Prestige is other people’s opinion of your job. Satisfaction is yours. Decide which one you’re chasing.

These are two different measurements and they can disagree completely. One is how a job sounds when you say it at a family party; the other is how the Tuesday afternoons actually feel. People who never separate them end up with a life that photographs well and wears badly.

When you think about what you want to do, ask what the ordinary day would hold: indoors or out, alone or with people, hands or screen. Ask one adult what their Wednesday looks like rather than what they do. Choose with that answer in front of you instead of the title.