Is it really just me who finds most jobs boring?

I've looked into so many career paths, and they all sound incredibly boring.
Some examples:

Software engineer: The thought of spending all day looking at code bores me to tears. High stress, not all that rewarding. Being sat in front of a screen all day is not my idea of a good job.

Accounting: I hate numbers, to do it as a career sounds like hell.

Design/Mechanical engineering: Using CAD, working with gears/machinery doesnt appeal. Pay would be good but to do it long term i wouldnt enjoy at all.

Mechanic: I love working on my own car and motorcycle, its rewarding servicing it and therefore saving money. But to do it for someone else all day every day, with a manager trying to get me to rip off customers. Working in the cold during winter....what initially sounds like a fun job, then sounds like a terrible job with pretty low salary.

Is it just a case of picking your poison and running with it? Do any of you actually LOVE your job or love the career you are studying to get?

I've looked into so many career paths, and they all sound incredibly boring.
Some examples:

Software engineer: The thought of spending all day looking at code bores me to tears. High stress, not all that rewarding. Being sat in front of a screen all day is not my idea of a good job.

Accounting: I hate numbers, to do it as a career sounds like hell.

Design/Mechanical engineering: Using CAD, working with gears/machinery doesnt appeal. Pay would be good but to do it long term i wouldnt enjoy at all.

Mechanic: I love working on my own car and motorcycle, its rewarding servicing it and therefore saving money. But to do it for someone else all day every day, with a manager trying to get me to rip off customers. Working in the cold during winter....what initially sounds like a fun job, then sounds like a terrible job with pretty low salary.

Is it just a case of picking your poison and running with it? Do any of you actually LOVE your job or love the career you are studying to get?

I LOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEE the career I'm studying to get, but depends what your passionate about.

What career is that?

I'm the same, I don't know what I want to do and I'm looking at stuff that's related to my degree as a starting point and everything seems so boring and I probably I won't be good at it anyway!

What is your degree in?

I LOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEE the career I'm studying to get, but depends what your passionate about.

Thats all well and good but studying a subject and working in the industry are two very different things which is what you will find-out when you leave education, its a completely different ball game.

Anyway..

I have to agree with the OP, I've said this for years, there is no realistic career path that isn't boring, end of the day you wouldn't work for free so when you say you love your job etc etc its all bollox as you do it for the money and not as a hobby 99% of jobs are boring unless you are the minority of famous people and even they get fedup and turn to drugs to escape it all.


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That is what you think Firstly you can do work experience to get a snapshot of what its like as a career.
Secondly, I would work for free, volunteering etc, but i know some people are just in it for the money, but I, for example are passionate about helping and caring for people with not much regard for money,fame, etc.

So you would do it for free then?

I've looked into so many career paths, and they all sound incredibly boring.
Some examples:

Software engineer: The thought of spending all day looking at code bores me to tears. High stress, not all that rewarding. Being sat in front of a screen all day is not my idea of a good job.

Accounting: I hate numbers, to do it as a career sounds like hell.

Design/Mechanical engineering: Using CAD, working with gears/machinery doesnt appeal. Pay would be good but to do it long term i wouldnt enjoy at all.

Mechanic: I love working on my own car and motorcycle, its rewarding servicing it and therefore saving money. But to do it for someone else all day every day, with a manager trying to get me to rip off customers. Working in the cold during winter....what initially sounds like a fun job, then sounds like a terrible job with pretty low salary.

Is it just a case of picking your poison and running with it? Do any of you actually LOVE your job or love the career you are studying to get?

Accounting: I hate numbers, to do it as a career sounds like hell.

Maths, I could do a lot of things with it but nothing has struck me as particularly interesting so far.

I always thought work was just something you had to do even though its boring.