Idk if I choose correctly my career (In summary, I´m just complaining here)

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Two months ago I had to meditate about what I wanted to be. I mean, I could have said that I wanted to be a cartoon artist, and make a super cool comic or work in animation or stuff like that. But I am a girl, and I am Mexican, and cinnamon color, and I am not from a wealthy family or smth like that (I think that usually only people with money can have the privilege to chase their dreams without fear, if they fail, they can have a easy plan B).

I ended up choosing veterinary medicine and zootechnics, and as a second option (because that was possible in this case) design and visual communication. My final avarage, or grades, idk how to call them, will define wich career I´ll be given.

So, I´m currently trying to get in love w the idea of being a veterinarian....

And the most ridiculous part of all this (a part of me things)is that I have de profile to study a career related to arts I´m not talented, far away to be a genius in drawing and art, but it´s what makes me happy the most, and is kind of "my thing"(?), I mean, I´m a big BIG dummy with maths and chemistry, I only have the fascination with art, with the idea of doing something that will make my existence a little more significant.

I used to want to be a tatto artist, now, I think that I´ll make my goal to leave my country, no forever, but I want to see the world, and see cool thinks, I hope that if I get to be a veterinarian I get at least that.

I don´t have enough will for nothing.

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I'm sure it's a tough place to be in. Every person is a very different case but I still thought I'd share my own story

I'm 33 now. When I was a kid I wanted to be a videogame developer. My parents discouraged me heavily and said that this is not a profession I could make a living of. I guess they didn't know any better

I took their advice and, since I had good grades in the finals, I got into the airforce engineers academy. The airforce, and the military in general, had a reputation of being respectable and reliable professions in my country. It takes a lot of effort to get into such academies, and even more effort to graduate.

Despite all that effort and after managing to graduate as an engineer, I was rather unhappy. I did not feel appreciated, the workspace mentality sucked, and the pay was bad (there were severe salary cuts shortly after I got into the academy, due to the recession).

Short story long, I kept practising and pursuing studies in computer science, and I resigned as soon as I found a reliable job offer. I was a software engineer at a company for 2 years, and now I am a game developer in a small studio. I'm doing what I always wanted to do, I am happy to be working there, and ironically the pay and work hours are much better than the military.

There's no clear moral of the story here. Just stay open to opportunities that come along, do your best to collect anything that strengthens your skills/experience/portfolio etc, and don't be afraid to pursue new things if they feel like the right choice.

Hope everything works out for you no matter what you choose!

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