What are the occupations OTHER people have told you you'd be wise to go into?

This is a very interesting discussion. I am married, but the men I have dated in the past have always said that would make a good psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor. I remember those men having a lot of things on their mind. They always had some problem they talked about. Not saying that I do not care to help others, I do. However, I do not want to be married to someone who is nothing but problems after problems after problems. I like a man who is upbeat. My husband has never said you would make a good counselor. My husband does not like to sit around and talk about problems. He likes to solve his own problems.

I had wanted to be a teacher since the age of 8 years. Mostly, my parents didsn't try to change my mind. When I was in year 11, my Mother wanted me to apply for a bank job in our town. I think thsts because she wanted me to be like everyone else, & not further my education beyond year 11, & just work locally. Anyway, I ended up being a teacher. In my twenties my parents were fairly sure I would end up in politics, but I ended up finding that too stressful.

No-one has ever suggested an occupation to me.My dad said that I should join the Republican party.I mean,I like partys and all,but, naaa.I get in enough stuff without having an affiliation.All that I do I am good at,and I do alot of things. Busy,busy,busy

Somebody in the university said I will make a good landlord or actress or artist. well if I won lottery I would get a real estate investment, otherwise I guess I'll stay what I am now

Nobody has ever told me that I should go into any occupation. I guess I don't have any particular skills. A few years ago, I signed up for some general classes to see what I might get into. I went to the career center where they had forms to fill out and career councelors who tried to help the undecided make a choice in what program to sign up for. After looking at my completed form, they told me that I should be an undertaker. Then they started laughing and said they were just joking. That might not be a bad occupation though. When my older brother was younger, that's what he wanted to be. We all thought it was weird. He ended up becoming a cop.

Thank you for this duscussion, it is very interesting. I was just asking this my friend maybe one month ago , since I was interested starting university and wanted know from others what would be good for me.I also read in one book, your friends know you the best, they will tell you, where are you good at.So i just ask my friends , buy to my surprise nobody really know what to choose for me.It hurts me a little bit, but so what!!!Then finaly they tell me I should be real estate agent or architecture, but none of those seems right for me.But you never know, maybe I should try it.

When my husband and I had to hire a lawyer back in 2005 not only did I gather all the necessary information needed, I typed it all out so that it looked professionally done. I put all the information I typed up in a folder and in the order I thought it was supposed to be in. Our lawyer asked my husband if I was a lawyer, and my husband told him no which impressed our lawyer even more as had never seen paperwork from clients so well presented (just like a lawyer would do it LOL). He even told my husband I saved him (our lawyer) from doing the work himself and that I should become a lawyer. LOL This made me beam with pride. Though I think I'd make a lousy lawyer! LOL

I'm a painter and many people tell me: Oh you should teach little kids how to paint! I hear this so many times. I don't know what makes people think that I'd want to do this. I don't want to be surrounded by kids or adults all day while I try to teach them anything. I want to be by myself and paint. Big difference between being a painter and a teacher.

Well I was always the science geek in school...hehee..and I did love the sciences and still do...I remember going through a phase of wanting to be either an astronomer or Egyptologist...but looking back..I think that's actually what my mom wanted me to do...also since I seem to have inherited my great-grandmother's knack for healing with herbal/natural cures I probably would've been good in the healing profession..at least that is what people have said..but unlike my great-grandmother who was great with natural cures for people...I'm good with pets...so some have suggested I missed my calling and should have been a vet--then with my own various brushes with lawyers and how they tick, a friend said I either should have been a lawyer or at least a paralegal since I know legal smeagel jargon and have the same analytical mind of a person in law--and then my mom also once suggested a teacher since I myself have a love for learning... Ah....but the creative muse took over....I'm more content being the creative artist type and am a photographer, writer, artist, musician and craftsperson...uh. ..even studied acting--all of which didn't go over big with my mom....but sometimes you have to follow your bliss...right??

So many people have told me to go into becoming a psychologist and I was going to but I started working as a receptionist at a children's clinic and just fell in love with my job. I actually like doing medical records and billing more than anything but it showed me what I really liked doing. I just don't think I could sit there and listen to other peoples problems and tell them what was wrong with them if they can't figure it out for themselves not sure if I actually would be much help.

Nobody ever told me what they thought I should be (that I can remember) and while I think that's a good thing I do wish that people would have done more to help me figure out what I would like doing and be good at. Now here I am in my 30's and I STILL don't know what I want to be when I grow up. :)

The advice seems to have changed over the years. When I was younger and still considered quite tall, and was very thin, my relatives were constantly telling me I should model. At 5'7" I was never quite tall enough, though to tak them seriously. At university a Prof I really admired was so annoyed that I was pursuing the soft sciences when he said I had a head for hard science and I was being wasted. He was a physical geographer, so that was naturally his first choice for me. Lately, a couple of friends have been telling me I should teach. They are convinced I would be very good at it, although I am not so sure that they are right!

Hi AmbiePam, when reading this discussion I remember my baby brother Fritz. He's the one who keep on pushing me to applied in a Call Center to be an Agent because he keeps on telling me that I would surely be qualify for the said job as an Agent, but for me I don't really find it very much interesting because as what i've observed and heard from other people complaining about the said work because of too much stress they experienced and most specially the time they spent working, are too much. That is why, I responded to him a no, no...might as well find another job that really suits me and even I could have enough time to spare for my family.

My grandfather is always telling me that i ought to get a job in a bank. I assume that back in the days that grandad was working, banks paid well because i can think of far better jobs. I want to work wwith children either teach or be a social worker.

I've been told I'd be a good school teacher. I have wanted to teach since I was little. I attempted it at uni but had to pass a year of bachelor of Arts to get my score high enough to get into teaching. I hated learning about stuff i wasn't interested in and didn't quite make it to the end of the year! i've also been told I'd be a good vet but i'm not prepared for the responsibility and study it takes to be one! So that's why I'm 99% sure i'll be doing Vet. Nursing this year.

I followed other people's predictions. I was a teacher, then a counselor. I worked for the government for a while. No one predicted that! I was also told to be a writer, but I don't like to work that hard!

I've had several people tell me that I would have made a good teacher. I like explaining things that are sometimes hard to explain. Some people call it being a know-it-all and they say that it's a bad thing... ROFL.

I do not have people telling me which line I should be in. However, there are many people advising me NEVER to go into this line, that line, especially the line I am in. I do agree with these people and I too advise people not to go into the same line as I am. Not because I am afraid of them sharing the pie I am eating, I find it is not worth eating the pie.

to be honest with you,I am at loss with what job I should do.what is bad is no one can tell me where I should go.my major is law,but I do not like it at all.I like English,but my spoken English is very poor,and I do not have any experience of this field,so what can I do.I hate my tempory job,its salary is so low,but I do not have an idea on how to do.

Well my parents wanted me to be a doctor, which I liked and wanted to do, but before I could I ended up pregnant and started my family life, so I didnt want to push it aside for medical school. I have been told that I should be a nurse, and that's something i've considered, however I am persuing a degree in early elementary education now, and hope to finish up sometimes soon and teach little ones.