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I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in that. Few HS students know much about the day-to-day life in the workforce, that’s why they aspire to the careers they have heard about. That’s in part why we have so many aspiring pre-meds, investment bankers, consultants, etc here. </p>
<p>I’d echo the advice about not pushing your DS into a STEM career. Instead I’d encourage him to map out a program of discovery. He needs to start exploring different areas and careers, if not now then as soon as he starts in college. He should be haunting the career center, attending every talk they give and all their seminars.</p>