I woke up today and decided I need a career change. I randomly chose this out of my head.
As others have suggested, go back to sleep, wake up and choose (randomly if you must) another career option - it will almost certainly pay better than being a pilot.
Nah, become an investment banker.
Then buy your own chopper with pilot..
Sound and sage advice. Also consider corporate CEO, hedge fund manager, venture capitalist, etc. as long as you are choosing at random.
I am well along in my career and have been moderately successful, largely because I DIDNT pursue a flying career. I am often asked for career advice by people early in their careers. I try to get across the point that there are many career choices that offer excitement, fulfillment, AND relatively high to very high compensation. Flying isnt one of these. Sort of like choosing a spouse - there are many, many more than one that you can be widly happy with.
