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So when is the soonest you guys have ever felt/known that starting a new job or concentration in studies has been the wrong move for you?

I just did my first 3 hour grad class, and I'm left with somewhat mixed feelings, leaning mostly toward "not sure if want". I'm hoping this isn't just like cold feet or whatever, or just adjusting to a new change.

Anon, I did a four-year college degree before I realized I'd hate my field. If you have doubts, seriously think about them.

I'd give it at least a second class. It very well could be adjusting to new change combined with the first class is always awful.

could always be a sucky teacher

those suck the fun out of even my favorite subjects

I was a couple of months into pre-EMT classes when I volunteered at a hospital, and I was like "Nope. Not gonna hack it."

Now I'm thinking voice actor. Far better fit for me, and with fewer bodily fluids.

It took me 5 years to realize I HATED my major, but by then, due to having no job and no funds for myself to pay for more years, I had to stick with it so I could use the scholarship/pell grant to stay in and not have to do loans. :/

And then on top of that, I have never had a job due to my parents forbidding it when I was in high school. They wanted me to concentrate on school and I ended up sticking to that in college. Now it's all biting me in the ass because I HATE Graphic Design and refuse to go into the fieled AND I have no job experience at all.

Hmm. Good question. I would try to at least give it another class or two, if you can afford to do so without consequence (I don't know if you would try to get different classes at this point or not). I've had classes where I've immediately realized that they weren't what I was expecting, but I think it's hard to get through school without taking a few classes that don't interest you, or that have sucky professors. I think it's good to look at the big picture: are your misgivings things that apply to the concentration or field as a whole? You don't want to act too rashly, but do take your doubts seriously.

I studied engineering for about two and a half years before I got out of it. It was partly a gradual thing, and partly me not realizing how unhappy I was/being in denial. I was very ambivalent about studying it in the first place, which should have been more of a warning sign. I loved the early classes, but even so, I started burning out very early. Once I got into some actual engineering classes, I hated it. I was getting decent-ish grades, but I felt like I just couldn't get it like most of my classmates. I didn't care about it much, either. I tried to attribute my unhappiness to the specific concentration I was studying, and tried another one, but that only lasted a semester. I finally switched majors and have been much happier since then.

What made me accept that my feelings were serious was that I realized that if I could do it again, I never would have done engineering in the first place. I also realized that I was sticking with it mainly because I didn't want to disappoint anyone. Finally, I realized I didn't have much desire to go into the field when I graduated. I couldn't motivate myself to do things to further my career prospects, and I realized that I would have to compete for jobs against people who were passionate about the field.

i started taking japanese when i was in sixth grade because my goal was to be a game designer and i thought learning a language would be a good way of getting into the industry. i also really love languages.

but this was all before i realised that 1) western games (which are what i almost always play and want to make) are independent of the japanese industry's influence and 2) the game industry looks for a variety of majors and studies. i've slowly lost interest in japanese over the years but i feel like i've gotten so far that i might as well stick with it. i'm not very happy with it though.

my entire school career has been full of mistakes though, so...

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