Just thinking about the career and your future job is vexing enough. It's probably the most complicated thing ever because every step you take it's gonna be with you for the rest of your life. Like a crossroad, I know/heard of people deciding if they should take the professional sportsman route or the academic route; the finance or engineering route; the public or private sector etc.
Visibility vs Ability
I have already set my target but there's always a trade-off. Either you become the big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond. There's only so much that you can do in the small pond but you know you are the big guy; there's a lot that you can do in the big pond but you will always be the small one fighting along with other fishes.
Money vs Interest
Would you rather do something that is more interesting but less money, or less interesting and receive more money? After all, working is all about getting money isn't it? Of course it would be perfect if both come together but how rare is that.
Long term vs short term
Would you exit immediately to a rocky road towards the start of the highway or would you travel a longer distance to the start of a highway?
How do you achieve everything perfectly?