choosing between job opportunities theme

A character faces that major life decision of which career path to go down.

Examples

Riker was torn between accepting an offer to command the starship Aries and continuing as first officer on his beloved Enterprise-D in tng2x14 "The Icarus Factor".

10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
voy6x13 choice The Doctor about leaving Voyager to pursue musical career on Qomar homeworld
movie: La Dolce Vita (1960) major Marcello didn't like his cheap job as a journalist and contemplated being a writer
tng1x19 major Picard deliberated whether to accept his proposed promotion to head Star Fleet academy.
tng2x14 major Riker :: Riker about accepting the captain's chair
tng3x26 major Riker :: Riker
tng4x02 major Picard :: Picard about Atlantis Project
columbo1971e1x02 minor After some faux consideration, Columbo declined a lucrative offer to join a high-profile detective agency, citing something to the effect that he wished to follow through on the Lenore Kennicut murder investigation.
movie: Double Indemnity (1944) minor Walter eventually turned down an opportunity to be an insurance investigator rather than salesman
movie: Killer of Sheep (1978) minor Stan works in a monotonous slaughterhouse, was asked to go into crime or work in a grocery store
tng1x21 minor Riker gave up own command in order to serve on the Enterprise, we heard.