Thank you. Yeah, it can be a good idea to have a short term job for more experience, esp if it's in a career path you want to take.

EEEEE. At the moment it is mostly me raging at sentient vegetables, and running away from elementals. But that's typical of my experience with XII, tbh.

That's good that the test for the patterns are going well. I think you should go with what you feel is right/what makes you happier, rather than what your family think you should do.