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Originally Posted by Shazam
These careers don't exist.
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Disagree. I'd say I have a very successful career in exactly that.
To the original question, I just make sure my kids don't sit in the basement playing video games all day and night. The amount of early 20-somethings I see doing that is insane. There's no way that ends well.
The career advice I've given my kids so far is to be very aware of which doors you are closing, and keep as many open for as long as you can. My daughter was considering being either a teacher or an EA. I told her that getting a degree allowed her to do either, and getting a diploma only allowed one of them. She chose the degree, and three years into her degree she's now started her own tutoring business and doesn't think she's going to end up teaching at all, the business is going so well.
I also think the idea of doing something you love isn't really that helpful, I love sitting on my couch watching TV, I'm not going to do that for a living. I tell my kids to do something you're good at. Mastery leads to engagement, and engagement is pretty key to success.