I'm a software engineer now, and while I believe garbage men deserve better pay and benefits and recognition as essential skilled workers, who the fuck tells that to a kid? That they should give up on college and work a labor job for their entire life?

cley_faye@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

my guidance counselor for years told me not to go to college

I'm a software engineer now

So, you followed his advice I see :D (I'm joking, of course)

This whole thing about determining your best job or whatever always seemed very weird to me (we don't do that much here in France). I mean, I did not know what I would do after getting a Ph.D., how the heck is a stranger supposed to know like fifteen years before that.

breadcodes@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

No you're actually right, I didn't go to college... Because it was expensive, not because of the advice lol

No clue why they thought it was a good idea. Maybe it was a scare/reverse-psychology tactic to get us to study something specific.

SneakyWeasel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Hell as a teen I fucking hated those tests because I didn't even know what I wanted to study, and everything I started just felt either so daunting or not worth my time. It straight up advised me to be an accountant and I got depressed thinking that's what my life would be.

Nowadays I'm in IT, and sure, a bit on the full side, but I actually get it, makes good money, and on the side I paint for fun. Not the worst life, and certantly better than being a goddamn accountant.

porkins@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

Mine told me that I should be a plumber. I took it after graduating college with a degree in Data Science. I kind of wish I did the plumbing thing considering the money they rake in. Problem is that I don’t like crawling in attics and under houses.

programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 2y

I would also love to be away from society for long stretches of time

vis4valentine@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y

My bully classmate was told he should be in the "informal economy" basically was told to sell hot dogs on the street without a license.

Steeve@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y

I got stripper

CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

I just did a career test as i got curious, it said i'm social even after i explicity answered 12 different questions to imply i'm quite the opposite.

They told me to work in a kitchen, i hate kitchen and i have eating issues. They said i should be a amanuensis, fam i can't even process a sentence the moment a needle drops in the middle of one.

If it was up to me i would just sit at my computer and eat chocolate while playing video games until i die.

I tried learning to code but i can't remember what i did an hour ago even if i do it over and over multiple times in a row, multiple days or even weeks after eachother.

I'm not cut out to be a functional member of todays society.

FReddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I never had a test like that.

I do recall one of my history teachers telling me I would never amount to much. Maybe he right. But I can piss on his grave.

sirico@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

you gotta do watcha gotta do

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Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

I got produce manager at a market, no joke.

TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I got taxi cab driver.

Dark_Lords_Servant@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

We had those types of tests but as to what type of secondary school you would fit in. I of course did not take that test, because I already had a plan. And those who did, ignored it anyway. Not sure what is worse. These job tests, or what people use as a reason for their decision, or the lack of one. Studying computer network technics, two in my class were actually interested in computers. The rest: ,,Well, I play videogames, so I figured I could do well here."

-their answer to the question of why they picked that study