Hey Wil I’m 20 and am trying to find something to make into a career. Do you have any advice you wish you could go back and tell your younger self about job hunting?
If you haven’t gone to college, GO TO COLLEGE. Take classes that interest you, and something will inspire you to pursue it for a career.
Here’s the thing they never told us about college: it’s the last time in your life you can focus 100% on education and just increasing your knowledge. It’s also the best time in your life to learn how to think critically, to be challenged in your beliefs, and to explore who you want to be, in a relatively safe environment.
You don’t have to go to an expensive university; you can go to a local community college for your AA or BA, and by the time you graduate, you’ll know if you want to continue with your education, or go on to work in whatever discipline you’ve found that inspires you.
I don’t have a ton of regrets in my life, but one of the VERY big ones is that I don’t have a formal college education, or a college degree. So if I’m giving 20 year-old me advice it’s this: you’re going to regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t go to college, and have the experience of being in college with other people who are your own age who are at the same place you are in your life, studying and learning about things that will serve you for the rest of your existence on Earth.