Iam 26 M. I did my civil engineering in 2018 and then worked as a civil engineer for a year then covid happened and i taught myself coding and got a job in a small startup and worked there as a software engineer for 1 year and now my father wants me to take over his business (manufacturing and packaging of mineral water) Which he is running for the past 8 years. My parents only chose enroll me in civil engineering which i regret now because that field is very bad and so not suitable for me and now with the business also they are forcing me to do so because they dont want to sell it.
The thing is what i really like is making youtube videos which iam doing side by side because when i was working 9-5 as a software engineer i had all the time outside of my job for my youtube channel. But now that iam again helping my dad in his business eventually i have to take over everything. In this business we have to work 12 hours a day and 7 days a week (mostly be present at the factory and just monitor people). People who will be suggesting to hire someone, here you cant trust most of the people because the transaction is mostly done with cash.
Regarding my youtube its not a big channel but its doing good recently…i atleast want some free time to make youtube videos and edit them (which takes a lot of time) and i cant tell my parents about youtube because they have a mindset of the old generation so they can’t understand it.
The money from the business is decent but i just cant seem to sit here the whole day do some 2-3 hours of work 24/7 without any weekends. I just dont see myself doing this for the next 20 years. Iam really passionate about my youtube and i know i will pop off one day.
My plan was to work 9-5 and do youtube in the remaining time. Youtube is my long term goal.
What are your thoughts about this? Should i take over the business and give very less time to youtube or do my 9-5 and do youtube side by side?
I will definitely tell her about this. She’s sharp. Good student and already interned for our hometown. They loved her there and she had two work dads who I really respect. I think she is going to do it again this summer.
Another thing that is going in her favor is that construction adjacent fields were really the last bastion of male dominance. As a male who has been in the construction business for close to two decades, I’ve really started to see a lot more women Project Managers and Field Engineers over the past 10 years. It’s really accelerated lately. I see there is a much different style of management between men and women and some women who I have worked with are very effective construction project leaders. They often bring a different level of planning and organization to the teams. Professionally it’s refreshing. Don’t be afraid to let your daughter loose in the field. She’ll never really develop a sold 3 dimensional engineering understanding if she is stuck behind a desk all day. Seeing how projects come out of the ground and understanding how structures are integrated into the terrain is a crucial and often lacking ability.