Originally Posted by shakh your bootie

Seeing as we're doing life-experience advice to young people, i'll throw in my ha'pennysworth.

It makes for a happier lot if you choose a career where you're doing something that you actually enjoy, and would choose to do in your own time. Think about the things that you enjoy doing - whether it's working with your hands, working creatively, working with people, analysing problems - and try to identify where your interests and abilities intersect with potential, and hopefully lucrative, career choices. Oh, and work/life balance makes a big difference, too - how much time would you like to devote to home-life, socialising, travel etc.