Why did you get into it?

My goal was to become a physical therapist so I started with a major in biology. Then I decided to study abroad my junior year which took the 5 year PT Masters degree off of the table. I graduated in 4 with a bio degree. At the time I was working retail nights, weekends, holidays, etc. while my then-boyfriend and his family spent the summer at the beach. His mother, sister, and sister's boyfriend were all teachers and told me about the "alternate route" to teacher certification instead of having an education degree. So here I am 24 years later as a biology teacher. It wasn't my dream or calling. It is a job that pays the bills. I don't agree with my mother on much but I do agree with her saying--"they call it work for a reason".

I worked in social services and counseling. Would I have chosen it if I had a good understanding of other fields, no way. I would have picked speech therapy. I would do it now, but it would probably take 5 years until I could work, and my fluency isn't what it once was.

It started with wanting to work but then I finally landed designing and executing landscaped gardens - my passion

No, I am not glad for what I chose a career. I wanted to be a teacher but my parents wanted to see me as an engineer and wanted to work in a good firm, which I am doing now but my passion was always to teach children and I do that my teaching my kids now a days.

Not having a university near to where I grew up my options were very limited. The college was about 10 miles away, which was an option. I was always good at typing in high school and volunteered at the hospital and found that I enjoyed filing and coding that I did in the Health Records Department. For that reason, I choose the Medical Secretarial Program, which was a 2 year program at the college. I worked as a ward clerk at the hospital for a while, but the morale of the staff and even the patients and visitors was really low at that time as they were working on an amalgamation to put both hospitals under one roof. I left that job for an administrative position at the college, it had great hours and pay and it was fine. I was able to increase my knowledge base by taking lots of course, which I did, because computers were coming a large part of the office environment. At that point many businesses were doing away with admin assistants as emails and voicemails could almost do their job. I enjoy greeting the public and knew that I would use my computer and customer service skills as an inbound customer service agent in a contact centre. I have not regretted that choice, especially given the fact that I can work from home which is very important now as I age.

I needed money and I guess I am just good at care giving. I was an in home care giver for seniors and at another time worked in the back office with Veternarians. I have most of a degree in English from university and have had a little paid work with writing.

When I was little, I wanted to be an artist. Parents and family members said no . . . that it wasn't lucrative and only crazy people were artists . So I dropped that idea, and as years went by I wanted to be a zillion things. At school and at home, I excelled at creative projects . . . the arts were always part of my life, but not I never thought of it as a career. In high school senior year, I took an official art class . . . I surprised myself. It was then that I also learned of different options in the art career field . . . that it wasn't just about being a crazy person When I already got accepted into a college as a journalism major . . . my artist class friend suggested that I should be an art major. So before I started college, I switched majors - much to my parents' dismay. I got work experience throughout college and fell into the printing industry as a graphic artist before graduating . . . I stuck with the printing industry through my mid 30's. Then became a mom to be a stay-at-home mom every since. That - in a nutshell . I'm not working now, but I still consider myself "creative". In hindsight, I think I stayed in the printing industry a bit too long. But my lifetime isn't over yet . . . one day I still intend to get back into the art field as a career - looking into options as we speak .

When I first started working, I thought I needed to work outside the home to motivate myself to go to a job and complete a shift. But, after I lost my second job at Pizza Hut, I tried finding other work for a while. Finally, I realized that I'm better off doing micro jobs like mylot and surveys because it afforded me the oportunity to set my schedule and work at my own speed. Now a full-time caregiver to my husband this flexibility is more important then ever.

I am working as a virtual teacher for more than a decade now. At first, it was a temporary decision because I need to take good care of my biological parents. Since both of them are in heaven now, I am reconsidering to work offline and be a part-time virtual teacher.

I wanted to be a broadcast journalist. After college, there was a high demand of call center agents in my uncle's province. Not aware what does call center agents do that time - and I want to earn, I asked my uncle if I can stay in his place during the application process. My aunt, my uncle's sister, offered her house. After the interview, I went back home. The result took about 1 week - after 1 week, my uncle's wife, my neighbor back home, handed my her phone. It was the recruiter - told me that I passed the selection process and told me to pack my things because I am going to training. The training was more than 6 weeks. From the training they taught us US geography, state abbreviation, how to say the states and the cities. They taught customer service. It was a fulfilling job because I was able to answer thousands of calls from the customers in the US. Cancel orders, check shipment status, process reorders, explained the auto shipment, process refund, understood overdraft fees, credit card was overcharged, talked to elderly, talked to someone who was alone, talked to people having difficulty focusing on things, talked to nice people in the US, talked to irate customers, talked to rudest people (because they had reasons to - and I had to listen to them rant or talk without cutting them off and many more. Today, I am still working in the Customer Service set up but more on businesses. I talk to technical people, I talk to computer savvy people, I talk to managers, directors, and escalations team - now not only US customers but also, Europeans, Asia and the Pacific, South Americans, Middle Easterns and even Africans. And of course Filipinos too who are in the US, UK, Australia and Singapore.

I never thought i would earn with freelancing i always had the negative thoughts for online earning.

I was learning piano at the time at quite a high level. I didn't want to leave the farm and the nuns offered me a teaching job at the convent. I taught piano for many years and it served me well while the children were small. Later, I did a secretarial course and enjoyed that more.

i had such mental health problems in college that I spent four years in community college but wasn't able to get any kind of degree. I basically, to make my parents happy, and until they finally let me leave took one literature course per semester. I had dreams of becoming a literature teacher at The University of Pennsylvania. That is all I ever wanted to do. I had a dream of a Ph.D in literature, But, alas it was not meant to be

I took up Computer Science and Engineering for graduation and moved into IT once I finished my college. Later I took MBA in Finance. Initially my line of interest was to move to admiistrative services. Well, I abandoned it and sticked to IT and have been with IT for long. Is it in line with what I learnt ?Yes. Are you passionate about your line of work? Yes. Are you glad you chose IT? I am glad to choose th profession but then there are companies where we should never ever work. Unfortunately I had such instances atleast thrice in life and well glad to have escaped from such toxic environments.

I never wanted to do nursing or teaching, I have done both or a combination of both for over twenty five years. I did not know how to drive a stick shift, so I got hired to drive a stick shift bus full of country kids that had been driving since they could reach the pedals--about 8 yrs. old. They laughed at me while I learned not to grind my gears.Bus driving led me into driving special education students, because it is hard to get the right drivers for it. Then I decided I did not want to always have my back to the kids so I applied for paraprofessional jobs. When Bob was working nursing homes, and actually even when Larry, my first husband was ill, I spent a lot of time in them. I often worked both CNA and para jobs at the same time. Those skills led me to work with the adult disabled for a time, and then when we moved I applied to work as a para again. I have been mostly doing that ever since. I am a born care giver, regardless of what I say I want to do. I am also creative and use creative approaches to my jobs, however, I need to retire, some day. Care taking is hard.

When I completed my schooling, I had two options. I choose the Engineering option. I did my graduation in one stream. However, on graduation, I choose to work in a different stream due to the ongoing market conditions and job opportunities. And well, work life is never the same. It is like a Roller Coaster ride. Sometimes I think that I should have chosen line related to History or Geography but I think it is easier to think about Past decisions rather than to take an actual decision at a time. So some regret but not something that would make me to feel too low. Well, that's life!

When our son was small, I decided to look for a part time job. I was offered a position with our local health department, but realized it wouldn't work with only one car for Dale and I. A year later (with a second vehicle), I applied for the same job and got it. I was there for 27 years and felt it was meant to be.

I started college as a math and physics major but became frustrated with the fact that I couldn't discuss what I was studying with most of my friends. I was always interested in psychology, and started taking more psych and music classes my Jr year in college. I've been pretty happy with my career so far.

My mother wanted me to be a secretary. It turned out I was good in Accounting and Customer Service. I ended up having my own business for 7 years and my last job was an Accounting Office Manager. I enjoyed it; so it was OK. Have a good week.

I have an online job and have been working remotely for over a decade. I started this during college. I love the flexibility of working online because I can be with my dogs all the time. LOL