<p>I don’t live with my dad for the past 9 years. He chose to stay and work in Korea when I moved to America. Thing is before that point, the relationship between me and my dad is just like son and father’s kind of thing; we never had any intellectual or political or anything like that kind of conversations. So what happens now is I’m in college and I’m at the age of finding/making/connecting connections for my future career. I’m an engineering major but I want to get an MBA and be a business plan eventually; i just major in engineering so i have more options and some stable foundation to make money from. </p>
<p>My dad is the manager of a construction company in Seoul. He’s a really smart guy and clever when it comes to making connections (mostly in Korea though). Thing is I don’t know where to go with my future. I don’t know whether I should go the way my friends are going. I go to UCSD with a engineering major. I’m still a freshman so Im still deciding what engineering to do (leaning towards mech). Thing is if I stay in America and not take advantage of any of my dad’s connections, I would major in mechanical because thats a combination of what has a lot of options and what I’m okay with doing. On the other hand, if I decide to go back to Korea and takes advantage of my dad’s connections, I would major in structual E, which I like to do but would only open lots of opportunities for me if i go back to korea. If I stay in America I wouldnt major in structural. </p>
<p>I’m interested in doing business internationally eventually so I have no problems of going back to Korea. But as I mentioned all the way in the beginning, my dad and I have the dad and son’s basic relationship; we never talk about business or jobs or anything but family/my school stuff. Some of his friends from Vietnam talked to me about how I will be passed on the manager chair after I’m done with studying but my dad never mentions that. Not that I’m dependent on that or anything but I mean in general I dont know if he would let me connect to all the connections he has if I ever decide to go back to Korea and work there. And you know, I wouldn’t go back to Korea and start from 0 connections cause it’s a pain starting to make connections at that point and staying in America would give me a lot more opportunities (I’m a permanent resident).</p>
<p>I don’t know what I should do, in terms of both deciding my major and what to do for my future. I’d appreciate if you guys can give me some advice or any comments.</p>