Wanna Be A Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher? Think again…

Shea Matthew
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

A la career coach, Marty Nemko (http://www.martynemko.com/), some alternatives to mainstream career paths:

Instead of…

  • Doctor, go for Physician Assistant (Less school, less cost, fun stuff without the headache, ability to move from one specialty to another)
  • Lawyer, go for Mediator (Less school, less cost, inherently conciliatory rather than conflictual)
  • Teacher, go for Tutor (Less bureaucracy, less stress, great hourly rate, anyone learns better one-on-one)
  • Engineer, go for Fuel Cell Tech or Biotech (Growing areas, less competition with cheap foreign engineers)
  • Psychologist, counselor, coach, or therapist, go for Genetic Counselor (Instead of traditional approaches with high real-world fail rates, interventions grounded in genetic/bio/neuropsychology will offer deeper targets for change)
  • Writer, journalist, go for Technical Writer (Written content is hyper-abundant and hence dirt cheap - hence specific, concise, technical and process-oriented language will become the go-to approach)

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