How did you choose your career path? 25 Articles

by Carole Silverman

When I was a child, I wanted to take piano lessons and my mother surprised me by buying a used piano. I sat at the piano for hours and picked out tunes and I made my own arrangement of "Buttons and Bows" and "Music, Music...read more

by Kari G

From the time I could hold a pencil, I loved writing. My parents and teachers were supportive and eager to read my latest poem or short story, from the tiger tale I wrote in first grade to the poems I later penned about m...read more

by T-Man

Do we really choose our careers or do they choose us? The question of "how did I get stuck doing what I'm doing for so long" comes up often when having a bad day at work. "What was I thinking?" Well apparently i wasn't. I ...read more

by Samantha Williams

Making my way to shop class in eighth grade was no struggle. I have always had a thing for dirty, hands on work. Building things and making stuff with my own two hands was the best thing that I could have learned to do. My...read more

by C.V.Rajan

After graduation in mechanical engineering, when I ended up in the design department engaged in developing special purpose machines for in-house use of my company, it was my conscious decision. I was aware that my first lo...read more

by Rajiv Wadhwa

Choosing career path is like choosing the right wife or husband for life. Career path is the same as marriage which you need to stick to for life, or change if it is really bothering you. This kind of decision ta...read more

by Nora Sheffield

My career goal from early on was to be a military nurse. I graduated in 1970 and immediately went to talk to an Army recruiter. But ("the best laid plans etc., etc") my two best friends were going to a small Junior Colle...read more

by Rhonda M.

I have always been a dreamer. From a small child I wanted a great job and happy family. The only help I needed was how to get to where I wanted to be in that great job. The truth is I did not choose my career. My care...read more

by Debbie Robus

Initially, I did not choose my career path - it chose me! And if I am to be completely honest, I can now say that *I* didn't choose anything, but rather GOD chose my path. I had always thought I would study piano and mus...read more

by Irene Erke

I chose my career path by trying a lot of things. I was always good at math so I thought that I would get into Accounting. I did great in Accounting. I went right to college as soon as I graduated High School. I got my...read more

by Rene Kelly

How did I choose my career path? Well, I think that I didn't actually choose it; I just followed the path where it led. I took the first step on that path as a senior in high school because I didn't like study hall. A...read more

by Mr.Dayfield Lewis

By chance. You never wake up and decide you are going to be a Doctor, or for that matter be in stripping. A series of events unfold, that lead you into the rest of your working life. This is truly what happened to me. G...read more

by Erin Knight

I don't believe I chose my career path. It sucked me in like the eye of a tornado. There was no decision to be made. I had been chosen. In my early teens, my grandfather who I greatly admired and respected, took ill. It...read more

by Elizabeth Bridgette

"Do you own a nice suit?" the calm, polite voice on the other end of the phone asked of me. Who would have thought that one, albeit unusual, question would open up an entire new world for me. Actually I did. One. B...read more

by Rachel Gessie

This is not a story of near-death experiences, or a tale of miraculous chains of events which shaped my life and led me to my chosen career of nursing. If you're looking for that, perhaps you should close this and read so...read more

by Laurie L. Bishoff

I graduated from high school in 1971. By that date, some of you may think that I danced with the dinosaurs as a youth. Well, I'm still dancing, but I've never danced with a dinosaur. I make these statements to help you und...read more

by Kenneth Powers

Throughout the years, I've learned that choosing a career path involves more than just simply picking a job that you think you'd like to do in the future. Based on my personal experiences over the past 20 years, I realize...read more

by Kelly Kaminski

I came to my career through trial and error. The trials were all the odd jobs that I managed to perform to make ends meet. I am one that thinks that even if you are doing a crappy job- do it to your best potential. I took ...read more

by Shotgun Kitten

I was always the kind of person most teenagers were. Changing careers every week. Sometimes I was as bad as a five year old. One week I wanted to be an artist, the next I wanted to be a fashion designer. Even thought about...read more

by Excalibur Snape

I didn't chose my career path......I don't think what I'm on you can call a career path it is just a job until I can get the career I want up and running regardless of wither it is a career or just a job it chose me. It ...read more