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  • If you are naturally good at persuading people and communicating, then real estate or sales might be a good way to go for you. Keep in mind, real estate agents typically aren't paid a salary; they earn based on how well they sell and that can be difficult. Any business courses you run across would help you in this area. Becoming a doctor takes a tremendous amount of effort, time and education. You'll have to be near the top of your class through college and then you've got four more years of education. It can pay very poorly in the first years but you can go on to make a nice living. I can't stress enough how important it is to get a good grasp of reading and writing, because that's what you'd be doing for the next ten years. Any courses in science, biology or chemistry are good choices if this is your path. It's good that you're investigating the possibilities of your future. The world is a wide open place full of opportunity. I hope you find something that will make you truly happy and fulfilled.
  • You're still very young and it's natural to be exploring lots of career options. This is the time to leave all doors open. Assuming you're continuing on to college, try all sorts of courses and see what really sparks your interest! Don't worry about committing yourself to anything now. You may find that you want to pursue an entirely different career! You're going through lots of changes at this age and it not only is it normal to be confused about his, it's good because it will help you explore and make you a more well rounded person. I wish you all the best!
  • It's not nearly so much as what you want to be but where your talent and abilities are. Being a doctor would be a nobeler profession. But consider you will have 8 years of college with medical school. Then 2 to 4 years as an intern getting little sleep or par. A couple more years as a resident. Still little sleep , but you start making enough money to pay back all that money borrowed for college. When I was in college, I could always spot students that were going to be doctors. And the head pointer was they rarely got a B. To them anyting less than an A was failing. I made te mistakes of getting into Electroniv Engineering and Metrology. So after the army and service in Vietnam that financed thise two degrees, I spent the following 22 years in the rocket industry. 90% that was to make weapons to kill people by the millions, including a few 8 Megaton warheads. Then I got a degree in Ancient History of the Levant. I wanted to become a sort of Indiana Jones. Well that other 10% of rockets was space exploration. I am forgotten but two devices I designed and built are aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes. Both out of solar system. So what did I design and build? The thermoelectric (just thermocouples) portion of the radioisotope thermoelectric generators. 31 years now and still working.
  • Look into your heart, young padawan (Star Wars geek talk. sorry). Which of your choices calls out to you the most? You'll be happiest going for the one that sticks out for you the most. Also remember that you're quite young; you have your whole life ahead of you, so don't worry about it too much. Just pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, let your heart be your guide. Both are good professions, but if one calls to you more than the other, then go for what will make you haapiest.
  • You really have to put some thought into it- I actually starting asking people about their jobs to see if they liked them.... and a few days ago I came across a book on Amazon that actually has a ton of interviews with people of different professions to help people decide on careers... it saved me a ton of time and now I'm going through the book and narrowed my choice down a ton!! It's called Conversations Find Your Niche- you can type it in on amazon and find it there. I really like it so far.

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