Bryteknic
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Hey, I am new here, and I thought I would share an issue I am facing.
I am at a crossroads in my life, and I figure the choices I make now will greatly affect my success in the future. I know failure is a part of learning, but I am afraid I will make the wrong choice on what to do next and miss out on something big.
I am a senior in high school while working 20 hours per week in the robotics industry. In my spare time I compete in robotics competitions and repair and resell consumer electronics among other hobbies.
Many possibilities exist for post graduation, but these are some likely options:
- Work full time for the company I work for currently. (40+ hours per week). They have asked I work for them this summer, and wish to hire me long term.
- Quit my job and take a gap year to work for myself and develop my repair business. (It’s not very scalable)
- Go to uni/college (nooo!!!!) to meet people and return to my job after the fact with a significantly higher salary.
- Keep working part time and work on the repair business or another business on the side.
A bit more about myself: I also have been saving for a mortgage and am ready to go in on an apartment but I’m in Canada and housing market is probably a bad idea right now (please give advice). I could use the capital for other stuff like a business.
I kinda dislike my job, it makes me not want to get up in the morning. The reason is mostly people telling me to do stuff that I don’t want to do. I like switching tasks frequently which poses problems when trying to be monogamous with a task or goal or what have you.
I am motivated by the future and what it holds. I want to make the world a place worth living in for future generations. (I also really like robots).
I want to make an impact/the right decision, but am afraid to fail, am too self conscious, and I don’t know what I don’t know.
Sorry for the self centered rant but I am actually confused on what choice to make here going forward. Parents obviously want more school for me, rich uncle wants me to real estate cuz that’s how he did it back in his day, I just want to build expensive robots, and my friends just wanna party.
Any advice is appreciated, have a nice day ✌️
I am at a crossroads in my life, and I figure the choices I make now will greatly affect my success in the future. I know failure is a part of learning, but I am afraid I will make the wrong choice on what to do next and miss out on something big.
I am a senior in high school while working 20 hours per week in the robotics industry. In my spare time I compete in robotics competitions and repair and resell consumer electronics among other hobbies.
Many possibilities exist for post graduation, but these are some likely options:
- Work full time for the company I work for currently. (40+ hours per week). They have asked I work for them this summer, and wish to hire me long term.
- Quit my job and take a gap year to work for myself and develop my repair business. (It’s not very scalable)
- Go to uni/college (nooo!!!!) to meet people and return to my job after the fact with a significantly higher salary.
- Keep working part time and work on the repair business or another business on the side.
A bit more about myself: I also have been saving for a mortgage and am ready to go in on an apartment but I’m in Canada and housing market is probably a bad idea right now (please give advice). I could use the capital for other stuff like a business.
I kinda dislike my job, it makes me not want to get up in the morning. The reason is mostly people telling me to do stuff that I don’t want to do. I like switching tasks frequently which poses problems when trying to be monogamous with a task or goal or what have you.
I am motivated by the future and what it holds. I want to make the world a place worth living in for future generations. (I also really like robots).
I want to make an impact/the right decision, but am afraid to fail, am too self conscious, and I don’t know what I don’t know.
Sorry for the self centered rant but I am actually confused on what choice to make here going forward. Parents obviously want more school for me, rich uncle wants me to real estate cuz that’s how he did it back in his day, I just want to build expensive robots, and my friends just wanna party.
Any advice is appreciated, have a nice day ✌️
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