian job that pays well too.

3.Trade school
I used to want to become an electrical apprentice just mostly because I heard that they made good money and provides stability. But the problem is that I don’t really know what that job makes you do and also I’m not passionate about it at all. I don’t wanna be working for 20 to 40 years of my life in the working conditions. The only thing I would see is as financial stability.

Looking for advice .

Man this is hitting way harder than any other birthday. Am I considered old by most 20s now?

Why did no one warn me that 27 is old by young societies’ standards, and that it’ll come so soon after 25/26? Lol. Fuck.

In all seriousness, I’m worried about how I’ll be treated socially. I haven’t traveled as much as I wanted to. I haven’t dated nearly as much as I wanted to. Now will most 22-25 year olds consider me too old to date?

I feel like I’ve just spent my twenties working. I don’t regret working hard, but I do regret not spending 5% of my time just dating and traveling and letting loose a bit to have stories to tell.

I feel alone. Just wanted to tell someone before my mid twenties are over. I feel like an identity of mine is dying, a chapter is being closed and can’t be opened again.