i hate my current job but am too inexperienced to try something new
how to explore potential career paths with the experience you have, not the experience you *think* you need
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I’m 1 year out of my undergraduate degree and I hate going to my current job in research. I’ve always been the do-good student and I think it’s led me to a field that I have no passion for, and I’m not particularly good at. I’m afraid to take a leap because I’m not experienced. What do you recommend I should do?
- Anonymous
Take the leap! Take the leap!! If the only thing holding you back from taking the leap is fear, take the leap now. But if you have larger hesitations about leaving your current job that you hate—maybe you don’t know what you would leave your current job for—I recommend commit…