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by aronsemle 2725 days ago
It is a short life, so don't spend too much time on this. Whichever you pick you likely won't be working on it the rest of your life anyway.

Healthcare or energy and AI are both big fields with great potential. I left a 10 year career in manufacturing and am now in healthcare. There is no way I would have predicted or planned it. I just followed the opportunity.

Just find a niche you're interested in, work hard, be the best and it will work out.

I don't subscribe to the "follow your passion message". It's easy to get passionate about something you find success in. And for most of the people that are uber rich now because they "found their passion", when you really think about it this is one of the few reasons they can give that is socially acceptable. Imagine if they said "because I'm smarter than you".

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"I was lucky" I think is socially acceptable and also pretty much the main reason for most people.