What I’m studying vs What I really want to do.

I interviewed a bunch of my course mates (I’m studying Information & Communication Engineering) asking what they really want to study/go into career wise. The responses may or may not be related to what they are currently studying. So here we go…

MEET IRE:

very calm and a sweetheart too.

Me: What do you really want to do?

Ire: I would have wanted a career in geography or aviation.

Me: So why did you pick this course?

Ire: Actually, mostly my dad and I contributed to me picking this course.

Me: I want you to close your eyes this moment, and imagine yourself in a couple years, what do you see yourself doing?

Me: I see myself as a pilot or even an animator.

MEET YOMI:

a fun and playful fellow.

Yomi: My dream career is being a pro basketball player or a programmer.

I didn’t want to go to University. I wanted to train to be a pro player but my mum especially didn’t agree to it because it’s

somehow not going to University, especially in Nigeria. So when it came to choosing a course of study, I picked computer science as my first choice since I liked programming as well but I didn’t get it and I got Info. & Comm. Engineering which was my second choice. But I thought it’s still cool, since it may be a lot related. But it really isn’t related. So, I’m just here to finish the degree.

Me:If all odds were in your favour, which career would you pick over the other?

Yomi: I love basketball. I’d pick a career in basketball over programming.

MEET AMARACHI:

a very funny and lovely person.

Amarachi: I want to be famous. I want to go into entertainment.

Me: So why are you here?

Amarachi: Well, I thought it was something that it’s not. I was a science student in secondary school so I had to do something science related. I thought it was related to mass communication, something close to the entertainment industry, so I picked it. But when I got here, I found out it was something opposite…not even opposite, entirely different. So now, I have to finish what I started.

The only reason I’ll ever be working in engineering is just to make money.

MEET FAVOUR:

my namesake/ birthday mate and super caring.

Favour: What I really want to do is to teach. I want to speak and people want to listen to me.

Me: So why are you studying Information & Communication Engineering?

Favour: When it was time to pick a course, my dad wanted me to do something really “big”. If he had his way, I’ll probably be doing software engineering, not even info. & comm. engineering. That’s his aim, for me to go into tech tech, like tech tech tech.

MEET TOMIWA:

calm and fun to be around.

Tomiwa: I actually love tech. I’d like a career in cyber security or software engineering. I actually wanted to study software engineering but CU didn’t have that so I picked I.C.E, something close to it.

Me: So you’re happy with what you’re studying?

Tomiwa: It could be better but yeah, I am.

Thanks for reading.

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Love, Favour.