I wanted to be a programmer a few years ago but I just couldn’t put my head around it. Considering AI is becoming a thing I made the right call there.

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    Not so much a dream career but a dream escape out of nursing, but not completely out of nursing since that would mean starting over with a new degree, new shit to pay for, more debt. I got into informatics, hoping to capitalize on my nursing experience combined with my desire to make EMR software usable for the users. I didn’t go anywhere with that degree. I didn’t get a job as an informaticist. Now I’m stuck in a nursing job I hate and it is making me suicidal, and my BF is getting worn out because of my flare-up of CPTSD symptoms. He also suffers from anxiety so he feels a lot of what I feel. I am very intent on finding an apprenticeship program for a trade I think I’d be decent at: Communications or low voltage systems. I came back from an apprenticeship graduation event, part of the perks of being with my BF who works very closely with the unions who run them. I hope I can make a good career in this field.

    Nursing is not a good choice for all of you if you are sick of your dead end jobs or dead end careers. Nursing is full of psychopathic beeaches. If you’ve ever gotten any bad vibes from many nurses, this is why. I am getting out by hook or by crook. Yeah sure, it may destroy my chances of emigrating to a western country in the short term, but long term, I think I’d be better off. And I could still parlay any new trade skills into permanent residency in another western country. However, I also got my nursing license in British Columbia. I’m still torn.

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      Funny you say that. From earlier in this thread,

      “Back when I was 18 I wanted nothing more then to be a nurse.”

      "They also did a psychological evaluation on me and it turns out I was a “deviant sociopath” "

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        If you are a woman and a psychopath, you’ll blend in better. Men, they might not be able to hide as well.

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    Multiple times in my career the thing I had trained for basically stopped being a thing, or became such an easy thing it wasn’t going to be much of a job.

    Being at the wrong point, either too early or too late, in various tech waves almost felt like my super power.

    Wasn’t until I turned thirty that I picked the right tech at the right time, and for 20 years have had a great career in an industry that is just as valuable today as when I started.

    Programming turned out to be a major component in what I do, and while I’ve seen AI spit out some reasonable code in the more popular languages, I can’t see it replacing what I’m doing before I’m too old to care.

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    Illustration. It isn’t a thing where I’m at, and settled for graphic design (which is still barely a thing here). After graduation I applied for scholarships abroad, and got accepted on a full ride in a private university in Hamburg for illustration.

    Weeks before I was supposed to leave I got cold feet and looked up all the info I could about the university. Turns out it’s a scam, the degree’s worth fuck all, and the university seemed to have this MO of recruiting aspiring legal migrants from third world countries (like myself) into its curriculum, voiding their scholarship, offering shit education, and charging exorbitant rates until they leave or graduate.

    I was despondent for months since this seemed to be my big break after a pretty tough few months. Then AI image generation took off.

    I’m okay at illustrating characters, but it’s immediately obvious I’ve learnt by myself and have done very little diligent study on the topic. My inexperience, how prevalent AI images are, and the uphill battle that gaining clients is, are keeping me away from trying again.

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    I wanted to be a doctor really bad but in canada its basically a lottery system. My fiance had a 97 average, did well on her tests and basically lived her whole life in prep for med school and never got in, I have friends doing their PHDs on their fifth attempt, so seeing this I never even bothered. I did get into med lab which has been really fun, I now have 10 years in research/histopathology and have had an incredibly rewarding career in a field that I love, you just pivot and move on.

    Honestly I wish I’d gone into finance/trading and done something I hate to make a shitload of money and just enjoy my free time but I’ve only got one life and I’ve already min/maxed my skill points so I’m in it for the long haul. Overall I’m happy with all my choices.

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    Back when I was 18 I wanted nothing more then to be a nurse. I didn’t have much going for me in terms of qualifications so becoming a normal nurse was out of the question so I decided to become a nurse in the military. I thought it would be easier and I would get to travel the world.

    I signed up and it turned out I was wrong. I sucked at basic training and following instructions. They did a background check on me and having gone to S.E classes wasn’t a good look. They also did a psychological evaluation on me and it turns out I was a “deviant sociopath” so that wasn’t a good look either.

    After a little bit I had to come to terms with the fact that I would never be a nurse. It was heartbreaking to do that. I had worked hard for so long just to be one and it really hurt to understand that no matter how hard I tried nothing would work.

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    Well no. I’ve changed my mind a lot of times about what I want to do not because of industry but simply because my taste changed. I believe it’s important to do what you love, personally I don’t care if I don’t make lots of money.