Chaotic Career

What is your major? It is easy to answer it and we often use this question when we meet people for the first time. On the other hand, " What do you want to do after you graduate? " It is really difficult for us to answer it because our career choices are more unpredictable and complex than in past years.

In twenty century, we can use liner theories when we decide on our first careers after we graduate. It means there were strong relationships between our majors and first jobs. For example, the English major will be English teacher and business major will be working as banker and so forth; however, in the 21st century, our career choices is more chaotic. The college education is wide open to many more individuals regardless of gender, race, or career goal. Many students now choose a college education because of the interesting subjects they can study, not necessarily because of specific career plans.

For example, Nassim　Taleb who is the famous author of " Black Swan" was philosophy major and he is working as derivative trader now. Haruki Murakami who is famous novelist in Japan has ran a jazz bar when he was a college student and after that, he wrote the book at the age of 30. Keigo Higashino who is also famous author in Japan, majored in engineering.One of my friends Kyohei Yamamoto is business major and now he is working in Uganda. It means that our career is more complex and chaotic and it is difficult for us to choose our first career using liner thinking.

I strongly agree with Forrest Gump; life was like a box of chocolates and you never know what you're gonna get. That is why it is enjoyable.