My Biggest Career MISTAKE - (Don't Do What I Did)

The Biggest MISTAKE I've Made In My Career - (Don't Do What I Did). Career advice on how to find a job you love. Is there such a thing as finding a job you're passionate about? A dream career? Most people make career mistakes and when we trace back someone who hates their job, it usually starts with your formative years. Which college degree program do you study? What major should you choose? What career path is best for you? And we make these career altering decisions at a time when we're least equipped to do so. If you're a fresher, listen up!

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[alisherakhmetov]

Seriously? You are HR we want, not the one we deserve. I would say your career turned out great, you helped, at least me, a lot by your videos.

[maahnii]

I’m like 10 years behind my “peers” in terms of career, but I’m fairly happy with how my life has been and how it is now. Comparing myself to others can be motivating for some people, but not for me… we often find ourselves in situations that we can’t really get out immediately, and we just gotta find the best position to be in so that we can leap out when the opportunity comes. And if comparing myself to others is preventing me from find the best position, I gotta ditch it.

[alr]

This is probably the most honest and engaging video you've done so far. Thanks for the vulnerability.

[hypocriticalsmile]

That is a very serious problem you mentioned - quite often we are pretty much "forced" to choose our career when we still don't really know what we want to do in our lives. In the country where I was born and studied people usually go to trades after 9 years in school (they are usually 16 at that time) or go to the university after 11 years in school (18 years old). And majority of them don't really know where to go at this point of their lives and quite often just choose same program as they friends with disastrous results - they either fail and drop out or graduate and never work in the profession they studied for. I was lucky and had chosen profession I really started to like later but I am still not sure if that was the best choice even though I am 37 now.

[brokenarrow-hhxg]

When I graduated high school, I was hell bent on a Mechanical Engineering degree, when I got to engineering school, I was vastly underprepared for the amount of calculus. I ended up "wasting" 18 months and thousands of dollars to eventually drop out. Part of the reason I didnt do as well was because I was always doing computer related things, repair, games, etc. I ended up with a degree is microcontrolles from a community college and 17 years later I manage $20 million in critical equipment, telling the Mechanical Engineers designing the systems what I want to see!

If I could go back and fix my lack of studying and other college distractions that got me to drop out of the university, I dont think I would at this point. Hindsight is always 20/20, the most you can do is find something to compliments your talents and likes. Just remember that the path to that isnt always well lit!

[NosurfOfficial]

You are a rockstar in a certain respect. You have a massive audience, but not in the way you expected (YouTube instead of a band)

[rachell]

I always go with my intuition which has always led me in the right direction. If you feel like something isn't right for you and you are unsure before you start then that might be a huge sign that it isn't for you. Go with what you're heart wants because that is where you're passion lies within your heart and of course following you're gut.

[carlsaam]

Hi Bryan, I landed an amazing job about a month ago that has been going super well so far and I just wanted to say thanks for all of your insight and career advice, there's no way I would've been able to land it without you!

[maverickmace]

Im 20 years behind my peers. I studied network engineering in my early 20s but couldn't find a job at the time in the industry. I gave up because I was given an opportunity in earthmoving, and it's a decent paying industry.
Im now 40, and full of regret. 4 months ago, I decided to do something about it. I bought some text books, and looking for an entry level networking job at 40 years old.

[stephenbayer]

I can relate to some of your situation. I didn't know what I wanted to do after I graduated from college with a degree in Sociology. One of my professors asked me if I was considering going to grad school and pursuing a PhD in Sociology. Not knowing what else to do at the time, I applied to several schools' graduate programs and was admitted to one of them.

For the next 10 years (I'm not kidding) I was absolutely miserable but felt that if I quit, I would be admitting failure and that I was too stupid to succeed in grad school. And at the same time, all of my professors in graduate school were telling me how promising a scholar I was and I would one of their "shining stars" in the field. Finally, one day I just realized that there was no shame in quitting something that was making me miserable and that if I didn't stop now and do something else, it really would be too late, and that I needed to stop listening to what other people thought I should do and listen to my own internal voice and let it guide me to what I truly wanted to do.

I had been reading the book "What Color Is Your Parachute?" (which, honestly, I thought was corny but this book transformed my life) and did the exercises in the book to discover my true skills and interests and eventually landed on market research. Through a series of fortunate connects (I knew someone who knew someone who knew someone), I eventually landed my first market research job and realized I had found something that I was both good at and (unlike academia) allowed me to earn an actual paycheck (gasp!)

It is weird that I am about 10 years behind in professional position with my peers but most of the time it doesn't bother at me. I just wish I had come to my senses much earlier.

[BoringTroublemaker]

Great video. I was a music major my first time in college and left after my dad died of a genetic kidney disease at age 40 (I was 19). I was diagnosed with the same disease and it became very quickly apparent that being a musician wasn’t going to come with heath coverage. This was back in 2001 when people like us were “uninsurable” without employer health coverage.

So, I quit school and got a job in retail management. It really screwed up my entire career trajectory for more than a decade. I’ve finally recovered from that single forced error, but I’m now 41 and gone back to school while working full time twice to get two degrees to help me course correct. It’s been decades of struggle.

[petercuthbertson]

Thanks for this. A lot of YouTubers talk about themselves all the time, but I always find it so interesting when I watch a YouTuber for a long time based on the quality of their pure hard content - and then finally they talk about themselves and I see the person behind that.

[Jupiterxice]

Always follow your journey and never compare yourself to anyone.

[kevinmach]

We're a lot alike, especially the part about being young and having to make a decision about what I am going to do career rise for the next 30-40 years when I haven't done anything yet! Even at 17, , I thought this was ludicrous. The other thing I will mention, as a fellow amateur musician- turning your passion into a job, can be exactly that- taking something you once loved and looked forward to doing, and then turning it into a grind. People always say "do what you love" but I know for many of us, it makes what we once loved feel a hell of a lot like work.

[daltonbrewster]

Great video. I can agree with this. I started in finance working for a financial advisor. It taught me a lot but I didn't like the corporate environment. Then I started blogging on the side and copywriting for financial/real estate companies. Now I work as a marketing manager for a real estate education company which is great. So relevant!

[edthelazyboy]

Frankly, becoming a music star is a long shot. It's very competitive and it's not just about talent. Looks and personality matter too. Successful people often engage in survivorship bias. They say things like, "If I can do it, so can you" or "Follow your passion and you won't have to work for money". They don't realize that it takes luck as well to be successful. Hard work only goes so far.

My passions are eating great food, living in a comfortable home, going on long vacations with my family, and buying the latest gadgets. If anyone is willing to compensate me with good pay and benefits for those, please let me know!🤣😁😛 Otherwise, just like everyone else, I need to work to make a living and often times I am doing things that I don't like.

[freddiejonesy]

I totally agree.

After high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do, so I didn't go to college and enjoyed my early 20s. By age 23 or 24, I started college (while working full time) and graduated with a bachelors at age 31. Today, I'm working in a career I enjoy.

My 2 cents is forge your own path and disregard societal pressures like he said whether it's school, getting married, having kids, buying a house with that white picket fence, etc. And of course that could mean going to college immediately after high school if that's your path.

[Lou.sipher]

I needed this. Fantastic message, thank you!

[jakebell]

I really enjoy your videos, just got a job a month ago! Your videos have guided me along the interview process.

[drunkdonutboy]

Thank you for having the guts to be honest and put this out there. No matter what you do even if it's what you thought or didn't think there will always be pros and cons to it. Some more than others but you have been a great contributor to others and their paths and I cant think of anything more fulfilling than that than changing lives of strangers for the better.