I thought I had chosen well when I went into research. I spent five years in university for my degree in animal sciences, another three in OJT and night classes to get my industry certifications and was doing alright when I got a good job at a contract lab.
Then the jug eared Kenyan got in and sent my industry to China.
Sometimes you do everything right and the community organizers pee in your soup.
That is awful. My brother in law has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. He runs assisted living facilities.
However, I learned accounting because I had to, not because I thought I liked it, and now I’ve got tax analysis on my resume. Turns out to be a great field!
One of my employer’s consultants said his father told him to become either a mortician or a tax man.