Career Path Career Path

Option Option 2____computer systems

1_____Mechanic______ analyst_______

Career Career
Category___Realistic_____ Category____investigative______
Career Information ___ _

Job description (including daily Inspecting vehicles, repairing Create diagrams to help
responsibilities) vehicles, machinery, and light programmers and architects build
trucks, computer systems

Requirements for path (school, Minimum of high school Bachelor's degree

military, training, age, location, degree most employers look
skills, etc.) for certificate or associate
programs

Salary/benefits information 38.470 annually, job stability, 47k-100k a year investment in

little to no student debt, equipment, personnel, and business
physical and mental benefits processes

Opportunities for advancement Increasing certifications to Project manager, IT directors, and

perform more complicated chief technology director
work

Costs of this path (what you do not I wouldn’t miss out on much All i need is a bachelor's degree
like or would miss out on by since it’s pretty and a lot of practice it’s a nice pay
choosing this path) straightforward and i make and i would go to college to make
good money this much money

Benefits of this path (what you like I would gain a lot of I would make a lot of money
or would gain by choosing this mechanical skill
career path)

Reflection Questions

1. In at least one paragraph, which career category did your survey responses reveal?
Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the results of the survey and why.
2. In at least one paragraph, which of these two career paths is more interesting to you? In
your response, be sure to address the following:
○ factors that influenced your choice, like family concerns, housing, or finances
○ how your choice may change over time
○ how this career path compares to the future job you had in mind before the
survey

3. In at least one paragraph, how do the potential costs and benefits of each career path
affect your choice?

1. In my survey the career category I was given was realistic, and I can agree with the
survey because I don’t want to be boxed in an office. It just sounds groggy and not worth
it so I just don't see myself working anywhere else.

2. Out of the two career paths I was more interested in being a mechanic because It wont
put me in student debt, It will but it wont put me too deep where I have to pay it off for
the rest of my life, And another reason I’m interested in this path is because the benefits
if i wanna switch jobs, Everything with i learn i can use it somewhere else with
mechanical skill

3. The cost and benefits of both career paths affected my choice because being a
mechanic i can do the minimum and still get a job and have it enhance overtime, And as
a computer system analyst i have to go to college and i have to pay a lot more money in
the end i will be able to pay off student debt in a reasonable time because the job pays
really well but, I would rather have a more enjoyable job.