In my case, honestly didn't have much clue, but one thing was certain...studying hard was my only option and it was kind of an escape route from a monotonous life.
Though mathematics and physics were my strongest subjects, took biology over statistics in class 12.
For people like us with no special skills/ talents ( was playing bass and keyboards since class 4, but pursuing music as full time carrier was just unimaginable) and no rich parents, becoming an engineer or a doctor were the only two logical options and I opted for the second ( my father was an engineer and he spent his entire life teaching in IIT Kharagpur and Jadvpur Engineering college)
After finishing the first MD in general medicine and 6 months in a well paying corporate hospital job, realised I'm possibly the worst possible person for that job. So left it, went back to medical school and fought hard to find a very difficult position ( opportunity to play with numbers, not patients, medical statistics)
Now I deal with two things 1. Medical statistics 2. Drug addicts
Completely different, but I enjoy both, specially the challenges of both.
But I am not really passionate about any of these ( but at least find these way more interesting than clinical practice on a daily basis) I am living with a very reasonable compromise and not b**ching about it.
Anyone is similar/ better/ worse situation (meaning what you wanted to do in a profession and what are you doing in reality)
Though mathematics and physics were my strongest subjects, took biology over statistics in class 12.
For people like us with no special skills/ talents ( was playing bass and keyboards since class 4, but pursuing music as full time carrier was just unimaginable) and no rich parents, becoming an engineer or a doctor were the only two logical options and I opted for the second ( my father was an engineer and he spent his entire life teaching in IIT Kharagpur and Jadvpur Engineering college)
After finishing the first MD in general medicine and 6 months in a well paying corporate hospital job, realised I'm possibly the worst possible person for that job. So left it, went back to medical school and fought hard to find a very difficult position ( opportunity to play with numbers, not patients, medical statistics)
Now I deal with two things 1. Medical statistics 2. Drug addicts
Completely different, but I enjoy both, specially the challenges of both.
But I am not really passionate about any of these ( but at least find these way more interesting than clinical practice on a daily basis) I am living with a very reasonable compromise and not b**ching about it.
Anyone is similar/ better/ worse situation (meaning what you wanted to do in a profession and what are you doing in reality)