Hey guys, I am a young Mustachian looking for career advice.
I graduated with a BS in biochemistry in 2013, and due to crippling depression around the time of graduation, I ended up accepting a low-paying part-time teacher position for the 13-14 school year. My ultimate goal was to go to graduate school in biochemistry, which could possibly lead to a fruitful career, but only after many years of training (at least 5 for graduate school.) I am now considering going back to school for chemical engineering instead, which would lead to (hopefully) an immediate, high-paying career after roughly 2 years of school. The tuition would only be around $6,000 per year, and I would live by Mustachian standards (with my parents) to minimize the lost time and wages. Even if ChemE is not my dream career, I guess I could use it as a starting point and then later study biochemistry if it is really my heart’s desire.
Other considered career options included lawyer and computer programmer. I am sufficiently scared away from law school, though, due to the current saturation of the field (50% with no job placement after graduation.) I know that I would have potential with computers, but so far, my only training is a few dozen hours on codeacademy.com, so I’m far from achieving any employability any time soon.
I am set on any geographical location, so that is one variable I have working in my favor.
So, fellow Mustachians, what do you advise?