What If You Picked the Wrong Career—and Can’t Fix It?

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Jun 19, 2025 · 11m

What If You Picked the Wrong Career—And Can’t Fix It?

I think about this almost every day. I am sure you do, my friend.

What if I picked the wrong career?

What if I can’t undo it?

I’m a professor.

I have a PhD—with 15 years of experience.

But most days, I still ask: What the hell am I doing here?

This isn’t what I imagined.

I feel typecast.

Trapped.

Like I can’t change direction because the world already decided who I am.

I’m an old man.

But here’s the truth: those boundaries—those roles we think are fixed—they’re mostly made up.

Nobody really knows what they’re doing when they start.

You…