so i've been thinking of a change in career and thinking of seeing a career councelor

but then I'm faced with a puzzling paradox: how can a good career councelor exist? if someone is an expert at knowing the various fields which offer the best opportunities, why would such a person choose career councelor as a job? certainly there are jobs that offer a better salary and benefits, no? I just imagine someone studying to be a career councelor and once he finishes his studies goes on to do some other job having realized through the course of his studies that career councelor wasn,t the best option. 🤔

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iamnikki · 31-35, F Best Comment

I'm sure no one goes to school to be a career counselor. That's one of those jobs that kinda just happens.
Fun fact: when I was in community college bout a decade ago, I visited the career counselor. I was very indecisive all time about what I wanted to do. I briefly considered a General Studies degree.
The counselor told me, "[u]do not[/u] get a general studies degree, that's what I got and that's why I'm sitting here" 😭
So um, yeaa

reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

@iamnikki wonderful story, supports what I was thinking, thanks for sharing. I gotta give you best answer for that one 😂

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@reflectingmonkey lol you're welcome. True story, I promise. She kept in contact a few years after I graduated. She even asked me for a pic to hang up on her career wall. I was too lazy to give her one 🫣🤪

katydidnt · 61-69, F

@iamnikki At that early age I too might've sided with your career counselor, but if she had been a good counselor she would have cautioned you to avoid generalizing based on a sample of one. The worldwide value of a general-studies approach in early life remains unchanged by one person's lack of a good result.