Madison MoneySports - Personal Finance Thread

[D_Eclipse9916]

Our company developed a free website, originally intended for high school students, to help them figure out what they want to do with their lives and use actual workforce data to educate them about their job outlook and earning potential where they live. I wish I had something like this when I was in high school, I mean things ended up fine but who knows where I would be if I could have made a more informed decision about what I want to do with my life:

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I would encourage anyone who is still in school to sign up and fill out a profile. It makes tailored recommendations for you on career choices and could give you some guidance if you haven't picked a major yet. It then ties the education you need to potential jobs and shows workforce data behind what's out there in your region and how much you can make. Cool stuff! Our CINO presented this at the White House a few years ago.

I wish I had a website or was more aware of my surroundings when I was first looking around at careers. I ended up doing business/finance because that is basically what my mom chose. I don't think I really thought about it and mom was business major who worked as bank manager, while my dad got his PhD in Advanced Mathematics but was a government contractor. I would like to think my ambivalence is because my father died while I was in high school and I pretty much drifted through junior-senior year of high school, but I think it's more most people really dont think they know what they want to do after college.

I do alright but I do have to wonder if I would have found more of a passion for work if I had gone into a physics or engineering major.