Finally for today, a quick anecdote that highlights poor thinking about future careers. This happened when I was at college, when I was about 18.
A tutor was asking students what their aims were for their future working lives. One girl, who was very academic had very strong feelings. “I want to be either a lawyer or a doctor,” she said.
This is moronic. Those jobs are totally unrelated and the only things they really have in common is that they’re well-paid and highly respected. That’s all well and good, but you have to consider the work that you’ll be spending many thousands of hours carrying out. What is the nitty gritty?
That girl was just reacting to other people’s thinking. She hadn’t considered the matter at all herself.