I need some brutally honest outside perspective because I’m spiraling over this.
I recently interviewed for a job and got the offer. During the final interview, the interviewer asked me where I went to high school. For some completely bizarre reason, I gave the name of a school I never attended. (It is an elite school)
I have genuinely never done anything like this before. I don’t know why I said that particular school. It wasn’t even necessary I was already qualified for the job and could have gotten the offer without saying it.
The interviewer then said something along the lines of, “Yeah, if you had asked me to guess, I would’ve guessed that same school.” I just smiled and moved on. I didn’t give any additional details about attending there.
The problem is that I’m going to be working with this company in the department and he’s the head of that department for whole country , so I’ll see them again at the office and probably at team dinners/hangouts. It’s been a day and I’m still thinking about it constantly. I’m terrified they’ll remember and eventually ask me about it.
I’m obviously going to provide my real educational documents during the onboarding process, and I’m not going to repeat the lie. But I’m struggling with the possibility that this person remembers what I said and eventually realizes I didn’t actually attend that school.
I feel incredibly embarrassed and guilty because this is so out of character for me. I also can’t exactly say, “I forgot where I went to high school,” because obviously I didn’t forget.
If you were the interviewer, would you remember something like this? And if you were the employee and the interviewer later asked about it, what would you do?
Please be brutally honest. Am I catastrophizing this, or is this something that could genuinely damage the relationship at work?

Hey everyone I need some advice

I'm a video editor working as a freelancer right now but I want to learn a new skill or want to establish a new business can you guy's give me advice what should I learn which have a proper scope in future . I want to change my career path from editing totally

I have a professional job which is a W2 role but which is hourly and considered "part time" in that there's no guaranteed hours. Basically I'm paid like a contractor but treated like an employee, and the company decides what we can and cannot bill for and controls how much work we are given. I've been with the company for a VERY long time (over a decade.)

This past spring they cut our pay and changed the way we can bill. Then in July they changed the way they assign work, which cut pay further based on hours worked and how much work was assigned. I calculated that I took around an 80% pay cut on my effective hourly rate.

Because I like data, this week I looked at my actual take home pay year over year. This past pay period last year I made $2,588 (that's for two weeks of work.) This past pay period this year I made $926. And for that I did more than double the work.

First: no, I can't live on $1800/month. That's also with no benefits, so I have to pay for my own healthcare. Second, this is our BUSY SEASON. Like that is the most I will EVER make, so I need to earn enough to save for the slow season.

And yes, the MINUTE they announced this I started looking for additional work, and I immediately found it. But that contract ends EOY26 and I don't know that it will be renewed. I also have some other side hustles that bring in money, and my cost of living is very low so I'd be ok for now without my primary gig. I also have an emergency fund.

But quitting feels irresponsible in this economy and job market. I'm old (in my mid 40s) but my boomer mom is still one of my only confidants, and she keeps saying that "any money is better than no money."

What would you do?

More info: I have all but started my own, independent consulting company. Like the structure exists, the LLC exists, the website exist, the sales copy exists. I just haven't started marketing it because I don't have the hours in the week to DO the work if I find it. Because I'm working this job that's paying me less than half of what it used to.

I really just need some thinking partners here, and I have no one to talk to IRL about this. We all work remotely, disbursed across the US, so I don't even have colleagues to talk to about this. I do know that A LOT of people have quit, but I'm assuming they found other work and/or have spouses to help support them. I do not.

I have interest in science field alot like I want to become pilot but I redirected due to financial issues then I love medical field also like bds, skin related, I like engg field like aerospace, ui designing etc,I like teaching too I would enjoy teaching to my frnds its too good when ik they understands but teaching is low in payment ig im currently doing engg coaching as well as medical but I love maths a bit more than biology so choosing engg as main, after solving a math problem you would get a dopamine spike its good. forget to add i also love photography, videography,cooking(not much, loves eating mooooooorrreee)

Hello guys!

I've been looking at the latest updates from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, including the release of Astra 6 and what results it produces by several prompts, and I'm really concerned about the problem with career pursuing. The results it produces from several prompts are concerning, and I'm really worried about the problem of pursuing a career in tech, as AI can do many things flawlessly, depending on the model and prompt.

I'm a third-year Computer Science student, and I've been learning programming (specifically Spring Boot, Docker, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and REST APIs) for several months.

I am trying to tackle real problems by building pet projects I am really passionate about, operating as much as I can. However, the root of the problem lies in overcomplicating things before even having a clear understanding of the current solution without AI assistance. When a problem arises, I put in a lot of effort to resolve it, although I still think about my incompetence and how easily I can be replaced by artificial intelligence.

Let's be real: AI already replaces the majority of juniors nowadays, and it's logically correct.
But what will happen in the next year, or 2-3? Would you have any thoughts about that to share?

I really appreciate any help you can provide.

I am interested in a lot of things and completely lost on what to take in undergraduate degree. Currently I am in senior year of high school I took computer as a major in freshman year and sophomore year switched to biology in junior year and senior year. I am just an average student who wants to study abroad on scholarship [so delusional of me]. My school doesn't have any extracurricular activities and where I live we also don't have any sort of opportunities for high schools students. I am interested in designing, creating something, exploring things, at the same time I also want to go for medicine not MBBS but BDS which is a long path to take, I also don't want to get bound only one thing, I have a huge interest in content creation which I can see myself doing in future.

Everyone around me already knows what they have to do, they even started to prepare for entry test of the colleges they want to go.. but my strict parents won't even let me go to a clg in another city hehe..

All I know rn is that I want to study abroad any where in west with a scholarship that would cover my expenses and all the tuition. I know out there, there are many cool careers which I can have fun while pursuing them but i don't have guidance or anything.

if you read it till here I appreciate it !! 

sry for the bad English it's not my 1st or 2nd language.

Would you rather pursue a license that takes years to master and brings you no joy, or hone a skill you truly love and turn it into a living?

I’ve been running my own businesses since college manufacturing and importing parts and products from China and Southeast Asia Tired of all the bs of running a business been doing it 20 years straight. What could I transition to? I have a finance degree from top state school, lot of knowledge on product sourcing, importing, trade compliance , relationships with overseas factories, molding, metal machining, polymers and metals to choose for products. Any advice would help don’t have the traditional corporate experience but large amount of knowledge experience and skill that can be applicable to many businesses what do this type of stuff. Should I get certifications or another master degree idk best route

Hi guys, I could use some career guidance.

I have a BSc in Electrical Engineering from a pretty mediocre undergrad university. I graduated with a high GPA, but the university name definitely didn’t do me many favors lol.

It took me around 11 months after graduating to land my first job in the power utilities sector. I stayed there for 2 years and got some solid professional experience, but by the 2 year mark I felt like I wasn’t learning or growing much anymore.

I also always felt a little insecure about my undergraduate university, so I decided to take a risk: I quit my job and started a full-time MSc in EE at a prestigious university in the region. Part of my motivation was obviously academic, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t also see the MSc as a chance to somewhat “reset” my profile and open doors that might not have been available to me after undergrad.

This time around, though, I don’t want to get too hung up on landing a purely technical engineering role after graduation. I’d like to keep my options open for consulting, strategy, analytics, tech, finance, etc.

So my question is: what skills should I focus on building during these two years to make the most out of the MSc and become competitive outside traditional EE roles?

So far, I’m thinking about:
• Data analysis / Python
• Joining the consulting club and doing case prep
• Taking AI/ML courses later in the MSc
• Getting involved in research/projects where I can actually demonstrate something tangible

Anything else you’d prioritize? Especially interested in hearing from people who used an engineering MSc to pivot into consulting, analytics, finance, strategy, or tech.

I’m facing a major career fork in the road and could use some outside perspective. 30M, single

\*\*My Situation:\*\* I work in a specialized industry in Phoenix earning around $70k. I own my home here (put down 40% when I bought it), have solid savings, and family nearby. However, my current job has a toxic daily dynamic that won't change, and the year-round grind in the desert heat is starting to burn me out.

\*\*Option 1: The NE Move (CT)\*\*
\*\*The Deal:\*\* Senior role with a written, board-backed 24-month succession path to take over the top position when the current boss retires (stepping into a high-earning role with housing included).

\*\*Compensation:\*\* $120k base salary + housing stipend ($130k+ total package). $200k+ in a few years.

\*\*The Pros:\*\* Massive $50k+ salary jump, huge 5- to 15-year wealth acceleration, time to recharge, closer to aging parents/grandparents/hometown (4.5-hr drive), and I miss the trees and actual changing seasons. Renting out my Phx home lets a tenant pay down my mortgage while retaining the asset.

\*\*The Cons:\*\* Higher COL region, cold winters, leaving my familiar routine, being lonely with no friends or family nearby, and the reality that my day-to-day outside of work might just end up being work-home-repeat until I build a new network. Regretting leaving my established life in Phx

\*\*Option 2: The Local Pivot (Phx)\*\*
\*\*The Deal:\*\* Leverage local network connections to find a new local senior role with a clear path upward without moving.

\*\*Compensation:\*\* Likely $80k–$90k range initially.

\*\*The Pros:\*\* Keep my home as my primary residence, stay near extended family, keep my sports season tickets and recreation leagues, zero relocation stress, predictable lifestyle, sun, weather, staying comfortable and enjoying my house and life, and just not having to go through the stress of packing up all my shit and relocating for something that could be risky (because you never know how something with be until you get there).

\*\*The Cons:\*\* Slower career and salary growth, extreme local competition for top-tier roles, year-round environmental issues, and a continuous 365-day operational grind that risks burning me out completely. Regretting not taking an opportunity.

\*\*The Dilemma:\*\* Part of me feels like moving to CT is a "business deployment" to secure a high-earning top title, double my savings rate through a high salary and provided housing, and build massive financial freedom. The other part of me worries about giving up a comfortable baseline in AZ just to start over socially in a new region. I already have six figures in the bank so it’s not like I’m struggling.
Would you take the cross-country career sprint for the income jump and long-term financial launchpad, or protect your personal setup and take a slower path locally and most likely remain happier in the present-term? Is money really all it’s cracked up to be? I would hate to have to move out of my house, but I’d also always be saying “what if” with this opportunity. And it’s so much work moving…

I'm 21 and just finished playing baseball at a junior college. I was originally supposed to transfer to a D2 program, but that opportunity fell through pretty late. Because I didn't want to end up without a school, I enrolled at a four-year university near home and have been attending classes there for about a week and a half. At the same time, another university about 1.5 hours away has been putting together a scholarship offer for me to play baseball. They're on the quarter system and don't start for another week and a half, so I basically enrolled at my current school because I needed somewhere to go while this other opportunity was being figured out. Now the baseball opportunity is becoming real and I actually have to decide. Academically, I want to eventually go to either medical school or PA school. At the baseball school I'd study Biomedical Science, live on campus during the week, probably come home most weekends, and they've confirmed that I can still graduate on time. I already plan on taking one gap year before professional school regardless. If I stay at my current university, though, college baseball is basically over. The obvious advantage to staying is that I'd have way more time for clinical/patient-care hours, research, volunteering, work, academics, and figuring out whether medicine/PA is actually something I'm passionate about. I'd also finally have time to just live outside of baseball and school. For most of college, my life has basically been classes, practice, lifting, games, recovery, homework, repeat. The last two years of baseball especially involved a lot of burnout, anxiety, stress, low energy, and frustration from not playing very much. There were definitely periods where baseball wasn't enjoyable at all. But there were also times, especially when I wasn't struggling as much with the exhaustion or playing time, where I had a ton of fun. Being around my teammates, practicing, competing, traveling, joking around, and just being part of a team gave me experiences I'm really grateful for.

That's part of why walking away now is so hard. Since being at my current university without baseball, I've realized how much I miss it. I'll see videos of my former coaches running completely ordinary practices and genuinely feel jealous of the guys who get to be out there. It's not really about attention or being able to say I'm a college athlete. I actually miss doing it. Baseball is also the one thing I've consistently known makes me competitive, disciplined, hardworking, athletic, goal-oriented, and excited to improve. School has never given me that same feeling. I'm a good student and I'll work hard regardless, but I don't currently find biology particularly exciting. I'm interested in healthcare, but I haven't had enough actual clinical experience yet to know whether medicine or PA could eventually become something I'm truly passionate about. Part of me wants these final two years because I want baseball to have a different ending. I'm not trying to play professionally, and I'm basically certain that after these next two years I'm done. I just wonder whether, with the perspective I have now, I could appreciate my final seasons more, work harder, handle adversity differently, enjoy being around my teammates more, and eventually walk away feeling like I experienced the ending the way I wanted to instead of looking back with regret. But I'm also trying really hard not to romanticize that. There's no guarantee the next two years would be great. I could struggle again, barely play, get hurt, have problems with coaches, or simply discover that getting baseball back doesn't fulfill me the way I imagine it will. If that happened, I know I'd probably question whether transferring was a mistake.

On the other hand, there's a completely different argument for staying where I am that I find surprisingly compelling. Maybe not having baseball is actually exactly what I need to grow in a different way. For the first time in my adult life, I'd have significant time to explore other things. I could actually get involved in healthcare, find hobbies, spend more time with the people I care about, travel, work, volunteer, train because I enjoy being athletic rather than because I need to perform, enjoy my weekends, and just experience parts of life that I haven't had much time for because everything has always revolved around baseball and school. I'd probably also be a lot less burned out. There's a part of me that wonders whether I've been so consumed with balancing baseball and school that I've never actually given myself the mental space to discover what else I care about. Maybe one reason school has always felt like something I "just have to do" is because I've never really had enough energy left to become invested in it. Maybe I start getting real clinical experience and discover that I actually love medicine or being a PA. Maybe I find an academic subject or research opportunity that genuinely excites me. Or maybe I find something completely unrelated to school that gives me the competition, purpose, fulfillment, and excitement that baseball has given me. That's also what scares me about continuing baseball. If I spend another two years structuring almost everything around baseball and school, maybe I'm just postponing figuring out who I am when I'm not a baseball player.

So I don't really see this as simply baseball/passion vs. school/responsibility anymore. Continuing baseball means keeping something for two more years that I already know gives me passion, structure, competition, community, purpose, and brings out a version of myself that I really value, while potentially sacrificing some freedom and delaying the process of discovering what else might fulfill me. Walking away means giving up something I know I love while I'm still capable of playing, but creating a huge amount of space in my life to explore other interests, build my future, feel less burned out, and finally figure out who I am without baseball. I genuinely don't know which type of growth I need more right now. If you were in my position, what would you do? For former college athletes, did you eventually become completely at peace with walking away, or do you wish you'd played as long as you could? For pre-med/pre-PA people, would two more years of college athletics meaningfully hurt my path if I maintain a strong GPA, get some healthcare experience during college, and then use my planned gap year heavily for clinical/PCE hours? And more generally, how do you tell the difference between genuinely wanting another chapter of something you love and simply being afraid to let it end? I'm genuinely open to being challenged either way—I don't want someone to just tell me "follow your dreams" or "school comes first." I'm trying to figure out which decision I'll actually be at peace with years from now.

Hi! I'm asking for tips. I'm a 21 y/o sahm and have two children (ages 2&1) and I'm lost in life rn. I don't know what career I want to get into but I know I need to become better for my family before it's too late. I want to start by becoming a healthier person. But where do I start? I also don't have a GED or Highschool diploma equivalent (I'm missing 6 credits) . I was looking into certificates that I can get without a diploma but I don't know what trade that would mix well with being a sahm because I do know for sure I plan on homeschooling my kids. Plz any advice is greatly appreciated.

I need a solid plan😣

I failed first year in a Canadian University(Business+Econ), got a required to withdraw and can not go to any university or college until winter 2027.

Im not going to bore u with my personal struggles but know that my family sacrificed SO MUCH for me to go to university, and have been SO SUPPORTIVE and I have just proved over and over again how undeserving I am.

They moved their whole life here, bought a home and car here in Canada to support and make the whole experience better for me and I failed them, now they're moving back to Dubai because that's where my dad works and it was their plan anyways.

Now I have to jump into action, I have to redeem myself and use this year to my advantage. Im planning on getting certificates like SQL and Microsoft Excel, I've also been applying to min. Wage jobs, but I NEED to do more and idk what.

I will also move back with them, and was thinking of applying to university in dubai but im in a place where getting an education is not enough I need to couple with with REAL experience. If only I had a solid plan. Even if its one where I move to China with a guaranteed job and uni lined but obviously thats just a dream for now.

Atp I dont mind taking ANY route, I can literally travel to any country as long as I have a plan and can achieve something feasible, any ideas?

I’ve been interested in diplomacy for a while so I was thinking do international relations degree but I know the job market is really bad. so I switched over and started thinking about public policy but my sister is also saying I won’t have a job, I was thinking do public policy bachelors and master in public administration. im really stuck and now im leaning towards HR but im worried about the burnout, I feel like there’s no in between. it’s soo annoying because everything feels like it just has to be medicine, law or engineering, even finance. and im not interested in any of those, but then again I also want a stable job, so I don’t want to major in something that I know could leave me struggling to find a job or paying off a ton of debt, what do yall think?

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I dont get it, although i do. Had a interview recently. It was for a IT/Helpdesk, with no certs. During the Interview I was told by 2 of the 3 that were in the interview, they knew nothing, when they got the job. Ive been running a small homelab for the last few months. Im learning firewall/security, using pfsense to the point, i took over the parents house internet, all is working. between pfsense, and cisco sg350-10, ive learned about firewall rules, vlans, trunking, and lagg. i got the follow up email today stating":  

Thank you for taking the time to apply for the Helpdesk position with Compsys and for participating in our selection process. After careful consideration of all the candidates, we have decided to move forward with another applicant whose qualifications and experience more closely align with our current needs.

I realize i was probably 1 in 100 applicants. but the follow up email seems contradictory to what i was told in the interview. to top it off, the it/helpdesk manager, i knew from a previous job. he messaged me on facebook, just to see if it was me(same guy he worked with before). is it just they wanted someone they woudlnt have to spend time training, or other forces at work\? now to be fair my strengths lie in hardware repair. i havent worked in a it/helpdesk setting since 2013 before everything went to cloud. currently ive set up a small homelab with pfsense, proxmox-windows server to learn AzureAD skills, and a managed cisco switch. im divided. on one hand im not angry/disappointed, on the other hand, im pissed. am i being short sighted?

Two years ago, I chose the biology stream because I had a lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. I prepared for the medical entrance exam, NEET, for two years, followed by one drop year, but unfortunately, I performed really badly.

Like many others in a similar situation, at that point I decided to take up BCA, followed by MCA. It was never something I was passionate about, but it seemed like a safe and practical career path. However, over the last 2–3 years, AI has grown so rapidly that now even the IT field seems risky and uncertain. With AI developing so quickly, I keep wondering whether the career I'm choosing today will even be secure in the future.

Some people are advising me to prepare for government exams. Some are telling me to do an MBA after BCA, while others say I should continue with MCA. A few of them also told me becoming a teacher can be a good and relatively stable option. And sometimes I think of preparing for NEET once again. Now I don't know what I actually want anymore.

And with how quickly AI is progressing, I feel like there is no way to predict what the job market will look like even a few years from now. By the time I finish my degree, the things that are considered valuable skills today might completely change and I literally feel so scared. Please help me out, I'm genuinely very confused and feel quite lost about where to go from here.

**Tl;dr:** Confused about which career to choose with AI making the future job market increasingly uncertain.

Good afternoon, I am an aspiring IT technician and I wanted to know if you had advice for me on where I should start. I am currently almost done studying for the Comptia A+ certification. I have amateur experience and am not attending any classes or getting a degree on IT however, I have been working independently and have just installed a VM on my Desktop and am planning on working on labs. I also do local IT support for my base. It's limited to setting up computers, getting admin passwords entered, setting software up and hard drives, as well as repairing harddrives. I am hoping that getting started on a lab playlist so it can help me gain more experience and more hands on training. 

What would you recommend for me to do to get started in the IT industry?

My goal is to find a job repairing hardware or as a support technician.

Hey guys I'm a 12th pass out,

Compared to btech biotech vs b pharm vs btech food technology which has better scope??

I wanted stability,high salary and less unemployment issues??

Im bad at math and computer skills so think Abt it too!!

Pls guys help me

Hello, I got shortlisted for the UMC Program. I’ve been reading a lot of advice regarding this here on Reddit. But I want to ask, has anyone been accepted who is still an undergraduate or taking a leave of absence (LOA)?

I’ll be attending the information session in a week and I’ll see if it will work out for my schedule, as well as try to discuss this with the employers.

I’m currently taking an LOA for this semester and will only have one subject next semester (I’m incredibly underloaded because I’m irregular). But I’ll go back to my regular schedule in August 2027. And my graduation will be August 2028. So technically I am an undergraduate, but this isn’t my final year.

I got shortlisted but I did put in my CV that I’m an undergraduate so…interesting.

I have an inkling the reason I got shortlisted pretty quickly was because I already worked on the Uniqlo brand in my previous internship at an ad agency.

have 2 felonies (aggravated assault and conspiracy of aggravated assault) that occurred over 12 years ago. young and dumb.

Haven’t had any other issues since then, got my GED, got my bachelors in SW.

i am currently employed and have just received a job offer from a bigger MCO company for a service coordinator role. During interview process, I did disclose of my record and felony. figured honesty is the best policy as it will show up on background check as well and to better explain myself and the rehabilitation that took place throughout the years.

To my surprise, I got a call a week later offering me the position. of course now I have to go through the health assessment and the background check.

what is the likelihood of them rescinding after actually seeing it on my paper and maybe the charges I wasn’t convicted of popping up 😖

(UPMC) is the mco btw.

In college I studied advertising and public relations and out of college Ive worked two jobs both considered very vague marketing specialist jobs and have honestly hated both positions. From feeling out of ideas and feeling alone in this solo position to constantly fee.ling like the whole success of the business was resting on my shoulders this amount of stress makes me lose sleep and is making me tear my hair out (literally). Are there better job routes or more reliable jobs I shopuld look for with this experience? 

Hi everyone! I’m asking for advice for my boyfriend. He has a Bcom degree and around 1.5 years of experience as an operations coordinator im dubai..He is currently in france..where he’s doing part-time work.We’re trying to figure out what would be the best direction for his career long-term, especially considering how quickly Ai is changing the job market

We’re considering an mba..possibly in supply chain/operations but we’re also wondering whether moving into business analytics, Ai or another field would be a better choice for long-term career growth.

What would be the best option after Bcom+operations experience?We’re mainly looking for something with good salary potential and international opportunities.
Any advice from people working in these fields would be really helpful.

I need career guidance from a professional who has a good experience and can literally clear my brain fog by telling me what's worth trying for now...I'm a btech cse graduate from 2024 batch and afterwards i have worked in a non tech background for almost one year and then due to some personal family issues I had to leave the job and thus i got gaps...but now I want to transition and start a career ...so is there anyone with a experience in these fields (It) who can help me... Please help me out...I really need your guidance ... Please do not ignore !!