HTX - From Inside

When it comes to career choice many people our age struggle to find what they are most passionate about. But we all have to find that something before we graduate, so which tendencies does HTX students have when it comes to career choice?

 

Well, have you ever thought about what you want to be when you graduate? Perhaps the thought gazed you, but did you reach a decisive conclusion? Probably not. A lot of our peers do not know what the future brings, still we have to make a final choice in third g. A choice that will affect our future and thus the outcome of our life. It is also not as easy anymore, when you were a kid you probably wanted to become a police officer, a firefighter, a princes maybe even Spiderman or Superman. In reality that is likely not a possibility, as you grow older you begin to grasp the reality, and I am not talking about the laws of physics, I mean the fact that life is not easy and at some point, you will find yourself at an intersection, an intersection you cannot go back to. The pupils in first g. is also experiencing this, we are faced with the choice of which study programme we will follow for the next two and a half years. However, this choice is not a big as the one in three years time.

 

But as stated above, a choice must be made, so what did previous students choose? That depends, as HTX is the broadest Danish high school equivalent. Since HTX has so many technological subjects, but still meets the demands for the more humanistic orientated higher educations. Which makes it possible to apply for a large amount of possible studies, assuming you meet the requirements listed for that specific university. So the typical career choice generally depends on which study programme the student is attending. If I were to generalize, it would look something like this:

 

• Study programme A (physics and math):

  • The students typical tends to favor the more theoretical lines of work. A couple of example would be physicist and nanotechnology engineer

• Study programme B (biology or chemistry):

  • This programme is usually evenly divided into male and female students, where the females often becomes environment engineers, because they want to do something for society. Whereas the males tend to favor the more experimental jobs, such as chemical engineers.

• Study programme C (technology and design):

  • This programme usually hosts the more creative students, these is where designers, architects and building constructers go.

• Study programme D (technology and communication):

  • This programme is for the students who are interested in computers, programming and various ways of communication with people. Students here often become graphical designers, software engineers and hardware developers.

 

As you can see, the choice of jobs or higher education is widespread and dependent upon which study programme the student is attending. I spent some time walking around and asking the third year students about their choice of education. The answers I got was generally as expected, but I must say that something did surprise me. Quite a lot of the students had not settled for one specific choice, and thus did not know what their future would bring. Additionally, a fair bit had no clue what so ever about their future, and I find that strange. They are about to graduate, hopefully, and will be faced with a choice of taking a higher education or getting a job. And some are not even convinced about their future plans. I can understand that it is a hard choice, but as said earlier, one must be made.