[Job-Discussions] Making that Career Choice

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello Julie,
I had a yelled at on the phone job for several years, especially
during the lockdowns, I wouldn't recommend it, if people are thinking
about dreams as opposed to practicalities at the time. I know what I
really want now but it took until my 30s to work it out. I'd say
trying out different things is good advice, I have. Sometimes you work
out what you'd like to do by doing what you wouldn't like to do.
Shadowing, where possible, is good because you can observe what a job
is like before thoroughly committing. There are various "day in the
life" videos of certain professions on YouTube. I think college
students would do well to listen to resources like these as well.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 9/27/22, Julie McGinnity via Job-Discussions
<job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a great discussion. I don't think the answer is a simple
> black-and-white formula. In life there's always a balance. When I was
> looking for jobs, I had three separate columns: awesome amazing dream
> jobs, jobs that weren't exactly what I wanted but would fit with my
> experience  and qualifications, and jobs I refused to take. But this
> was when I was unemployed and looking for work. The columns might look
> different for those who already have jobs or aren't in a hurry to find
> work for whatever reason.
>
> One more comment on the quotation: sometimes when you work doing
> something you love, it turns what you love into work. I had this
> experience in the music field, and I'm still recovering from it. So
> again, it's a little complicated. I strongly believe we need to get
> college students and even high school students thinking carefully
> about what a variety of careers would be like. It's one thing to study
> music for example, but working in the field looks much different. This
> goes for sighted students as well, but it's extra important for us as
> blind people since less jobs are accessible to us. If our dreams fall
> through, we can't just work at Starbucks until we figure it out. So we
> need to be aware of the many career paths that might be available and
> be able to name a few things we might be interested in. I believe that
> blind people should try to be as well-rounded as possible simply
> because the opportunities are less for us. But that doesn't mean we
> should do something that will tear us apart or we have absolutely no
> interest or talent in. I'm a little sensitive, so I ruled out jobs
> where I would get yelled at on the phone on the daily.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Julie
>
>
> On 9/27/22, Ericka via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Steve Jobs has good advice. I’d say take jobs as steppingstones to learn
>> more of who you are and what you can do. Very good question and very good
>> quote. Advice I wish I had heard 30 some years ago
>>
>> Ericka Nelson
>>
>>> On Sep 27, 2022, at 11:52 AM, Kris Colcock via Job-Discussions
>>> <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> How do you choose a career path? As blind individuals, many times a
>>> career path is suggested and sometimes chosen based on what people
>>> believe you can do instead of your own abilities. Steve Jobs says that
>>> we can get “trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other
>>> people’s thinking.” He warns that if we aren’t careful, we can “let
>>> the noise of others’ opinions drown out [our] own inner voice.”
>>> Here is his advice about careers:
>>> “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only
>>> way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And
>>> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t
>>> found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the
>>> heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship,
>>> it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So, keep looking
>>> until you find it. Don’t settle.”
>>> The easiest path in this life seems to be the one that we take by
>>> default, the one that at times feels pre-chosen for us, either by
>>> society or someone else in our lives. It seems to be a path of
>>> mediocrity that somebody else somehow led us to believe should work
>>> for us too.
>>> I had to realize this for myself, and if you haven’t realized it yet…
>>> there is no better day than today.
>>> Take control over what you do have control over. Make the most of
>>> every opportunity.
>>> And most importantly, follow your gut, your heart, and your intuition
>>> in your decision-making. Just like mine brought me to
>>> entrepreneurship, yours will lead you to where you need to be too."
>>>
>>> What does this passage mean to you? Do you wait for that perfect job
>>> or do you take work that can be used as stepping stones?
>>>
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> Julie A. McGinnity
> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
> Law, JD Candidate 2023
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