Career - SquareOffs

If you could go back in time, would you choose the same career?

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If you could go back in time, would you choose the same career?

37%

Yes Yes

63%

No No

37%

Yes

2 Comments

Tina Bouthillier

I had 2 choices, 1 being a teacher but looking now how they are treated and paid, I truly believe I made the right choice in choosing the other and still happy

Lila Williams

Because I am good at what I do and I like it. I just wish I could come back and do it better.

63%

No

3 Comments

cira

It was not bad. I married young and divorced young I am grateful for a job that helped me to support us. Had I been able to go to college I would have picked something else.

D May

I stayed in a job entirely to long for fear I couldn’t find the same security in another.

Bob Pickett

not that it has been bad, but I would have gone to college and done something else

Have you ever considered or gone through a career change at some point in your life?

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48 Votes

Have you ever considered or gone through a career change at some point in your life?

73%

Yes Yes

27%

No No

73%

Yes

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27%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Would you want/have wanted a different occupation than the one you have/had?

Asked by Dear Abby

132 Votes

Would you want/have wanted a different occupation than the one you have/had?

69%

Yes Yes

31%

No No

69%

Yes

7 Comments

Angie Carey

I wanted to be a school teacher so badly when I was young. I married early in age, had 4 kids, so I never got the chance to go to school for this. too late now. I'm 58 yrs old.

Lisa Dammarell

Shouldve followed my childhood dreams.

Tina Bouthillier

I wanted a career in teaching back in the 80s but for "life" reasons, it turned into accounting and seeing now what the teaching profession has turned into, not only the total lack of respect they receive but now the violence they fear may happen to them. I have NO regrets with my decision.

Lisa Dammarell

For sure! Anybody going into teaching now has a lot of stress ahead of them. Wish it was like the old days when kids didnt bring guns to school, and they respected their school and teachers.

Susan Martin

I had no idea when I moved from a great metropolitan city to a "one horse town without a horse" to take care of my ailing parents that I would have to overcome being an "outsider"; the bias of ageism; and way over qualified for any employment opportunities. Payscale sucks.

Kimberly Jarvis

I wanted to teach, but after an argument with my mother, joined the Navy. My job was highly classified and had no correleated occupation on the outside. When I got out I ended up working in fast food restaurants and call centers.

Maureen Hannon

I was not able to go to college. Without an education, I was limited to public service jobs. I wanted to be a computer programmer, but could not .

Joyce Koch

One with better pay and benefits.

31%

No

3 Comments

rover6rover

Teaching changed a lot over the course of my career, and I wish it had stayed like it was in the old days when we had more freedom to share joy with the kids, but it was a rewarding if stressful job.

Sandra Carmony

I had no idea I would end up in the job I ultimately retired from, but I'm glad I did. It was very rewarding and enabled me to retire at age 51.

Bob Pickett

Did not do too bad.

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Career SquareOffs

If you could go back in time, would you choose the same career?

37% Yes Yes

63% No No

37% Yes

63% No

Have you ever considered or gone through a career change at some point in your life?

73% Yes Yes

27% No No

73% Yes

27% No