Coli Professionals How Many Jobs Did You Have?

[SeveroDrgnfli]

Coli professionals how many jobs did you have before you found your profession? Also, how many years did you work jobs until you got into the profession?

Young people think professionals go to college, graduate, and find their dream profession after graduation. They don't realize the journey to finding and working in a profession takes trial and error. It also takes years of work. It took me about 10 years to find the profession I wanted to pursue and it will take another 10 reach my goal. I'm about 3 years into my career.

I've had hella jobs and little hustles. I had 8 jobs and 3 hustles before I started my profession. I also switched professions twice before settling on what I do now. I've applied for hundreds of jobs. I've written like 30 cover letters and have had too many interviews to count.

I've been fired once.

 

[Elle Seven]

As a real grownup, three.

First was as a naval officer

Second was as a customer service rep.

Last was as a teacher and tutor. The last one allowed me to combine what I learned from the first two and helped me find my true niche.

Life is evolution, so it's not realistic to think you should necessarily know what want to do for the rest of your life when you're young because different experiences start to reveal your true strengths and weaknesses.
This is only if you care about doing meaningful works, I think though. Doesn't apply if you're solely chasing a certain salary.