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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you agree that the options you suggested are soul-sucking and depressing? It’s unclear whether your answer to her is, “yep, they are totally soul-sucking, but you gotta pay the bills, snowflake,” or, “actually, they aren’t what they sound, and here’s why!”

Personally I think there’s a lot of truth to the latter. I’ve found various aspects of my career that sound soul-sucking to a naive humanities major (as I was, too!) are actually fascinating and compelling. The best thing I can do for kids seeking advice is help them to see that. [/quote]

+1 and sometimes whether or not a particular job is soul-sucking or makes you feel like you are contributing to society is more about the organization you do it for. Does the larger mission of that org help or hurt the world, in your opinion. Maybe you have to make some compromises on that early in your career to build up experience but getting to a place you can feel good about is definitely a reasonable goal. [/quote]

It is most certainly not a reasonable goal. Only the wealthy can afford to take do-gooder NPO jobs. [/quote]

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