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When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm trying to give someone advice on choosing a career that will suit them better than the one they're in and hate. I wanted to get together a list of good questions for them to ask themselves so they can use the answers to compare options like "do you prefer to work sitting or moving around," "do you want to not work weekends" etc.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you ever manage to leverage your chemical engineering qualifications in your new career?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

In a sense, yes. If you are trying to get an international volunteer visa, most developing countries have no interest in more unskilled labor coming into their country. You need some kind of qualification, whether it's a degree or a carpenter's certification.

In the same way, to teach English in Japan you need a "Specialist in Humanities" visa. It's easy to get one, as long as you have a university degree.

A lot of the education and engineering seems to be about the area you are studying, like chemistry or electronics or buildings. But in fact, the most valuable part of it is learning problem-solving skills in the middle of all of those courses. In that sense, I still use my engineering education all the time. But not the degree itself.