[gk1]

Your degree does not define you. People change careers regularly, and by the time they’re 40 they might be so removed from their degree that it becomes nothing more than an interesting topic for a party conversation. “Oh, I majored in so-and-so, can you believe it?”

The only way you can screw up is by staying in a field long after you’ve realized it’s not for you. It’s crazy to keep doing something you don’t want to do, for your entire working career. Whether it’s from the sunk-cost fallacy or feelings of shame or just complacency, it’s a sad thing.

It takes courage to be honest with yourself and make a change.

(I’m in marketing now but got a brutally difficult degree in naval architecture. Can you believe it?)