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I was pushed into medicine with arguments that it's lucrative and prestigious social work so why would you not go if you can qualify. I found out it doesn't make me happy and a job is a just a job unless you love it.

That being said, find a balance of passion and compensation. You need money and work-life balance to live a low stress and happy life. However, your major doesn't define you if you are smart, hard working and ambitious.

Marry well. Set money aside for a rainy day. A career is nice, but the career won't matter if you marry poorly.

Invest in yourself. In continued learning, growing and evolving. Play the long game. Persist.

Entrepreneurs rule the world.

Go to the best school you can get into, ideally a T20 private school: these schools open all the doors and you can study anything and have success. They are both at schools in the top 10 and the cost has been well worth it. Those who think it does not matter have not had a kid there in the last 10 yr

I know families with kids who range from perfectly smart to best in class (within the same family).

And the "perfectly smart" kids seems to have an easier path in many ways. They skip out on the rat race to T20 and they were attracted to skills-based majors like nursing. They end up with good income careers, flexible in many ways. Hard to find a thing not to like.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Scott Galloway's advice is good, essentially it's forget about your "passion", but find something you're good at and become a master of it.

+1. I hate "follow your passion" as career advice. Follow your interests, follow your skills, follow mentors that you relate to. But your "passion?" Few 18 year olds can even tell you what that is.

I’m 48 and I couldn’t tell you mine.

- Find out what you are really good at. Know thyself. It's so much easier to love your career if you are good at it, but it's really hard to love your career if you're not good at it (relegate this to a hobby)
- Careers are not dissimilar to successful marriages; sometimes you just need to ride out the difficult phases. In other words, you need to accept that there will be boring, upsetting, not great times in your career, and it is totally normal. Have resilience.
- Your friends today will be your network tomorrow.
- Don't burn bridges.
- A man is not a plan. Unless you have family money.
- Seniority brings autonomy.

Anonymous wrote:Get a degree that lands you a job that allows you to support yourself in the lifestyle you want.

This. Be honest with them AND yourself about how much “help” you are willing to give them once they graduate.

A social media influencer is not a career.

Anonymous wrote:My employer's CEO, a college dropout & 10M/yr in compensation, told my DS that it is not how much you know but who you know (or who knows you). Your EQ is 100 times more important than your IQ. You're not defined by what you studied or where you attend college.

I agree with this. I have multiple Ivy degrees and have an ok career. I realized the importance of networking too late. I have emphasized that DC should network from day one. Its who you know. That is already paying dividends.

Anonymous wrote:Make as much money as possible. No one ever told me this. 😅

Do something that makes money and you can do things you like with that money. No one is happy struggling financially

Get that paper!

Work hard and take risks in your 20s. Get mentored by someone great. Start a side business. Max out your 401k.

None. Stay flexible. Work hard. Be willing to try something different.