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Try to learn more about industries that sound interesting to you, and meet people from those industries to learn what they do. Speaking with lots of different people and learning about what they do will probably help you figure out what excites you. Totally agree that you shouldn't work at a job that seems depressing, and we don't live in an age where you need to "pay your dues" and "work your way up" as a smart, confident young person anymore--unless you want to. It's up to you to find the right opportunities to go after, though, and that requires a lot of scouting.