My Ideal Job

My ideal job would be one that allows me to apply most of the things I've learnt in university, specially the skills related to Geographic Information Sistems and urbanism. I can imagine myself working in an office of the public administration recognizing potencial points of the territory in plans of development. I would to work in the field collecting data for this aim, aswell. For me, a job that can make me travel would be great too, even if this is somekind of "teleworking

I don't really want to think about the salary right now. I know that money is not necessarily the most important thing once you graduate, but obtaining experience  certainly is. Even considering that, I don't know the real salaries for my career in practice, so I am not able to think a good  quantity in prospect.

Taking a major after my undergraduate studies is another variable to consider. I would like to take one related with urbanism, I think it would open too many doors in my labor camp. But the final decision will depend on my first jobs. For example, if I get a well paid job or a job that makes me feel satisfied with the experience I'm obtaining, I would not doubt in postpone the major.

Hard Choice

My career, Geography, was always in my mind as an option, since school. I felt so good in social science’s area that I would eventually choose any career related to it when I was in high school but I didn’t.  It turns out that I was very good with natural sciences aswell and I decided to take the “biological” path, so when I did PSU I got a good score and I chose a medical career.

Medical Technology was my first career, I spent some years in there and I don’t regret, but it wasn’t for me. During the bad moments geography was always there, seducing me. When I finally realized that I wanted to be an urbanist or an urban geographer I went out.  In my second PSU, geography was my first option and architecture the second one (just in case).

Taking the choice of what to do with your life (at least for the following years) is not an easy process when you graduate from school, and sadly nobody will be good at telling you the  right answer. There are too many things to ponderate, but I really thing that in most of the cases it doesn’t depend on the career you chose, but in the effort you put to work and be the best.