u/EfficientAbrocoma666

I'm not sure how much this fits here, but I'll post regardless.

I'm a final year CSE student from a lower tier college, and if I look back on these three and half years, I see myself trying to choose something all the time.

Whether I want to pursue master's, some PGD, freelancing, corporate job, government job, streaming, or making music, I had always been thinking, and having difficult time choosing. But at the end I chose corporate job, maybe, for now.

But one thing that bugs me still is the career path itself. SDE/Full stack web dev just didn't interest me, so I had been looking into different options (CS related or not) since my second year. While I was always interested in something creative, and had a lot of Canva stuff going on during college for volunteering, projects, events, or presentations, what not, I was also completely distracted by what makes most money, and then I chose data analytics instead and started learning skills to become one. I really thought this was a balance for both earning well and interest because I thought data analytics had much lower coding than data science and also allowed creativity in making pretty visualisations. But by now, I'm starting to see how little it matters if the dashboard is pretty.

I still come across various professional profiles and content, both in graphic designing/creative marketing, and data analytics/engineering, and see myself spending a longer time appreciating the creative works than how someone dealt with messy data, solved problems, blah blah blah.

When it comes to placement, our college isn't the big dawg they claimed during admissions. So if I were to get a job, it'd be very much on my own efforts or networking or the combination. One good thing is, I've landed an offer, for a data analyst (+ automation & data engineering) role but its a small timeline contract with an alright pay per month. So if I were to ditch that and try out some other creative career options and skills now, it'd be very stupid, especially with the damned job market, so I'm not going to do that. But tell me if it wouldn't be stupid according to you, I'm honestly making this post so that I can get insights from people who were even in the same boat or people who'd know how to tackle this dilemma.

I had so many chances of making a career in something creative, especially in graphic design. I was always praised since the first year about my designing potential by my colleagues, seniors, friends, and family. I know that I'm in a country where the place for a creative job is hardly any equivalent to a more tech-y or higher paying IT roles, and that most people wouldn't recommend switching careers at this point. Which is why it took me until final year to realise I should still give some thoughts, and take opinions from real people instead of ChatGPT.

I have massive fear of ending up doing something else than where I would've shined and be much more happy for the rest of my life. I genuinely don't see myself retiring as a Senior Analytics Manager or even a C-suite in data with massive bags, and go, "wow, that was a good run", but neither I see myself regretting any quick decision with little to no backup.

I would really appreciate guidance on this!!

I'm not sure how much this fits here, but I'll post regardless.

I'm a final year CSE student from a lower tier college, and if I look back on these three and half years, I see myself trying to choose something all the time.

Whether I want to pursue master's, some PGD, freelancing, corporate job, government job, streaming, or making music, I had always been thinking, and having difficult time choosing. But at the end I chose corporate job, maybe, for now.

But one thing that bugs me still is the career path itself. SDE/Full stack web dev just didn't interest me, so I had been looking into different options (CS related or not) since my second year. While I was always interested in something creative, and had a lot of Canva stuff going on during college for volunteering, projects, events, or presentations, what not, I was also completely distracted by what makes most money, and then I chose data analytics instead and started learning skills to become one. I really thought this was a balance for both earning well and interest because I thought data analytics had much lower coding than data science and also allowed creativity in making pretty visualisations. But by now, I'm starting to see how little it matters if the dashboard is pretty.

I still come across various professional profiles and content, both in graphic designing/creative marketing, and data analytics/engineering, and see myself spending a longer time appreciating the creative works than how someone dealt with messy data, solved problems, blah blah blah.

When it comes to placement, our college isn't the big dawg they claimed during admissions. So if I were to get a job, it'd be very much on my own efforts or networking or the combination. One good thing is, I've landed an offer, for a data analyst (+ automation & data engineering) role but its a small timeline contract with an alright pay per month. So if I were to ditch that and try out some other creative career options and skills now, it'd be very stupid, especially with the damned job market, so I'm not going to do that. But tell me if it wouldn't be stupid according to you, I'm honestly making this post so that I can get insights from people who were even in the same boat or people who'd know how to tackle this dilemma.

I had so many chances of making a career in something creative, especially in graphic design. I was always praised since the first year about my designing potential by my colleagues, seniors, friends, and family. I know that I'm in a country where the place for a creative job is hardly any equivalent to a more tech-y or higher paying IT roles, and that most people wouldn't recommend switching careers at this point. Which is why it took me until final year to realise I should still give some thoughts, and take opinions from real people instead of ChatGPT.

I have massive fear of ending up doing something else than where I would've shined and be much more happy for the rest of my life. I genuinely don't see myself retiring as a Senior Analytics Manager or even a C-suite in data with massive bags, and go, "wow, that was a good run", but neither I see myself regretting any quick decision with little to no backup.

I would really appreciate guidance on this!!

I'm a final year CSE student from a lower tier college, and if I look back on these three and half years, I see myself trying to choose something all the time.

Whether I want to pursue master's, some PGD, freelancing, corporate job, government job, streaming, or making music, I had always been thinking, and having difficult time choosing. But at the end I chose corporate job, maybe, for now.

But one thing that bugs me still is the career path itself. SDE/Full stack web dev just didn't interest me, so I had been looking into different options (CS related or not) since my second year. While I was always interested in something creative, and had a lot of Canva stuff going on during college for volunteering, projects, events, or presentations, what not, I was also completely distracted by what makes most money, and then I chose data analytics instead and started learning skills to become one. I really thought this was a balance for both earning well and interest because I thought data analytics had much lower coding than data science and also allowed creativity in making pretty visualisations. But by now, I'm starting to see how little it matters if the dashboard is pretty.

I still come across various professional profiles and content, both in graphic designing/creative marketing, and data analytics/engineering, and see myself spending a longer time appreciating the creative works than how someone dealt with messy data, solved problems, blah blah blah.

When it comes to placement, our college isn't the big dawg they claimed during admissions. So if I were to get a job, it'd be very much on my own efforts or networking or the combination. One good thing is, I've landed an offer, for a data analyst (+ automation & data engineering) role but its a small timeline contract with an alright pay per month. So if I were to ditch that and try out some other creative career options and skills now, it'd be very stupid, especially with the damned job market, so I'm not going to do that. But tell me if it wouldn't be stupid according to you, I'm honestly making this post so that I can get insights from people who were even in the same boat or people who'd know how to tackle this dilemma.

I had so many chances of making a career in something creative, especially in graphic design. I was always praised since the first year about my designing potential by my colleagues, seniors, friends, and family. I know that I'm in a country where the place for a creative job is hardly any equivalent to a more tech-y or higher paying IT roles, and that most people wouldn't recommend switching careers at this point. Which is why it took me until final year to realise I should still give some thoughts, and take opinions from real people instead of ChatGPT.

I have massive fear of ending up doing something else than where I would've shined and be much more happy for the rest of my life. I genuinely don't see myself retiring as a Senior Analytics Manager or even a C-suite in data with massive bags, and go, "wow, that was a good run", but neither I see myself regretting any quick decision with little to no backup.

I would really appreciate guidance on this!!

I'm a final year CSE student from a lower tier college, and if I look back on these three and half years, I see myself trying to choose something all the time.

Whether I want to pursue master's, some PGD, freelancing, corporate job, government job, streaming, or making music, I had always been thinking, and having difficult time choosing. But at the end I chose corporate job, maybe, for now.

But one thing that bugs me still is the career path itself. SDE/Full stack web dev just didn't interest me, so I had been looking into different options (CS related or not) since my second year. While I was always interested in something creative, and had a lot of Canva stuff going on during college for volunteering, projects, events, or presentations, what not, I was also completely distracted by what makes most money, and then I chose data analytics instead and started learning skills to become one. I really thought this was a balance for both earning well and interest because I thought data analytics had much lower coding than data science and also allowed creativity in making pretty visualisations. But by now, I'm starting to see how little it matters if the dashboard is pretty.

I still come across various professional profiles and content, both in graphic designing/creative marketing, and data analytics/engineering, and see myself spending a longer time appreciating the creative works than how someone dealt with messy data, solved problems, blah blah blah.

When it comes to placement, our college isn't the big dawg they claimed during admissions. So if I were to get a job, it'd be very much on my own efforts or networking or the combination. One good thing is, I've landed an offer, for a data analyst (+ automation & data engineering) role but its a small timeline contract with an alright pay per month. So if I were to ditch that and try out some other creative career options and skills now, it'd be very stupid, especially with the damned job market, so I'm not going to do that. But tell me if it wouldn't be stupid according to you, I'm honestly making this post so that I can get insights from people who were even in the same boat or people who'd know how to tackle this dilemma.

I had so many chances of making a career in something creative, especially in graphic design. I was always praised since the first year about my designing potential by my colleagues, seniors, friends, and family. I know that I'm in a country where the place for a creative job is hardly any equivalent to a more tech-y or higher paying IT roles, and that most people wouldn't recommend switching careers at this point. Which is why it took me until final year to realise I should still give some thoughts, and take opinions from real people instead of ChatGPT.

I have massive fear of ending up doing something else than where I would've shined and be much more happy for the rest of my life. I genuinely don't see myself retiring as a Senior Analytics Manager or even a C-suite in data with massive bags, and go, "wow, that was a good run", but neither I see myself regretting any quick decision with little to no backup.

I would really appreciate guidance on this!!