How do I find a BA mentor. I want to be a BA on a software development project. Will reading books on it be enough to get me started at a position like that until I can start certification classes?
How do I know? If this is your true passion as you say it is then why arent you being proactive and investigating it on your own? I dont know how to become a BA because I am not one.
I truly am concerned for you. I really mean that in a very heartfelt way. You gloss over everything and focus and obsess on things that are so secondary to avoid tacklking the most pressing and urgent issue.
Instead of worrying about finding a BA mentor why arent you finding a counselor? That should be your first order of business. Forget about your "dream career" for now. You cant even make it to work without having a meltdown about "how hard" things are. Do you see from an outsiders POV how frightening that is?
What is even more frightening is you dont seem to get it or care. If you are not obsessing about your W and how bad you feel you are obsessing about a career path that right now, you arent in place to pursue due to lack of education. Why dont you take all that obsessive energy and channel it into you getting well. You need to learn how to focus on the most necessary issue first and that is you. And once you do learn some tools to manage yourself THEN you can branch out to other areas of your life such as your career.
Honestly, do you want a BA job so bad because you think it will impress your W or is it your true career passion? Why are you so hell bent on having it RIGHT NOW? Why arent you just as hell bent on getting yourself well? Why dont you answer any posts made to you about goals that are reasonable and attainable?
You keep asking how to do something and we tell you and you just ask more questions and nothing gets done!
Fire up that blackberry you like so much, find a counseling program and get in to see a counselor ASAP. Once you get some tools for your own personal management then fire up that blackberry again and focus on the next task (career research).
Until you get yourself on a better path you will keep reaching for distractions and keep cycling around. C'mon man, throw us a bone and at least address ONE thing!
