{"id":58972,"date":"2017-06-26T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-a-successful-web-developer-but-its-the-wrong-career-for-me\/"},"modified":"2017-06-26T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T06:09:21","slug":"im-a-successful-web-developer-but-its-the-wrong-career-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-a-successful-web-developer-but-its-the-wrong-career-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm a successful web developer but it's the wrong career for me"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI\u2019m interested in academia, law, journalism, the civil service \u2013 how do I figure out which is the right choice?Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy\u2019s own insights.I\u2019ve just turned 30, and I can\u2019t decide what to do with my career. I studied English at Cambridge hoping to go into academia, but couldn\u2019t afford further study. I found work as a technical writer, then a junior business analyst, then a UX (user experience) web designer and finally a web developer. The last role has been my vocation for a good four years and I\u2019ve done well \u2013 I have a great salary and enjoy recognition from my peers. I have a reputation in my field and a technical blog that has done well too. But over the past 18 months I\u2019ve become convinced this is absolutely the wrong career. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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