Ok... I am slightly freaking out at the moment. The reason? I don't know what career path to follow. I have been reading up on the 100 Best Jobs of 2012, 2013, the 10 Best Jobs of 2012 by a different magazine... blah blah blah. The bottom line is that the medical field and IT jobs will be getting a nice boost in the years to come. I looked into becoming a pharmacist, but it seems like the only School of Pharmacy nearby is Texas Tech and I have to go to some god-forsaken campus for the first two years, and then the Dallas-Fort Worth campus for the last two (I thought a Pharmacy School only had to be 2 years?) Plus, I would have to change my major from English to a science-related field which means most of the work I have done already will be wasted and I'll have to redo my pre-requisites = waste of time. It is a good job, though, once you finally get it. It has one of the highest median salaries. Unfortunately, the bachelor of pharmacy degree is no longer being offered. :(
Web developer. This tickles my fancy. It has the best of both worlds, creativity in a structured environment. I believe that my English skills and attention to detail could fit in this field. The cons are that to get a job you have to be pretty good at networking, and, let's be honest, I hardly know anyone where we are living right now. I think that if I could overcome this, though, it could be a very good job. I would also have to change my major from English to an IT related field. University of Phoenix offers an online degree in IT with a focus in Web Development, which would be perfect for me.
Bottom line - any of the jobs worth having have a steep training curve and I feel I am wasting time with an English degree, even though that is where my current aptitudes lie.
I just did a search for job prospects of a copywriter (what I was planning on doing with my English degree bc teaching is such a joke), and, guess what? That entire field will soon be extinct. Sold to the cheapest bidder in India. Great.
The entire point of me getting my degree online while the girls were young was so that I could stay at home with them while preparing for a career once they got in school. Right now, I am on a short path to teaching. No offense, but our society does not attract the cream of the crop to this profession, which is a real loss for our children. But, unfortunately, I cannot change society. Web development offers flexibility, but so does pharmacy. Web development, though, has the training in a format I can pursue.
We shall see what I choose. I really don't want to delay my degree another year by doing more pre-requisites, but I also don't want to be wishing I had done this in 2 years when I get my "worthless" English degree.
