You shouldn’t rely on your family and friends in choosing a career (essay) Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions of one’s life. Some people think that relatives or close friends can always help to choose the best way, but others believe that only one’s personal choice is right. I’m in favour of the second opinion and now I’ll explain why. Firstly, values of your parents or friends can don’t suit you. While many people are looking for a big salary, different people want to get mental satisfaction from their job. Even relatives are really different. Remember it. Secondly, only you know what is really interesting for you. For example, my friend is keen on maths and physics. He thinks that the best profession is an engineer, but it’s so boring for me. Therefore, he shouldn’t recommend me this occupation because it’s just not for me. My opponents may say that elder relatives usually have a lot of useful experience which they can share. I can’t agree with them. Their experience can help you only if you will take over their job in their place. But what if you’re going to move to a different town or even to go abroad? You’ll completely change working conditions. In this case, their experience is useless. To sum up, I think that the most right way of choosing a profession is to listen to parents’ and friends’ advices, to think it over and then to choose a job yourself.