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It’s hard to climb a mountain without preparation, and designing a career path requires preparation too.

Begin your
career map by taking a blank piece of paper and drawing some
dots on it.

These dots will be a representation of who you are at this moment in time, so make as many dots as you can.

Write one or two words to describe one aspect of yourself next to each dot.

Awards, certifications, and courses taken at school are great places to start.

You can also think about your past and present achievements, interests, and strengths.

Parents, teachers, friends, and others you trust can also provide insight into you that you may not have noticed.

If you think it describes you, write it down as a new dot.

Hopefully doing this exercise will show you that there’s more to being you than you may have thought.

Begin your career map by taking a blank piece of paper and drawing some dots on it.

<by+-ing>는 ‘~함으로써’라는 뜻으로, taking과 drawing이 and로 연결되어 있는 병렬 구조이다.

paper는 불가산명사이므로, 단위를 나타내는 표현인 a piece of가 앞에 쓰였다.

These dots will be a representation of who you are at this moment in time, so make as many dots as you can.

who you are at this moment in time은 전치사 of의 목적어로 쓰인 wh-절이다.

as many dots as는 <as + many[much] 명사 + as> 구조의 표현이며, as many dots as you can은 as many dots as possible로 바꿔 쓸 수 있다.

Awards, certifications, and courses taken at school are great places to start.

courses를 과거분사구 taken at school이 뒤에서 수식하는 분사의 후치수식 구조이다. courses는 학교에서 ‘수강되는’ 대상이므로 수동의 의미를 갖는 과거분사 taken이 쓰였다.

Parents, teachers, friends, and others you trust can also provide insight into you that you may not have noticed.

you trust 앞에 목적격 관계대명사 that이나 which가 생략되어 있으며, you trust는 Parents, teachers, friends, and others를 수식한다.

that은 목적격 관계대명사로, insight를 선행사로 한다.

<may not have + p.p.>는 과거에 대한 추측을 나타내는 표현으로, ‘~이 아니었을지도 모른다’라는 뜻이다.