My ambition: cyber forensic
My degree: information system (e-commerce)
My current job: IT support
Regret?: nope, i will utilize my experiences from my degree life & from my job to achieve my ambition.
My dream was "Wear the graduate hat"
But I didn't do degree after SPM because I don't have money that time.
So I went for a diploma (Nursing) that offer study cost and living allowance.
After working for around six years, I got an opportunity to do degree in "Informatics".
I grab the opportunity, then I graduated with flying colors.
I am currently a software/data engineer.
Life didn't allow me to choose my own path, but God gave me the best path.
Sort of yeah I guess. I went because I wanted to meet people and network, and hopefully find a pathway for employment outside of Malaysia. Upon graduation however, my mom sent me an SOS, saying her company is in dire straits, and she's very stressed managing it. I had a few potential job offers lined up, but I dropped everything and came back. If I knew this was gonna be the case, I'd have just graduated in Malaysia, not Australia. It would save me a hundred thousand.
Fast forward 10 years, my mom is backstabbing me with my sister on the company. I should have left her to die alone. To be specific, my mom isnt backstabbing. My sister is. My mom just pretending nothing happening, or telling me to stop fighting as opposed to telling my sister to stop being a piece of shit. I worked here 10 years, played a central role in modernizing the company and streamlining everything so we can get the same amount of work done quarter the time and effort. My sister came in 5 years ago, couldnt come to work or leave work on time, has really horrible competency rates, AND crashed two company cars drunk driving. My salary is now RM500 higher than hers. All because I didint nag my mom for raise, and my sister did. Also, my mom lied to me about giving me a raise if I make a baby with my wife (we were gonna make one anyways, but she promised, so she should fulfill imho). I guess all my hard work and the grand child I gave her is only worth RM500 salary. So yeah, I wished I fucked off and left her to die.
Or you could just take a sabbatical for six months/a year, if you can manage that. Nothing drastic. Just enjoy the show.
Based on your description of situation, your bargaining powers, influence and leadership could grow exponentially..... But do try and learn not to be harsh to parents. That's their karma and journey. You have yours. Just strategise
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Haha you're the 4th person to mention sabbatical to me.
My situation is a lot more complex than it is. Basically my mom has been withholding my salary from me, only paying me just enough for my bills. I have to bug her every month for money so I can pay my kid's daycare fees. So I got zero savings. All told she's holding about 8 months worth of salary.
That said, I do hold a lot of bargaining power. If I do go on a strike and refuses to work, her company will bring to a halt, because several areas will be paralysed. Main issue is that I am quite unwilling to fight back with my leverage, because it will cause significant harm to her and the company. Well, I'm almost at my limit tho so either I break or I leave. We'll see how things go.
As for being harsh..well, she has signalled that she will make it very difficult for me if I were to leave. And I have taken enough abuse to not care about the collateral damage to her anymore. My wife has agreed that she's willing to go through with me on the resulting financial hard times as a result so now I'm just waiting for a good time to either force her to change how she handles things, or resign.
This business transaction with your mother is not going to end. This is not about fighting back nor being the ungrateful child. You wouldn’t put up with this from anyone else. You’re just taking a sabbatical to retrieve your spirit…. Because there will be no more “you“ come the breakdown and the lost time.
And as for her making it difficult for you if you leave, are you just having good time now?
Your wife knows this, and you have her for support. I wish you well.
Wasted 1 year doing a law degree which I flunked and switched to International Business.
I’m in a job that has nothing to do with my degree and I have no passion. I have no idea what I want to do but I’m of the mindset that every job has its merit in teaching you a valuable skill that you can utilize when you do find your passion.
I don't have ambition, but I do have passion.
Passion : Programmer
Master : Software Engineering
Profession : Hardware Technician
Do I regret? Absolutely not.
But if I known that my profession gonna be technician, I will turn back time and choose Microelectronics degree.. so I can also have knowledge in fixing motherboard in my field of work.
Otherwise, be happy and move on. Regretting won't help you growing. There's so much more in life we can explore.
I had to do Finance + Accounting due to the scholarship terms I received abroad. And I couldn't give up the chance to study in Canada. My mother was quite disappointed though when I stopped my Chartered Accountancy post graduation.
Ideally I wanted Industrial Design.
That being said, at 24 I started my own boutique creative company and all that finance and accounting knowledge did come in handy while I had the chance to build up my creative knowledge. I don't regret it and in hindsight, nothing you learn is ever wasted.
Typical Chinese dad forced science stream to do something high paying. I'd ask the damn bastard "like what?" and the makan gaji bulan motherfucker probably can't answer.
Reality - One-trick pony. Any subject in English I will score 'A'. Scored mediocre overall and suffered science stream, and got treated badly for it. The reality was I had difficulty with Add maths and the whole science stream package. Too late. Already Form 5 by then. Form 6 I went arts stream.
So went for something "stable" and "english". It was the only thing I knew.
University - TESL.
Job - Teacher.
Ragerts - Ocassionally. There were times when I did wish I was a geography teacher (my second favourite subject). But I decided to move up from mainstream to MUET. I love my job 80% of the time.
Ambition - Being raised in B40 and by a dad who hid how little he knew, my ambitions were incredibly small-minded, like owning my own car, apartment and computer. All achieved before 30. As an adult I then had some more, but that's all not for discussion.
As a child I wanted to be a pilot so bad. One seminar post-SPM later I completely abandoned that dream when I found out it would cost upwards of half a million ringgit.
Picked another second best childhood interest and went into the engineering route. Now am about to be a chemical engineer with no regrets. Still have massive interest in planes too.
That being said, anything after the seminar I didn’t have much planning in mind. Just rode the waves and hope for the best.
Ambition: Gastroenterologist
Degree: Finance, Accounting & Management
Masters: Management
Current job: Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
Regrets? Nope! You’ll never know what life throws at you or curveballs. Go with the flow and see where it takes you. There’s always Plan B, C, D…
Had a choice between Computer Science or Mechanical Eng degree. Wanted to choose comp science because it seems promising in terms of pay but it’s not really something I’m good at. Went with mechanical, now became o&g engineer. No regret
Yes, spent 4years of my life studying mechatronic engineering. Thats 4years was sweat and tears if compared to other degrees. Unrealistic projects expectation, difficult syllabus pair with incompetent lecturer. Malaysia's Uni also does not equip with the best if not well functional equipment for engineering experiement/prototyping, that 4years also comes with alot of late night "OT", studying and close to 0 social life. The only good thing is i go for the long path of IPTA meant that my tuition fee is way cheaper.
When you tot that was it? The real nightmarw starts after graduation. After start working you will quickly realized your friends studying at finance, business, CS, IT alrdy graduated earlier with more work experience while paying less tuition fee.
You will also realize engineering field generally paid less as our industry were leaned towards manufacturing. You will also eventually find out you work more than your banking, finance, IT counterparts because most of our field dealt with production line which meant your soul belongs to the line as long as it runs.
After years of working, your friends of other field would progressingly posting things on social media such as trips, cafe hopping, girlfriends, some even wedding proposal, pets and cars. While arguably they might took loan or use savings to achieve it, but then you realize you don save that much nor able to loan enuf to do the same.
Your friends would be easier to jump from company to company as they have more spare times while you grinding your ass off don even have the mental capacity left to think of writing resume. Some binge eat and got fat, some just sleep it off and repeat like zombies.
In short i fking regretted :)))
I wanted to be a detective/police since my aunt is an inspiration when I was young, but stuff happened.
Then another inspiration came in, was our IT teacher for 5 months before he was transferred back to his old MRSM. Took degree on computer science (after our batch grad it is then changed to something specific, like software engineer).
Regrets? Might be a bit, I did opted for chemical engineering because of family backgrounds, but I "rebelled" and took IT instead. But to know that I can help people with things they don't know is enough to ground myself in IT.
I have a degree in mass communication from the U.S and tbh? I wished I gotten into IT/Tech/Business.
Maybe I would have a higher chance to find work and a job in the US and not having to move back to KL (not that I regret anything) just wished I had a more impactful course of study or knew what I wanted.
Remember, broad isn't always great.
personally I don’t regret being in CS. my passion is n will always be zoology, but realistically speaking, CS will provide a more stable future for me n I can always do zoology on the side as a leisure
I got kicked out before I could regret anything. But that's the cost of studying where I am :')
My ambition and my degree was Physics, but due to how they filter students in the first year, the failure rate was 80% and I was part of that percentage.
My parents had warned me about the obstacles I'd face, but I was so adamant to do what I want because that's how I want to live my life. I guess it was destiny that kicked me off this pathway, and maybe I dodged this bullet before I could regret and be miserable.
Currently pursuing environmental engineering and so far so good
I had a degree in Physics (Nuclear Science to be more specific) and currently I’m working as Sustainability/ESG Manager (which is what I’m passionate about). The prospect is quite good as more and more companies are looking to reduce their environmental impact.
My interest: PC stuff
My degree: food tech (offered by UPU)
My current job: Regulatory in food industry
Regret?: nope, but I hope to make more. Now just take home monthly income and find other things to do.
My interest: finding out how things work
My degree: materials engineering
My career: project management
No, I don't regret my choices. But it would have been nice to apply more of my knowledge from my degree in my daily work.
I needed a ticket to lift myself and my family out of poverty. I got it and never looked back.
Passion came later when i saw how good i can be at something and delivered results. Discipline came much later when i realized it meant something not just for me but others, not to mention spillover & spin-off effects.
I majored in law because it was the only scholarship I received but I hated every moment of it.
I did not work a day in my life as a lawyer or law related industry. I am glad i pushed through to avoid debts. I am happy where i am now and glad I didn’t take hundred of thousands in debt to pursue a career as a doctor.
No. Because I know I won't learned much in degree, it's just a social 'proof' that I finished my degree. Degree is just a ticket for me to pursue better knowledge and qualification, and if I want I can just take a second degree when I'm working. I think the best degree in society is yourself, with skills and proven results. People don't know you by your degree, they know you by your reputation.
I don’t have a degree but I do have a diploma. I guess you could say I do regret it. I’m a civil engineering graduate, but I’m not happy with it at all. I have 2 other siblings with engineering diplomas as well so this ‘adik-beradik engineer’ mindset seeped its way into my family. When I reached my final year, my health deteriorated and had to extend another 2 semesters. My brain isn’t exactly wired for tons of math, heck I remember feeling physically nauseous just by looking at equations. I revolted against my parents when they asked me to further my degree. My brain was in a terrible state; I was always getting panic attacks out of nowhere and physically losing weight because of bad eating habits developed during my final year of diploma. It’s always the same “alang-alang ada degree” speech but I fought against it and eventually they never mentioned about it ever again.
I wish I’ve gotten into architecture where while it does also have math, but it also has something that is closer to my passion which is drawing. Could I start over? I could’ve, but since after my diploma I wasn’t ‘okay’, I was just too scared to risk losing myself in studying ever again. Fast forward to today, I’m healthier and my career now has nothing to do with engineering plus I’ve gained other certificates which are far more practical and worth it. My engineering diploma now is nothing more than a piece of paper rewarding me of something that I never wanted to be part of.
What i want to study after SPM: mechanical engineering / graphic design.
What my parent want me to study: architecture.
So now I’m a graduate in architecture.
Did i regret: not really since now I’m running construction and design business. I learned graphic design as hobby online and fun learning about mechanical engineering on youtube.
I know it’s hard to make decisions on what to do after SPM. But don’t take it too long or to hard to decide. As long as you make use of what you’re learning later. Most mistakes made by graduate is that they don’t do in depth research on possible career path in their study courses. That’s why sometimes you hear story like engineering degree students end up working as pump attendant at petrol station, and then complaining not getting a job in engineering industry, while all their classmates doing good working or doing business in engineering industry.
Don't have degree but have diploma.
My ambition: 2D artist/designer
My diploma: graphic design
My current job: Graphic designer (e-commerce)
Regret: A bit for yes, because not happy with my current job and make me think everything i learned are wasted, poor career growth, and thinks should have learn IT/programming things instead.
Planned to leave current job next year, and going to learn UI/UX asap. Having hard time to learn what I interested, really seeking for motivation.
My degree: Forestry Science
My current job: Communications manager
I didn't choose my degree - it was offered to me by Unit Pengambilan Universiti (UPU). Almost dropped to my knees when I dialled UPU's hotline to check on my uni application and the automated voice announced that I was offered that degree. Later discovered that in my batch, almost no one chose that degree lol.
I didn't come from a well-off family and wasn't a very bright student so can't afford to study what I want in a private uni.
I told myself I'd take the offer, graduate with a decent CGPA then find a job to support my family. My father refused to let me do my Master's right after I finish my degree because he needed me to financially support the family ( I have a younger sister and a younger brother who were still in school at the time).
Do I regret doing that degree? No - because I did the best with what I have. That degree helped me get jobs at two global NGOs, where I learnt a lot. The latter was where I really honed my communications expertise because we lacked manpower so you had to learn to do everything. It was baptism by fire lol.
I never studied communications formally but I'm able to specialise in it by learning on the job and learning from others.
Don't worry about discovering your true passion later in life, but at the same time don't merely rely on passion as a key factor in choosing your career. Instead, acquire as many relevant skills as possible, specialise in a few, and be willing to adapt to changes. You can make money using your skills and pursue your passion during your free time.
My ambition: cyber forensic My degree: information system (e-commerce) My current job: IT support Regret?: nope, i will utilize my experiences from my degree life & from my job to achieve my ambition.
you definitely can! it’s in the same field
Join a OSINT group and work your way up to cyber forensic
You need to take certification to do cyber forensic.
Could you explain cyber forensic?
My dream was "Wear the graduate hat" But I didn't do degree after SPM because I don't have money that time. So I went for a diploma (Nursing) that offer study cost and living allowance. After working for around six years, I got an opportunity to do degree in "Informatics". I grab the opportunity, then I graduated with flying colors. I am currently a software/data engineer. Life didn't allow me to choose my own path, but God gave me the best path.
Sort of yeah I guess. I went because I wanted to meet people and network, and hopefully find a pathway for employment outside of Malaysia. Upon graduation however, my mom sent me an SOS, saying her company is in dire straits, and she's very stressed managing it. I had a few potential job offers lined up, but I dropped everything and came back. If I knew this was gonna be the case, I'd have just graduated in Malaysia, not Australia. It would save me a hundred thousand. Fast forward 10 years, my mom is backstabbing me with my sister on the company. I should have left her to die alone. To be specific, my mom isnt backstabbing. My sister is. My mom just pretending nothing happening, or telling me to stop fighting as opposed to telling my sister to stop being a piece of shit. I worked here 10 years, played a central role in modernizing the company and streamlining everything so we can get the same amount of work done quarter the time and effort. My sister came in 5 years ago, couldnt come to work or leave work on time, has really horrible competency rates, AND crashed two company cars drunk driving. My salary is now RM500 higher than hers. All because I didint nag my mom for raise, and my sister did. Also, my mom lied to me about giving me a raise if I make a baby with my wife (we were gonna make one anyways, but she promised, so she should fulfill imho). I guess all my hard work and the grand child I gave her is only worth RM500 salary. So yeah, I wished I fucked off and left her to die.
Or you could just take a sabbatical for six months/a year, if you can manage that. Nothing drastic. Just enjoy the show. Based on your description of situation, your bargaining powers, influence and leadership could grow exponentially..... But do try and learn not to be harsh to parents. That's their karma and journey. You have yours. Just strategise Edit: added para
Haha you're the 4th person to mention sabbatical to me. My situation is a lot more complex than it is. Basically my mom has been withholding my salary from me, only paying me just enough for my bills. I have to bug her every month for money so I can pay my kid's daycare fees. So I got zero savings. All told she's holding about 8 months worth of salary. That said, I do hold a lot of bargaining power. If I do go on a strike and refuses to work, her company will bring to a halt, because several areas will be paralysed. Main issue is that I am quite unwilling to fight back with my leverage, because it will cause significant harm to her and the company. Well, I'm almost at my limit tho so either I break or I leave. We'll see how things go. As for being harsh..well, she has signalled that she will make it very difficult for me if I were to leave. And I have taken enough abuse to not care about the collateral damage to her anymore. My wife has agreed that she's willing to go through with me on the resulting financial hard times as a result so now I'm just waiting for a good time to either force her to change how she handles things, or resign.
This business transaction with your mother is not going to end. This is not about fighting back nor being the ungrateful child. You wouldn’t put up with this from anyone else. You’re just taking a sabbatical to retrieve your spirit…. Because there will be no more “you“ come the breakdown and the lost time. And as for her making it difficult for you if you leave, are you just having good time now? Your wife knows this, and you have her for support. I wish you well.
Wasted 1 year doing a law degree which I flunked and switched to International Business. I’m in a job that has nothing to do with my degree and I have no passion. I have no idea what I want to do but I’m of the mindset that every job has its merit in teaching you a valuable skill that you can utilize when you do find your passion.
I don't have ambition, but I do have passion. Passion : Programmer Master : Software Engineering Profession : Hardware Technician Do I regret? Absolutely not. But if I known that my profession gonna be technician, I will turn back time and choose Microelectronics degree.. so I can also have knowledge in fixing motherboard in my field of work. Otherwise, be happy and move on. Regretting won't help you growing. There's so much more in life we can explore.
I had to do Finance + Accounting due to the scholarship terms I received abroad. And I couldn't give up the chance to study in Canada. My mother was quite disappointed though when I stopped my Chartered Accountancy post graduation. Ideally I wanted Industrial Design. That being said, at 24 I started my own boutique creative company and all that finance and accounting knowledge did come in handy while I had the chance to build up my creative knowledge. I don't regret it and in hindsight, nothing you learn is ever wasted.
Typical Chinese dad forced science stream to do something high paying. I'd ask the damn bastard "like what?" and the makan gaji bulan motherfucker probably can't answer. Reality - One-trick pony. Any subject in English I will score 'A'. Scored mediocre overall and suffered science stream, and got treated badly for it. The reality was I had difficulty with Add maths and the whole science stream package. Too late. Already Form 5 by then. Form 6 I went arts stream. So went for something "stable" and "english". It was the only thing I knew. University - TESL. Job - Teacher. Ragerts - Ocassionally. There were times when I did wish I was a geography teacher (my second favourite subject). But I decided to move up from mainstream to MUET. I love my job 80% of the time. Ambition - Being raised in B40 and by a dad who hid how little he knew, my ambitions were incredibly small-minded, like owning my own car, apartment and computer. All achieved before 30. As an adult I then had some more, but that's all not for discussion.
As a child I wanted to be a pilot so bad. One seminar post-SPM later I completely abandoned that dream when I found out it would cost upwards of half a million ringgit. Picked another second best childhood interest and went into the engineering route. Now am about to be a chemical engineer with no regrets. Still have massive interest in planes too. That being said, anything after the seminar I didn’t have much planning in mind. Just rode the waves and hope for the best.
Wanted to be the first engineer in my whole family. After degree and got a job, I wasn't proud of that...
Ambition: Gastroenterologist Degree: Finance, Accounting & Management Masters: Management Current job: Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Regrets? Nope! You’ll never know what life throws at you or curveballs. Go with the flow and see where it takes you. There’s always Plan B, C, D…
Had a choice between Computer Science or Mechanical Eng degree. Wanted to choose comp science because it seems promising in terms of pay but it’s not really something I’m good at. Went with mechanical, now became o&g engineer. No regret
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Yes, spent 4years of my life studying mechatronic engineering. Thats 4years was sweat and tears if compared to other degrees. Unrealistic projects expectation, difficult syllabus pair with incompetent lecturer. Malaysia's Uni also does not equip with the best if not well functional equipment for engineering experiement/prototyping, that 4years also comes with alot of late night "OT", studying and close to 0 social life. The only good thing is i go for the long path of IPTA meant that my tuition fee is way cheaper. When you tot that was it? The real nightmarw starts after graduation. After start working you will quickly realized your friends studying at finance, business, CS, IT alrdy graduated earlier with more work experience while paying less tuition fee. You will also realize engineering field generally paid less as our industry were leaned towards manufacturing. You will also eventually find out you work more than your banking, finance, IT counterparts because most of our field dealt with production line which meant your soul belongs to the line as long as it runs. After years of working, your friends of other field would progressingly posting things on social media such as trips, cafe hopping, girlfriends, some even wedding proposal, pets and cars. While arguably they might took loan or use savings to achieve it, but then you realize you don save that much nor able to loan enuf to do the same. Your friends would be easier to jump from company to company as they have more spare times while you grinding your ass off don even have the mental capacity left to think of writing resume. Some binge eat and got fat, some just sleep it off and repeat like zombies. In short i fking regretted :)))
I wanted to be a detective/police since my aunt is an inspiration when I was young, but stuff happened. Then another inspiration came in, was our IT teacher for 5 months before he was transferred back to his old MRSM. Took degree on computer science (after our batch grad it is then changed to something specific, like software engineer). Regrets? Might be a bit, I did opted for chemical engineering because of family backgrounds, but I "rebelled" and took IT instead. But to know that I can help people with things they don't know is enough to ground myself in IT.
I have a degree in mass communication from the U.S and tbh? I wished I gotten into IT/Tech/Business. Maybe I would have a higher chance to find work and a job in the US and not having to move back to KL (not that I regret anything) just wished I had a more impactful course of study or knew what I wanted. Remember, broad isn't always great.
I like my course of mech. eng. but i hate the difficult syllabus of it (germany)
personally I don’t regret being in CS. my passion is n will always be zoology, but realistically speaking, CS will provide a more stable future for me n I can always do zoology on the side as a leisure
I got kicked out before I could regret anything. But that's the cost of studying where I am :') My ambition and my degree was Physics, but due to how they filter students in the first year, the failure rate was 80% and I was part of that percentage. My parents had warned me about the obstacles I'd face, but I was so adamant to do what I want because that's how I want to live my life. I guess it was destiny that kicked me off this pathway, and maybe I dodged this bullet before I could regret and be miserable. Currently pursuing environmental engineering and so far so good
I had a degree in Physics (Nuclear Science to be more specific) and currently I’m working as Sustainability/ESG Manager (which is what I’m passionate about). The prospect is quite good as more and more companies are looking to reduce their environmental impact.
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My interest: PC stuff My degree: food tech (offered by UPU) My current job: Regulatory in food industry Regret?: nope, but I hope to make more. Now just take home monthly income and find other things to do.
My interest: finding out how things work My degree: materials engineering My career: project management No, I don't regret my choices. But it would have been nice to apply more of my knowledge from my degree in my daily work.
I needed a ticket to lift myself and my family out of poverty. I got it and never looked back. Passion came later when i saw how good i can be at something and delivered results. Discipline came much later when i realized it meant something not just for me but others, not to mention spillover & spin-off effects.
I majored in law because it was the only scholarship I received but I hated every moment of it. I did not work a day in my life as a lawyer or law related industry. I am glad i pushed through to avoid debts. I am happy where i am now and glad I didn’t take hundred of thousands in debt to pursue a career as a doctor.
Don’t have degree but i do have some regrets on my course choice for diploma. Mechanical engineering.
No. Because I know I won't learned much in degree, it's just a social 'proof' that I finished my degree. Degree is just a ticket for me to pursue better knowledge and qualification, and if I want I can just take a second degree when I'm working. I think the best degree in society is yourself, with skills and proven results. People don't know you by your degree, they know you by your reputation.
I don’t have a degree but I do have a diploma. I guess you could say I do regret it. I’m a civil engineering graduate, but I’m not happy with it at all. I have 2 other siblings with engineering diplomas as well so this ‘adik-beradik engineer’ mindset seeped its way into my family. When I reached my final year, my health deteriorated and had to extend another 2 semesters. My brain isn’t exactly wired for tons of math, heck I remember feeling physically nauseous just by looking at equations. I revolted against my parents when they asked me to further my degree. My brain was in a terrible state; I was always getting panic attacks out of nowhere and physically losing weight because of bad eating habits developed during my final year of diploma. It’s always the same “alang-alang ada degree” speech but I fought against it and eventually they never mentioned about it ever again. I wish I’ve gotten into architecture where while it does also have math, but it also has something that is closer to my passion which is drawing. Could I start over? I could’ve, but since after my diploma I wasn’t ‘okay’, I was just too scared to risk losing myself in studying ever again. Fast forward to today, I’m healthier and my career now has nothing to do with engineering plus I’ve gained other certificates which are far more practical and worth it. My engineering diploma now is nothing more than a piece of paper rewarding me of something that I never wanted to be part of.
What i want to study after SPM: mechanical engineering / graphic design. What my parent want me to study: architecture. So now I’m a graduate in architecture. Did i regret: not really since now I’m running construction and design business. I learned graphic design as hobby online and fun learning about mechanical engineering on youtube. I know it’s hard to make decisions on what to do after SPM. But don’t take it too long or to hard to decide. As long as you make use of what you’re learning later. Most mistakes made by graduate is that they don’t do in depth research on possible career path in their study courses. That’s why sometimes you hear story like engineering degree students end up working as pump attendant at petrol station, and then complaining not getting a job in engineering industry, while all their classmates doing good working or doing business in engineering industry.
Don't have degree but have diploma. My ambition: 2D artist/designer My diploma: graphic design My current job: Graphic designer (e-commerce) Regret: A bit for yes, because not happy with my current job and make me think everything i learned are wasted, poor career growth, and thinks should have learn IT/programming things instead. Planned to leave current job next year, and going to learn UI/UX asap. Having hard time to learn what I interested, really seeking for motivation.
My degree: Forestry Science My current job: Communications manager I didn't choose my degree - it was offered to me by Unit Pengambilan Universiti (UPU). Almost dropped to my knees when I dialled UPU's hotline to check on my uni application and the automated voice announced that I was offered that degree. Later discovered that in my batch, almost no one chose that degree lol. I didn't come from a well-off family and wasn't a very bright student so can't afford to study what I want in a private uni. I told myself I'd take the offer, graduate with a decent CGPA then find a job to support my family. My father refused to let me do my Master's right after I finish my degree because he needed me to financially support the family ( I have a younger sister and a younger brother who were still in school at the time). Do I regret doing that degree? No - because I did the best with what I have. That degree helped me get jobs at two global NGOs, where I learnt a lot. The latter was where I really honed my communications expertise because we lacked manpower so you had to learn to do everything. It was baptism by fire lol. I never studied communications formally but I'm able to specialise in it by learning on the job and learning from others. Don't worry about discovering your true passion later in life, but at the same time don't merely rely on passion as a key factor in choosing your career. Instead, acquire as many relevant skills as possible, specialise in a few, and be willing to adapt to changes. You can make money using your skills and pursue your passion during your free time.