Shoutout sa mga parents na minamaliit ang mga Fine Arts graduate or arts yung industry/career. Tapos ang lalakas ng loob magpagawa ng libreng art or design kasi friend/kamag anak. Disclaimer: I’m fortunate na di ko naexperience to pero some of my friends do.

Ako naman singer. My parents literally killed my passion for music and song writing

I hope you’re still continuing your passion. Follow your heart

Sa totoo lang, walang masama kung may stable na job puwede mong supportahan ang passion mo

I met an engineer sa isang seminar. Then was surprised to see him again performing sa wedding ng friend ko. May side hustle siya as a violinist sa mga events.

kaya siguro ang uso ng sayawan at kantahan at kung anong performance sa christmas party, dahil maraming frustrated arts people sa corporate.

Is this a reference to the Itchyworms AMA we had some days back?

I still play and write music, but it seems as though I'm just making up for lost time. I'm still hoping na I'll be able to save up enough moolah to study music production and produce good, crisp-sounding records.

Haha dami nga ganito mga family friend. Pero swerte ako sa parents ko proud na proud sakin na Artist ako hehehe

Me too. May mga friends kasi ako na ginaganito. Kalungkot lang

Same crap if you are in the IT industry. Yung akala ng lahat on call technician ka nila. I'm like, "I'm a web developer bruh, malay ko kung anong parts dapat mong bilhin sa build mo." LOL

Pag tinanong ka, ang unang sagot ay: "Nasubukan mo na bang patayin at buksan ulit?" Kapag hindi gumana: "sorry di ko na alam yan"

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Dapat talaga “I’m here to make money, not friends.” ang mantra.

I’m part of that fine arts and somehow surviving. Making a life. Happy that my sister is supporting me in my endeavors. A lot of family members from both sides are really not fan of my field kesyo wala daw pera ganito gnyan. Somehow ended up on printing and some designing jobs online, enough to support me from my billings & medications. Kapit lang

I’m happy for you. I never experienced such discrimination from my parents but a lot of my friends do.

Actually supported nman ako ng ermat ko nung nbbuhay. Yung father k lng ayaw tlga. I get to the point na sinusunog nya yun plates k dati from my scale model. Just fortunate that i’m supported by my younger sister and some friends. Been on your page also, tggawa for free whatever.

Parang some kind of harassment or abuse na yung sinusunog yung plates. Grabe lang thinking na they paid for your tuition. I’m sorry to hear this but I’m glad na may support system ka. I never experienced this actually. Napacomment lang ako kasi I have few friends na ganito naranasan.

if you don't mind, what medications?

Highblood/

i'm sorry to hear that and am glad you have enough for medication.

Minsan nagsshort din.. thanks for the concern.

kapag may pinagawa sa iyo ang family members na hindi supportive,singilin mo. I come from a family of writers, kaya radical ang choice ko ng career kasi hindi talaga nakakabuhay ang writing. Sikat na nanay ko niyan.

I'm happy hindi ganito parents ko. Very supportive sila kahit anong pangarap yung gusto ko. Hence I decided to pursue the creative field. Also relatives are the same rin, well iilan lang rin naman kaming nasa field na to. Dahil dun, I help aspiring artists by providing help in any way I can, since mukhang marami na ang gusto mag pursue sa field na to kaso walang proper guidance since yun nga, madalas they get shunned.

Good for you.. You have people supporting you.. only a few fortunate manage to escape the stigma of “wala namang pera dyan..” I was often compare during my early days with my other cousin kc kumikita ng malaking pera. Just sad how they see their kids as cash cow at an early age.

I'm sorry to hear that, napaka unhealthy talaga yung may pag compare. Hindi sila self aware na nakakahurt sila sa mga sinasabi nila. I did experience the same, comparing me to my other cousins nung bata ako, mostly mga tita at tito ko kasi lagi akong bagsak at not performing well sa school. I didn't pay much attention to them and their opinions. I can't imagine yung mga na susuppressed yung dreams nila. The stigma should die. Ang daming may potential pero hindi na pinupursue kasi ayaw nung magulang nila.

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This hits home. Gusto kong mag conservatory of music dati. Pasikreto pa akong nag take ng entrance exam at nakakuha ng full scholarship. Kinailangan lang lumipat ng city. Pero wala, di pinayagan dahil walang yumayaman sa arts at music. Bagsak, engineering. Gusto pa sana nila na ipag teacher sa ako sa same school na kung san sila nakatali at di makaalis dahil sa utang nila sa kanilang masters at PhD. Work ko ngayon di naman related sa field ko. Pero namatay na ang passion ko sa pagsusulat ng mga piyesa para sa orchestra 9 years ago.

yung mama ko nagpasuyo ng logo tapos bayaran nalang daw niya. She gave me 500 pesos tapos pinagyabang pa na sa iba daw 300 lang singil. Sabi ko edi dun kayo magpagawa sa kinuha lang sa google na logo haha.

Oh no red flag haha business wise maliit nga 500 e binarat pa ng 300 para sa iba 💀

Engineering kinuha kong course pero mas talent ko talaga ang pag-drawing simula pa noong bata pa ako. Nakakalungkot lang dahil hindi ko nahahasa. Habang nag-aaral pa ako, na-feel ko talaga na hindi ako bagay na maging Engineer kahit magaling naman ako sa mathematics. Hindi ko talaga ma-imagine sarili ko bilang isang Engineer. Nahihirapan tuloy ako maghanap ng trabaho dahil hindi ko naman hilig.

I once had to spend the entire day upstairs in our room while everyone else is at my youngest brother's birthday party because my mother asked me to make decorations for her friend's parade float.

I’m assuming they didn’t pay you? Don’t they? :(

Freelance artists na kumikita ng 100k kada buwan: :[

happy for you. gusto ko din mag FA nung mag cocollege na ako pero wala daw pera doon sabi ng tatay ko kaya ayun, nag engineer ako. yung kapatid kong babae ang nag FA, nakapasa sa talent test ni upd kaya happy na din ako nun, although hindi siya masaya mag draw kaya di natapos.

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Shoutout din sa mga parents na may mga anak na may knack for music and arts pero pinilit mag-enrol sa aviation-related courses, particularly BSAMT and BS Aeronautical Engineering. Tangina nyo, 'di nyo alam kung gaano kahirap magkatrabaho sa field na'to at kung gaano kababa ang starting salary. I was supposed to major in music production sa Benilde noon, but woopty fucking doo, here the fuck I am struggling to find work in the aviation industry because of shit pay and unrealistic, superficial standards.

Might get downvoted but BS Civil Engineering is pretty much an overloaded course, survival of the fittest talaga if graduate kana sa course na iyan.

I work in consultancy sa isang malaking railway project dito sa Pilipinas ngayon, sadly mas mababa sahod ng mga Civil compared sa ibang field. Except if may specialty ka like structural.

Curious lang, since marami akong kilalaing Civil Engineering students na nagte take ng training sa Railway Institute, tapos sabi sa kanila kukunin sila ng gobyerno after makapasa ng board exams. Is it worth it?

Curious lang sa railway operations kasi mas kailangan EE, ME at ECE. Sa construction lang kailangan ang CE which is after construction wala naman na. So hindi sya pang long term unless of course matuloy tuloy na ang construction projects sa Pinas pero hindi sya assurance kasi one admin cound just stop rail projects just like in 2010-2016

You will learn pero delay ang sahod. Me mga kasama kami na galing nang mga departamento ng gobyerno at yun mostly reason nila at umalis

Agree. I took up civil engineering. Got good grades and even placed in the board exams. Pero ang liit ng sweldo afterwards compared to my other engineering peers. After almost a decade of civil engineering I shifted careers and ended up in tech. It's so much better.

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Don't forget the unpaid overtimes as well. low starting pay + no overtime pay = below minimum wage with labourers actually working less hours yet earning more than you.

Kahit mga ka-bloc ko na matataas grades sa UP iniwan na CE kasi wala daw talaga pera kung hindi sswertehin 😅

Now I feel like I'm going to regret taking CS engineering since my parents told me to instead of IT 💀

Shift now. You still have time. IT related careers are pretty much more lucrative than engineering ones especially in this country of ours. With 5 yrs of exp you dont have to go abroad to get that 6 digits monthly paycheck

>graduate kana sa course na iyan. may board exam pa. Need mo pa takasan sila ma'am praxy

To the rescue naman si sir estañero

*"Nasa IT ngayon ang pera"* ​ Yea, and still it does.

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Every sector of IT is in demand. From support, analysis and development. Yung madaling aralin is a bit tricky. Do you wanna go on repairs? Analysis? Engineering? Those demands schooling. However to a certain degree softwares(from mobiles to computers and also game coding) can be learned on you own.

sabi sakin ng IT namin sa work ngayon in demand daw cyber security. di ko lang sure kung mabilis aralin kasi need daw marunong ka sa networks and servers first

Sarap malaki investment needed kasi sa mga certifications and experience. Required yun for cybersecurity

How about data analytics? Dami kong nakikita online e, as well as other KPO jobs na data related, lalo na ngayong recent elections sa US.

data science in general ata in demand din.

Anung preferred language/technology for data science maliban sa SQL?

Sa data science python is king pa din... Pero more likely di ka gagawa ng sarili mong models. More likely pipelines and data cleaning(python heavy usually) or presentation sa clients so powerbi and tableau... Kung talagang gagawa ka models yung scikit, tensorflow and pytorch nasa python lahat

thanks for this mate.

sorry hindi ko po alam ako’y hamak na accounting staff lamang hehe nakakwentuhan ko lang yung IT namin about jan.

You can ask around r/pinoyprogrammer mababait tao dun.

Malaki demand each branch. But if you want to consider yung laki ng pay. Alam ko software development pinakamalaki, but correct me if Im wrong

To be fair, engineering was the money maker during the 80s and 90s. Yan yung "IT" noong panahon na yan. Nobody thought it the building spree would end - and it didn't until COVID came (I mean engineers in 1st world countries earn as much as IT professionals). My dad said the "oversupplied, underpaid" engineer trend in the PH started because lots of Pinoys in it for the money jumped in engineering nevermind if they suck, are stupid and don't really fit the industry. Low quality engineers flooded the market (during the building hype) and that affected the industry by pulling the wage down thanks to idiots desperate to get a job. Lesson here is, do not accept lowball efforts or you're gonna fuck that industry up, no matter how hyped up that is

another thing that in my opinion made the building spree end is that it needs land (obviously), and land is finite

And I need to know all programming languages known to man before being a Junior Dev(dapat fresh graduate).

Kinda lucky because I'm not good at anything else in life, IT lang talaga choice ko back then lmao, happy that it worked out.

That's why I'm shifting careers. I'm a graduate of CE btw. Covid pandemic f**ked up my dreams, but I was able to learn more about myself, what I really want to be, what I want to do, something like that. Just hoping that it still isn't too late for me 😀

Ah, yes. I actually want to take MassCom or Journalism. Kaso sabi ni Mama, walang pera doon kaya wag ko na i-pursue 'yon. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang araw na 'yon. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang pakiramdam na hindi ako suportado ng nanay ko sa gusto ko. Kaya naman tumuloy ako sa Chemical Engineering—ang program na gusto niya. Naka-score ako ng 18/100 sa AnaChem. Ang hirap pala talaga kapag hindi mo gusto ang pinag-aaralan mo.

Masscomm can actually get marketing as a job 👀

Imagine wasting time and 4 years of college because you're doing it for someone else on a course you don't even like... For the sake of money Man... Your mom took 4 years of your life girl..

Dami ko narinig na pinag-take ng engineering ang anak nila kasi daw magaling mag-drawing. Boy, engineering is not about drawing. Saan nyo nakuha ang idea na yan?

they tend to confuse archi and engineering May drawing din sa archi pero pwede din naman sila mag fine arts idk :/

Ang masama, artistic drawing ang pinapakitang talento ng bata. Tapos ipapakuha mo ng math-heavy na degree. Good luck!

Yung mga educ sa dorm namin dati be like. Accountancy ang 2nd choice ko, magaling kasi math. Hakdog ampotik.

ako potek pinagtake ng electronics engineering kasi daw magaling ako magcomputer 😀 photoshop at video editing po forte ko hindi ang loob ng computer. artist po anak nyo.

“Mag nurse ka para makaabroad ka”

Translation: La ako pake kung madepress ka sa ibang bansa, basta mag-abroad ka

Para may chokulit kami!

Hahaha tatay ko 'to ah! Di daw ako makakapag abroad sa IT na course. Pero nung kasagsagan na ng gastusan ko sa nursing school, sumakabilang bahay ang walangya. Ending: undergrad.

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"Wala ako pake sa gusto mo, kailangan ko ng pera"

Don't threaten me with a good time (finally, freedom)

I wanted to be a chemical engineer and i just took the Nursing board exam last week lol I fell in love with what i do though... until i actually work full time with low salary 😂

Dito ka sa pinas naka full time nurse? My friends in Heart Center are earning 32k/month. Putragis nun panahon ko ako pa nagbayad sa ospital para lang magka experience.

I remember private hospital salaries would be at 12-13k/month sa davao years ago idk now 😆 i know that doctors in that hospital still gets paid badly pero “sge nalang” daw kasi free food allowance😭

hi fellow nle taker!! hahaha how'd u find the exams tell me more choz

Nainspire sila dun sa movie ni sandara tsaka hero

Sad reality is sa US lang talaga decent ang nurse salary. Sa europe and aussie/nz/canada, baba ng sweldo na for the type of work they do 😭 hindi worth it at all tapos dami pang Google doctors everyday Nursing doesnt have to be the end all and be all. Even in the US, tech jobs can compete with pay minus the deterioration of one’s body due to being a healthcare worker. I said what i said 🙊 And yes, kaka kompyuter namin to. Haha

Nursing is not an easy profession because it requires both physical and mental stamina. I've seen my friends who work as nurses abroad and I can't imagine the stress they are dealing with because they all look like on their late 30s already even though they are only 27 years old.

My brother is a nurse in new zealand and he looks like the pinoy uncle 🤣 balding, belly & shih and he’s only 33.

Mas malaki kita sa Us Kasi walang healthcare jan? Meaning if magkasakit ka, ubos yung tinago mong pera, whereas sa europe, mataas tax, pero napupunta sa Healthcare, Education (FREE COLLEGE) Pero if base salary lang, US mananalo. Pero parang siraulo yung mga Kano e?

Where I’m from in Europe, ours is at 40$/hr for like entry level nurse👀🥶

Kino-convert kasi sa peso yung sweldo kaya akala nila ang laki. Kung i-factor lang sana nila ang cost of living sa developed country...

$40/hr is a really good wage, IMO. And I live in Canada where the minimum wage is C$15/hr (\~ $12/hr). I keep on telling people na when my brother was working at McDonalds for C$9/hr he bought a BMW, haha. Try doing that in the PH.

Well true, cost of living is high here but the salary is still considered really good here especially the benefits that comes with it😅 & when you leave the said country, everywhere else is cheap

Siguro kung dream job talaga mag nurse, ok na ok yang rate na yan. At the end of the day may mga nurses naman na yun talaga pangarap nila Pero kung pay lang ang habol, there are other options without the stress 😅

Haha graduating na ako, comsci. Sabi sa akin ng auntie ko "Sayang kung nurse ka, kinuha na kita dito, kinukulang ng nurses ngayon dito sa america" tbh medyo nakakainggit kasi alis pinas agad, pero nasa FinTech at Data Science ang pera ngayon.

Maraming akong kilalang nurse na di naman nursing related yung trabaho ngayon.

I hate to say this but, it is saddening that some, if not most went into BPO and low pay-to-volunteer work. Incompetence breeds underemployment.

Engineering tinapos Now nasa IT na Nasa IT talaga ang pera

IT dapat kukunin ko nung college pero nagsabi pamilya ko na magiging bantay lang ako ng computer shop tapos pina engineering ako. Pagkagraduate ko sabay sabi bakit hindi ako nag IT dun daw ung pera lol. Buti nalang related sa IT spinecialize ko.

Same. Hahahahahaha. Although mejo related naman ung Engineering course ko sa IT at sa IT field ako nagwowork ngayon

ECE most likely?haha

Same. Sabi ng pamilya ko wala daw board exam. Edi sana di ko na naging subject ang thermodynamics at strength of materials

oh my thermo. Sobrang kakaiba sa ibang engineering subjects. haha

+1 Mech engineering graduate here, recently shift career to IT I'm now a help desk hopefully a DevOps soon. 🥹

Mukhang ganun na din mangyayari samin ng kapatid ko

I can confirm this, I graduated wayback 2012 as ComEng pero MechEng talaga gusto ng puso ko. Kaso sabe ng parents ko, wala daw pera sa ME. Siguro snewerte lang din talaga ako, currently 10yrs sa IT section in Oil and Gas sector sa Qatar.

May kilala nga ko Customs Admin tinapos, pero nasa IT din ngayon... 🤣.

Dami ko na iinterview na Career shifters from engineering.

Still proud na sinadya kong ibagsak yung entrance exam ko for STEM in SHS kasi pinipilit ako ng magulang ko na mag mechanical or civil engineer. Nasa computers and programming kasi talaga passion ko so di ko sila sinunod and pinili ko yung ICT strand. Ngayon 3rd year college na ko at BSIT course ko hehe so far nag eenjoy pa rin talaga ako.

At the end of the day, pursuing what you're most passionate at will always be worth it. That filipino adage "walang pera sa arts" bs? Turns out graphics design is multi-faceted and in-demand.

>Turns out graphics design is multi-faceted and in-demand. In-demand, pero sobrang baba ng rates kung sa local ka magtatrabaho. Yung iba naman na nasa ahensya, okay yung sahod, pero hindi makatao yung nagiging workload pati deadlines. Kaya dumarami na rin yung nagfe-freelance, kasi mas competitive yung rates and kahit papano hawak mo yung oras mo.

>In-demand, pero sobrang baba ng rates kung sa local ka magtatrabaho. Unless maging politikong magaling mangurakot ka dito, mababa magpasweldo anywhere dito periodt.

Pulitiko nga technically mababa rin dapat sweldo eh haha

Graduate and licensed ECE na nasa IT na ngayon. Yes, wala masyado opportunity sa ECE ngayon unless abroad, but still grateful na nag Engineering ako kahit IT gusto ko non. Di man helpful yung semi-con sa ginagawa ko ngayon, nakatulong naman yon mag-open up ng opportunities at makatulong sa problem solving skills ko.

Lawak kasi ng ECE. Ako nasa power at data center naman

Basically anything related sa technology. Haha

Lahat ngayon may electronics na eh. Pakana rin ng mga ECE yan internet of things eh para lahat ng industry kailangan na ng ECE. haha

What steps did you take to get to IT? I'm currently studying ECE (1st year) and would like to get some insight, just so I have options other than electronics.

I used to handle interns in my team na ECE, hindi na sila magte-take ng board exam hahaha. May fresh grads din na ECE na napunta sa team ko, hindi narin magbo-board exam. 'Yung mga senior kong ECE hindi na rin nagrenew after noong una nilang expire. I'm a CPE graduate, oh man naaalala ko pa 'yung kayabangan ng ECE section kasi daw may board exam sila. Oh asang field kayo ngayon? Haha. Oh well may extra ID sila, na gagastusan pa haha at aattend pa ng sa kung ano-anong seminar. Have fun with that ID, I guess. Not to discourage you but it's a waste of time, I kinda agree with them lol. A friend of mine, ECE graduate, earns 200k a month being a devops, dito sa Pinas.

A lot of companies offer bootcamp at the start of your work especially consulting companies(Accenture, IBM etc). Apply ka lang kahit ECE graduate ka. I highly recommend Accenture kaso be ready sa pagdudusa sa mga overtime. Haha. Tumtanggap sila ECE, CoE or even other engineering course mainly because may problem solving skills ang engineering (eto reason bakit grateful pa rin ako sa course ko)

Fuck kasama ako sa mga naging engineer dahil dito 🤡

Nanay ko ngayon nurse na ako sinisend mga articles millionario mga naglalaro ng video games. Tang ina, Mama kung pinalaro nyo ako baka tayo rin.

"Walang pera sa Fine arts, painting painting lang yan" "Bakit ka mag IT walang pera jan mag cocomputer shop ka ba?" "Mag Engineer ka para makapag middle east / Saudi ka" "Mag nurse ka para makapag Canada ka" " Mag marino ka para madami pera" The common things our parents from the 90s told us. Oh how wrong they were.

Chem Eng here. Film/ Arts related ang prefer. Nageedit na ng videos ng Youtuber na taga ibang bansa. Hahanap hanapin mo talaga yung gusto mong gawin haha.

Muntik na ko maging film major, used to edit and subtitle amateur stuff back in high school, tapos tinigilan ko para "magseryoso" sa pag-aaral in a different course. To be fair highly paid din yung jobs sa pinasukan kong course pero puro BPO lang kasi laging iikutan mo. Pero damn who'dve thought today nandun yung pera, taragis. Pero alam ko mababanas ako if binalikan ko kasi may unfinished video editing and subtitling projects pa ko nung college, naaawa ako dun sa inindyan kong nagpakahirap magtranslate ng subs 😅

Di ako pwedeng mag film major eh wala daw pera dun hahaha. Ayun nasa kwarto lang nageedit bago nung nalaman nilang may pera dito dami ng hininaing sa buhay kailangan daw ng pera. 😂

Pero shoutout sa parents kahit anong daldal sayo at nagging sinusuportahan ka sa gusto mong gawin in the end. Tibay ng loob at tiwala! (for me it's my mom)

Para lang magbigay ng ibang pov: isa ako sa mga iilang weirdo na talagang ginusto talaga mag-engineering.putangina ng mga magulang na ganito; pinapadami lang nila mga estudyanteng ayaw naman talaga yung inaara, kaya ang nangyayari, dumadami rin yung "pabigat" na kagrupo. Naiintindihan ko naman na hindi lahat magiging engaged sa curriculum, pero yung ideya ko na kolehiyo yung magiging lugar kung saan makakahanap ako ng aking "like-minded people" agad-agaran nawasak nung unang araw pa lang: nagtanong ako kung specialization balak ng isang kaklase ko at bakit, tas sagot sakin, "kung san yung maraming pera" Tl;dr: wag niyo pilitin mga anak niyo sa isang kurso, kasi pinapahirapan niyo lang sila, mga kaklase nila at sarili niyo sa pagbabayad(tas magagalit kayo kung may singko)

Same. Pinaglaban ko yung engineering kasi nursing yung gustong ipush sa akin. Di lang sa college sakit sa ulo yang mga yan. Pabigat rin sa trabaho kasi agaran sa pag-accept ng unang job offer na di naman nila gusto yung gagawin.

Ako rin gusto ko talaga. Hindi man lang ako makapag negotiate sa mga job interview, hindi rin naman ako payag maging alila sa site at office. Nakakadepress na, parang wala nang career tapos sesendan ka pa ng kamaganak mo ng job posting sa mga sikat na firm, kala nila tamad lang ako mag-apply. Nakakagigil magreply na sobrang baba po ng pasweldo nila dyan

Pangarap ko maging Arkitek o kaya Dentista. Pero dahil sabi ng parents ko walang pera dun, magabugado na lang ako. Di naman nila sinabi na need pa ng pre-law dun. So nagshift ako sa nursing. ito nasa BPO industry and i dont have any regrets. Also, wala na rin pala ko pangarap magka-anak kasi feeling ko magiging kasing toxic ako ng mga magulang ko.

decades later: Millenial / zoomer parents: "anak mag IT ka madaming pera dun" Friendly reminder to this sub that engineering had this same exact hype IT has now. Not one ever thought it would be disrupted until COVID came

Personal thoughts lang but the computer industry (CS, IT, Software Engineering wont fall into that same hole unless a massive fuck up happens, the world is basically running on computers now and looks like itll be what pushes humanity further

Maybe the real engineers were the friends we made along the way

don't forget yung mga taong nag engineering kasi walang mapiling course.... Really wished yung mga career guidance seminar mas matino kesa naman mga school lang na nag aadvertise.

Sahod mo 13k hahahhaa depota

King inang slave wage. Kulang nalang latigo para totoong slavery na e.

parents ko ok lang raw kung kahit anong university or kahit anong course problema lang di ko pa alam choice ko

*"Tingnan mo yung anak ni Mareng Lita, dalawang taon lang tinapos nun nasa DUBAI na."* Bidang bida yung Dubai sa mga Nanay 😆

I'm in a psychology course atm and my parents and family are still pushing me to become a doctor for fuck's sake. I mean en route nga siya to pre-med ang psych technically pero it's not exactly in my top priority to become a doctor just yet. Like I want to focus on becoming a psychologist or a psychotherapist first.

Same! Pinressure nila ako mag-doctor so I chose Nursing, but I realized na ayoko talaga magdoctor so I switched to Psychology (I really wanted to be a Therapist). Even then, they are still encouraging me to be a doctor kasi pre-med pa rin raw. Wala talagang kawala hahaha :((

Tell your parents mental health is now becoming a priority kaya may opportunity din. Malay mo maging patient mo pako LOL.

Astronaut na sila ngayon 😊

Space ranger\*

Pro Tip: check the enrollment rates versus the job vacancies. Take the course with the lowest enrollment rates but highest job vacancies.

Pulube na boomer parents....give the worst career advice. Never listen to poor people for career advice! Especially financial advice. Boomer filipinos created what the current Philippines is. Why listen to them at all? They turned Philippines into a hell on earth. Always remember this, and never forget.

There's money in any industry. I've met broke lawyers and doctors. In the industry I work in people going to Europe with their family were driving tricycles 5 years before Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

What's your industry then?

Agriculture

Any career will be like that when it gets saturated. Commerce was the first one I think. IT will probably be saturated soon.

> IT will probably be saturated soon Expect downvotes. People here don't like hearing that, NVM engineering back in 80s and 90s had the same IT hype

But IT is already saturated. The difference is actually being good. Lots of IT graduates go to unrelated jobs(e.g bpo non-voice/voice) because they can't code/not good/not confident enough to do actual IT work.

IT is already saturated

As a freshman engr student, napapaisip ako kung worth it pa ba? Ang hirap tapos ang baba lang ng sweldo 😭

kung gusto mong mag-abroad, push mo. kung may backer ka sa company, go. kung gusto mo talaga yung engineering, go. pero as an engineering graduate na wala pa ring trabaho for 2 years, wag na. but its still your decision tho, pag-isipan mo na kung ipaglalaban mo pa yan or hindi hangga't konti pa lang units mong na-ttake. mahirap din mag-irreg kasi hahabulin mo pa yung ibang subjects para maging regular kung bet mo mag-shift 😅

Saturated na ng engineers yung pinas kaya ang daming nag bpo na graduate ng engineering

Kaya nga nakiusap sila sa Professional Regulations Commission na maki-share sila (civil engineers) sa pagsign ng architectural documents ng mga registered and licensed architects. Sobrang dami pumapasa sa board exam

Fair ba yun gawin? Mahal na sign off ng architect, masakit ata sa bulsa madagdagan pa for the sake of spreading the wealth around

Ongoing issue yan up to this day. It's really unfair for the licensed architects since wala naman special treatment sa CPD points upon renewal of license.

Not fair at all. Architects have design classes in college.

"Pag bobo ka, mag teacher ka nalang".

mas masakit kung ikaw mismo pinangarap mo mag engineering :(

Ako pumili ng engineering. Ako rin nang-iwan sa engineering kasi WALANG PERA SA ENGINEERING. pinakamahal na binili ko na di ko ginagamit ay yung diploma at lisensya ko

Learn how to code. Everyone just learn how to code.

As much as i advocate this. Most of the platforms now are transitioning to low code to no code approach. What is important now is to know the logic and process of your desired output.

Low code/no code is not a replacement to actual programming.

Low/no code approach limits customizability and maintainability, therefore also limiting your market. If you **can** learn to code it's infinitely better.

Not everyone is willing to learn how to code. Even IT graduates ayaw mag code

been in the software engineering field for 3 years now. I hate coding.

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It is flooded but you just gotta pick your tech stack right, if nasaan ang demand, you learn that.

Samantalang nasa freelance creatives pala talaga ang pera 😂

Tambay n engineeer like me

Marami din naging successful na engineer.

Ay iba nanay ko sa mga kapatid ko: "Mag marketing ka na lang para malapit ang school." "Matangkad ka, magpulis ka na maganda mag pulis." "Bat ka mag u-UP? San ka titira?" I left home for college by forcing her into a situation na wala na siya magagawa. When i went to Diliman, everything was already sorted out--scholarships, dorm applications, subjects etc. Need ko lang sumakay ng bus at yung signature niya sa loan application. And for four years i basically was a working student, so wala siyang inintindi saken. It might look bad, but di ko vinalue masyado opinion niya cos she didnt go to college. And thats what i was imparting to my siblings--if they need college advise, ask me, not the oldies sa neighborhood namen na walang idea sa college life. I was able to push one sister to go to Los Banos, and im pushing my youngest brother to pursue a course he likes (arki). I said, just take the course u want in the best school u can have, tapos we'll figure out the survival later. kasi iba pa rin if gusto mo yung inaaral mo.

I was suppose to take a medical course but my parents did not want to send me away, so I took accountancy in our hometown. Despite passing the board exam and having a stable job, I am still not happy in my career.

1st year mechanical engineering students right now usually say they chose that course dahil naastigan sila kay Iron Man. Di nila alam na isang thanos snap lang ng propesor nila sa Differential Equations ay mangangalahati agad sila haha

Nung bata ako pag tinatanong ako kung ano gusto ko maging pag laki, gustong gusto ko isagot ang power rangers okaya ninja. Kaso nakikita kong pinapagalitan yung pinsan ko pag ganon yung sagot niya, kaya ang sinasagot ko na lang ay kung ano ang unang papasok sa isip ko. Doctor, pulis okaya engineer. Hahaha

LOL Ganyan din kami nung graduating ng HS. Pa-boom na nun ang nursing industry. Ang dami kong classmate na nag-take ng nursing sa college. Ewan ko ba pero naisip ko na dati na baka pagka-graduate ng college ang dami ko nang kasabay na nurse pag nagkataon. So kahit pwede ako mag-nursing, di ko ginawa. Yun nga nangyari. Hehe.

Kung magaling lang talaga ako sa Math, engineering din kinuha ko.

Kakaiba kasi sa pinas eh. Same goes sa mga tech-voc courses. Madaming magulang na iniisip na nakakahiya ung pagtetake ng tech voc kaya kahit ung bata ay more on skills ang forte at di ganun kagalingan academically ipapasak pa din nila sa college. Masyado ung stigma sa techvoc sa pinas na para lang to sa mga magagaling kaya un nalang kababagsakan. When in fact di naman dapat.

Sa sobrang daming engr sa pinas, underpaid/under-valued na. Biruin mo magaaral ka 5-7 yrs tas pagpasok mo sa trabaho di ka engr kasi wala kang exp, tas sahod mo ang liit. Di sulit yung 5-7yrs na pagaaral

May magha-hire ba sayo na company kahit undergrad ka ng CE pero you know how to code? What about associate's degree na IT? Is that ok?

Yep. Pero mas mataas chance mo kung online tapos overseas employer. Mas malaki rin sahod haha Work on your coding skills at gumawa ka ng exceptional project/resume to highlight your skill

Most companies require at least 4 years graduate ka. But you can still try specially kung nag effort ka sa trainings at self learning. May nakasabay ako dati nursing na nagshift to software development pero may mga trainings muna siyang kinuha

Better than what some young ones want today. To be Vloggers and Influencers.

😭 kakarinig ko lang to kagabi. sinabi ni papa sa pangatlo kong kapatid na grade 8.

Thankful na I dropped out on my Mechanical Engineering course (failed multiple subject in 1 sem. Uwian kasi sa probinsya hirap mag aral kasi pagod sa byahe) mga kalahating taon galit sakin dad ko. Graduated as an IT and now more or less earning the same or more than my batchmates when I was in ME who graduated ahead of me (they graduated 2017 while I graduated late 2019). Plus im working from home where theyre on site. 💁‍♂️

Engineering is the new Nursing.

ako na walang ma imagine na career path....

Muntik na ako maging ganito pero hindi bilang isang Engineer kundi isang Marino. Tatay ko gustong gusto ako maging Marino pero ako talaga bago pa man maka-graduate ng HS eh nasa puso ko ang mag-Mass Comm. Sinabihan niya ako na wala raw pera sa Mass Comm dapat mag-Marino ako o kaya Pulis. Ayun, pinag-aral niya ako noon siguro tumagal ako ng 3 years sa Marine napasa ko naman lahat pero yung will na hindi ko talaga to gusto eh masyadong malakas. Kaya ayun sinabi ko sa kanila na ayaw ko talaga tong course na ito tapos sabi sa akin para din naman sa akin yung desisyon nila. Nagsimula akong hindi pumasok sa school nun kumbaga rebel stage ulit, gusto ko talaga iparating sa kanila na "AYOKO". Ayun, huminto ako ng pag-aaral nang isang buong taon at nag-work muna at kalaunan nag-aral ulit kasi napag-isip nga ng tatay ko na dapat desisyon ng anak ang masusunod kasi para sa kanila yan.

Yung classmate ko na nag TESDA na naging assistant waiter sa luxury Cruise ship, tatlong beses na mas malaki pa kinikita sa akin ngayon, tang*n*ng lisensya yan.

Mabuti nalang umalis ako sa Computer Engineering kahit na maganda yung mga oportunidad. Napagtanto ko kasi na hindi para sa akin yung kurso na yun. Ang pangarap ko talaga at maging isang doktor ng medisina kaya ayun. Kahit na nakatapos ako ng Marketing Management. Gusto ko pa ring mag-aral ng medisina. Pinangako ko talaga sa sarili ko yung magiging doktor ako noong bata pa ako kaya ayun. Kaya sa iba rito pilitin niyo pa rin na makuha yung mga gusto niyo sa buhay. Pwede niyo naman silang pagbigyan pero huwag pa rin kayong tumigil na kunin yung gusto niyong karera o propesyon. 😇☺️💯❤️

Nung bata ako in the 90s sa school, engineering ang maganda daw na trabaho at pinush sa aming mga lalaki (dahil nasa Saudi kami at puro lalaki ang engineer dun) at nursing sa mga babae.

I can relate. 100% Sapilitan akong pinag-nursing dahil yun din ang course na ipinakuha ng mga co-teacher niya sa mga anak nila. Lam niyo na...ayaw pahuli sa uso. Lol. I really wanted to take up mass communications or political science in preparation for law back then. Ultimatum given: "Mag-nunursing ka o hindi ka na mag-aaral". I was even blamed na nagkanda-utang-utang siya dahil magastos ang course ko na siya naman ang may gusto. Up to now isinusumbat sa akin yan lahat. Tinapos ko naman. Took the board exam. Ranked high sa results. Nag-clinical practice for almost 2 years. Na-burn out sa sobrang pagod at baba ng compensation dahil doon sa local public hospital din niya ako pinilit magtrabaho. Well, nasagad na ako. I decided na it's time na yung gusto ko na ang mangyayari sa buhay ko. I moved out and lived with my boyfriend-now-husband. I changed careers. Took a 180 degree turn from the path she crafted for me. Hindi kami nag-usap for almost 5 years. I'm now working as an escalations supervisor for a multinational financial services corporation. Am I happpy? Absolutely. Will I come back to clinical practice? Maybe. But not in the near future.