#LostInYour20s #CareerConfusion #CareerAdviceNeeded
Hey there fellow late 20-somethings 🙋♂️,
Does anyone else feel completely lost in their late 20s? I know I sure do! 😅 Here’s my story: graduated with a history degree, job hopped due to the pandemic, tried law school (hated it), dealt with a toxic boss, survived as a project manager, got demoted to accounting (yikes), and now facing another career crossroads. Can anyone relate? 🤷♂️
Here’s a thought – how about exploring some potential solutions together?
– Consider seeking career counseling or coaching 🤔
– Network with professionals in industries that interest you 🤝
– Research different career paths and identify your passions 💼
– Don’t be afraid to take risks and try new things 🚀
Let’s navigate this confusing time in our lives together! Share your experiences, advice, and thoughts below. We’re in this together! 💪 #CareerJourney #GrowthOpportunities #SupportNetwork
Totally lost in my 20s-30s. More stable 30s. 40s were great. Part of the process. I was just asking myself the question could it have been more smooth? The answer is yes. Could have settled and done the standard route. But life would not have been so great now if I did. It was hell for many years. lol. But life outside of that is great!!! Keep on moving and trying different things. Go for your passion outside of your 9-5pm and that thing may just pay the bills one day.
Being able to use the right “their” is good indicator of potential success.
Good to know I’m not the only one. Currently 28 and lost as shit.
Actually, I’m going to start working a graveyard shift just to get a good wage and be able to save some money. I don’t know how it would end, but my father use to say “no matter what direction you head in life, you’ll need money”.
So at least I’ll check the money, hopefully I will find a purpose on the route.
Same. I got a trade and a college degree and currently hate myself because I can’t contribute much. I should have gotten disability but never did until now hopefully.
You got a degree but in the wrong field. STEM, Healthcare, Law (assuming you finish law school), or bust.
29, finished a CNA program but ended up leaving LTC for caregiving/babysitting, and now back in food service but feeling like I need to return to school for something else more challenging
I feel the same way man. I’m 26 as well and graduated with a Chem degree in 2019. I took a gap year, and went to medical school. Had a lot of personal issues and stress, so I took a leave of absence. Worked in clinical research for a year and had a lot of fun that year off. Returned and ended up dropping out of med school. Now, I’m currently working in clinical research. Definitely feel a little lost in life, and had a lot of guilt/regret for not taking advantage of opportunities when I was younger. I don’t know if I can give any clear advice beyond taking the time to really think about where you see yourself in 10 years. Having a general outline and using a lot of self-help resources to build a better framework. I’m sure you’ll be fine in the future, but it’ll take time and effort.
Yes absolutely. Work in a job I don’t foresee much stability nor money in for the long term nor real future for the job type, but I do love the actual field. Still, might be trying to change paths soon…
I feel the same way. I am 28(M) and got a useless masters degree and am now in 41k in debt. I’m making like 50k a year but I’m commuting an hour to work everyday which is draining me significantly. People my age around me are making like 70k or 80k starting and I can’t break out of the 50k. I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like a loser whose life was better before I got into all this debt.
Do you have a problem you care about so much that you are willing to be an expert in order to solve it? People pay for problems to be solved and passion comes from being an expert of a skill that is needed.
I’m the exact same. But funnily enough, the jobs you did are what I’d love to do. I earned a degree in neurobiology and eventually my PsyD, but I have been wanting to get into project management or finance.
Idk what industry you’re interested in or what currently motivates your career decisions, but you could try customer support for fintech companies. It’s an easy role that you can break into tech with, which is a pretty lucrative industry. Some example companies are Ramp, Brex, and Mercury. They typically hire remote, and bc they’re still growing rapidly, there’s lots of room for promotion. They also have pretty serious salaries for CX + great benefits. Speaking from personal experience, one of my friends started in support and is now a customer success manager (account manager, basically). From my understanding, the interviews focused mostly on past customer facing experience, and how you would handle certain customer situations, giving someone bad news etc. In terms of resources, you may want to check out newsletters like GradSimple where they share interviews with ppl who’ve already graduated from various backgrounds + talk about their majors and what route they ended up taking. Another good one is Fetti, which is more of a blog that posts more technical job search tips.
Brother I’m totally lost at 37
Same here! Graduated in Dec of 2019 with a degree in teaching. Didnt teach long, went corporate, then higher ed, then corporate and back to higher ed. But wanting a higher wage 😅
Pretty much everyone feels lost to their 20s. I did.
I feel like if you are asking for help from a community, you should put more effort into your communications with us. That grammar is atrocious, and perhaps that is why you are being belittled by your bosses. If your work product is anything close to your post here, you need to work on yourself. If you think that putting very little effort into asking us all here for help is acceptable, check yourself. When I am not getting paid, the only people I’m willing to put time and effort into, are people who are working hard to be professional.
31 and about to start my first actual internship for a game dev company through recruitment training. I graduated in 2018 with bachelor’s degree in engineering with focus in game programming but I never could land a job in the field.
During the recruitment training I began to have serious doubts about working in IT field in general and now I’m dreading to start the internship. I’m very inexperienced and don’t trust in my skills. I have tried to create a portfolio over the years while unemployed but it felt so forced so my portfolio is very limited. I just don’t seem to enjoy coding in my free time, which is obviously not good for employment.
I guess there’s a chance that this internship will reignite the interest and perhaps a passion I once had in game dev but I wouldn’t bet on it. Especially when they realize I’m basically an impostor.
Tldr: yes but in my 30’s