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People who choose the same career as their parent(s)
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:32 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:32 am
I've always found this super weird. I can't imagine wanting to do the same thing my parents do. Anyone here do this? Obviously it's different if you're taking over a family business or something.
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Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:33 am to Grim
I agree mostly. Also professional athletes are exempt.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:33 am to Grim
Yeah Eli and Peyton are so weird
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:36 am to Grim
One of my friends was in school for sports management and actually had an internship lined up with the Pelicans before choosing to take over a pharmacy for his dad. Can't say that I blame him because the money is good and there where as an internship wouldn't make shite.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:36 am to Grim
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I've always found this super weird.
I feel like it is something that people have been doing since ancient times.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:37 am to Grim
Connections, familiarity, ect are all benefits to doing so. If one is interested in the same kinds of work as one of their parents, why not?
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:37 am to Grim
you GDI's are such losers.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:37 am to Grim
they're weaaaaaaaak
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:37 am to Funky Tide 8
I can't find the direct source or passage, but I believe Adam Smith discussed some about the advantages of making the same career as your parents in The Wealth of Nations.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:38 am to Funky Tide 8
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I feel like it is something that people have been doing since ancient times.
I would think it's only been the last hundred or so years that most people didn't go into the same career as their parents
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:41 am to Peazey
I'm not denying that there are advantages, I just can't imagine wanting to. I went a completely different direction with my career because I wanted to feel like I was making my own success independently. It wouldn't be as rewarding if daddy got my foot in the door
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 10:45 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:42 am to Grim
I did, just on a different level.
Mom was a medical office worker that worked her way to a office manager position.
I'm, basically, doing the same thing, just with a masters degree and more offices and employees.
Mom was a medical office worker that worked her way to a office manager position.
I'm, basically, doing the same thing, just with a masters degree and more offices and employees.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:42 am to Grim
My mom is a teacher and my dad works a shite job for the gov't.
I make more at 30 with no degree than both of them combined at age 56 with 3 degrees between them.
Very, very happy I did not follow in their footsteps.
I make more at 30 with no degree than both of them combined at age 56 with 3 degrees between them.
Very, very happy I did not follow in their footsteps.
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 10:44 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:46 am to Grim
It obviously depends on the parents' career.
At a certain level, a shite job is just a shite job. But with certain careers there are benefits. Familiarity with the industry, connections financial benefits.
This is probably more so in cases where the parent or parents own a business. Certain kids have the drive to take these a step further and build on their folks's success. There is certainly nothing wrong with that IMO.
At a certain level, a shite job is just a shite job. But with certain careers there are benefits. Familiarity with the industry, connections financial benefits.
This is probably more so in cases where the parent or parents own a business. Certain kids have the drive to take these a step further and build on their folks's success. There is certainly nothing wrong with that IMO.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:46 am to Grim
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I've always found this super weird. I can't imagine wanting to do the same thing my parents do. Anyone here do this? Obviously it's different if you're taking over a family business or something.
If you think about it, it's really not that unusual.
Our personalities and worldview is partially a product of the environment we grew up in. So if your dad chose to be a lawyer as a profession, he's likely to talk about lawyer stuff and speak highly of the profession.
If your dad is an especially well-known or well-connected lawyer, then he probably knows lots of opportunities or "shortcuts" for his child, should they choose pursue law. Parents want to see their kids succeed, so they'll push their kid toward that profession because they can help grease wheels and get them into top schools, internships, jobs, etc.
It's why we have so many damn parent-child political lineages now.
This post was edited on 10/6/16 at 10:47 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:50 am to Grim
Dad is retired NYPD and Mom was a paralegal, so that wasn't happening.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to Peazey
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I can't find the direct source or passage, but I believe Adam Smith discussed some about the advantages of making the same career as your parents in The Wealth of Nations.
FWIW, Wealth of Nations was published 240 years ago today.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 am to Grim
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I've always found this super weird. I can't imagine wanting to do the same thing my parents do. Anyone here do this?
George W.
Jeb tried and failed.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:04 am to Grim
Parents are usually the kids first hookup/reference. So it's just easier because they've already learned the field through their parents.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:06 am to Grim
I'm a teacher from a family full of teachers. It really sucks to have off all summer and every holiday with my family. 
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