A career chosen to impress someone else comes with a lifetime subscription to their opinion.

Choosing a path for someone else’s approval means their approval is now required indefinitely. The reward for the work stops being the work and becomes the reaction, and the reaction has to be renewed constantly by a person whose standards you do not control. That is a long arrangement to enter without noticing you entered it.

Ask who you are picturing when you imagine succeeding. If a particular face appears, that is worth knowing before you commit years. You can still choose the same path afterward, only for reasons that belong to you and cannot be withdrawn.