Career choices

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Career choices Anonymous 2016-08-14 18:58:47 Post No. [Report]

I'm 25 and basically stuck between two choices of how my career and life will go on from this point.

1) Option: Get my Masters degree at my current university, stay in my town near my gf / family / friends / hobbies, have the chance for a very good salary shortly after I finish, don't really like this field and will probably end up as some code monkey in a cubicle untill I get fired or sweet death will release me

2) Option: Go to med school abroad for at least three years, take on a huge loan (60 - 80k) which will take many years to pay back, high chance of failing, live like the poorest poorfag for the next decade, will at least have some feeling of purpose and can experience life outside this monotonous routine what I call my life right now.

Deciding this is bugging me for months now. I make spreadsheets and lists to calculate the possible outcomes and determine the best way. But I simply can't choose one option over the other. Of the few people I talked to about this, two are for 1) and one is for 2).

What do?

Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:24:16 Post No.17460840
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Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:24:16 Post No.17460840 [Report]

Bump, anyone?

Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:30:06 Post No.17460852
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Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:30:06 Post No.17460852 [Report]

I would say option 2, but you've already mentioned failing. With a change that big I don't think you can afford to have a negative mindset - if that's what you truly want then you should go for but give it 100%. If you go for option 1, at least modify it so you have some chance of being happy later in life.

Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:30:08 Post No.17460854
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Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:30:08 Post No.17460854 [Report]

>>17460796
It's very likely that you won't like doing medicine either. Grass is always green on the other side. Just saying that it's something to take into account.

Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:39:14 Post No.17460871
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Anonymous 2016-08-14 19:39:14 Post No.17460871 [Report]

Thanks for the replies.

>>17460854
You're right about the mindset. I'm not sure if I can overcome the fear of failing. Option 1) could lead to great opportunities, but also contains a high possibility of being a wasted boring life.

>>17460852
Well, I did gather a little experience by volunteering as EMT and doing internships in hospitals. But you're right, I could wake up one day and hate it.

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