Hi,
I’m an engineer in its late 30s and I sometime go to high-school talking about my job, my scholar background, etc… I remember being very stressed about my future at that time, so I try to tell them what I wish someone had told me 20 years ago.
If any teens are reading this (or people in contact with teens), what topics or advice would you want to hear from some random dude like me ?
Thanks for your help
ps: I know most of lemmy users are middle age, but there is no way I create account on shitktok, Insta or stuff.
Not a teen anymore but a tip I’d tell them:
Don’t just look for what makes most money or makes you most happy. Look at what gives you the most happiness while also having relatively good job prospects. Look at what you like doing (even if it were a duty) and think if there’s a job that matches that.
Labour conditions and having decent colleagues (if any) matter a lot. You don’t want a terrible job. So go unionise.
A job isn’t necessarily for life, but it helps if you have a job that you don’t feel grumpy for. Unless if you’re working in medics or whatever, you don’t need to get cum laudes - just to pass.
If you can, avoid working for a rich CEO, and instead go for something worker-owned, ideally decentralised. They’re excellent.