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You got 3 maybe 4 years of high school under your belt and several years experience working on a farm, at a summer burger joint, or retail at the local mall. You may have liked a teacher so much you wanted to be like them. Or in my case, well if my dad did it, it must be a good career.
The average kid has no idea at that age what they want to do for the rest of their life. They either fall into something they stuck with, or they fumbled around for years trying to identify with something they think they could do for the rest of their life.
My suggestion to my son and those who asked, if you excelled in High School try community College or state college for a year and see if something interests you. If you were a more "hands on" person try a tech school or Union apprenticeship and finally the military.
A few more years experience under your belt might be enough to provide an insight to interests and a potential career path or identify those jobs you really aren't interested in.
I too in high school, worked at the local burger joint and spent time at the University's Experimental farm until I was offered a job with a local engineer doing material testing in soils, concrete and asphalt. I studied geology in College, like my father, and eventually got a degree in Geotechnical Engineering that worked well my interests in spending 40% of my time in the field and the rest in the office writing reports.
Some are lucky enough to identify an interest early in their life, while others struggle and may never find their ideal job, only a job that provides adequate compensation for our efforts.
Good luck, be willing to try other careers until you find something that makes you happy and above all, enjoy.
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