When I was in college, I changed my major 5 times. Now stay with me. I went from Psychology to Informatics to Criminal Justice to International Affairs and finally to a dual degree in Economics and Communications.

To clarify — it’s not that I 100% loved all of those topics. In fact, it was the complete opposite. There were only bits and pieces of each degree that I liked.

I chose Psychology because I wanted a job that involved helping people. I switched to Computer Science because I wanted a career that let me dabble in tech.

But at the end of the day — despite those small interests— I had no desire to be a full-blown Psychiatrist or Software Engineer.

It wasn’t until I graduated and started my first job to realize I could genuinely have my cake and eat it too. I got a research job in DC studying how governments around the world could better spend public money. And then I got to advise those governments on how to do so.

For a 21-year-old recent college grad from Indiana, it was dreamy work. And eventually, I realized why I loved it so much — it brought together nearly all my passions.

It was an internationally-focused job that let me help people using economics, communications, and technology (by way of data science).

So I started making note of those things — the parts of the job that I loved. And then I started thinking beyond. How it would be great if my long-term career could still involve international affairs and tech, but also bring in some of my other big interests — like urban planning and renewable energy.

It didn’t take long for my dreams to hit a road block though. I knew a career involving all these interests existed (just like my research job in DC) but I realized I had no clue how to find it.

I remember spending countless weeknights Googling phrases like “careers that combine international affairs and energy” or “careers that combine urban planning and tech”, but with no luck. All that came up were articles on the Top 10 Jobs for Millennials or The Highest Paying Liberal Arts Degrees.

While these were fascinating to read and great for procrastinating, what I really wanted was some sort of tool that could show me how my different interests combined into one real career.

And I wasn’t alone. I talked to friends, roommates, acquaintances, and insightful strangers on internet forums who all echoed the same struggle. They had a lot of interests they could see themselves pursuing, but didn’t know how to pick just one. And they didn’t really want to.

Now if you’re reading this and thinking, “You silly Millennials. Nobody owes you your perfect job. Sometimes you just have to put your passions aside and do what pays the bills.” I hear you.

But here’s the thing— we’re not asking anyone to create new fairytale careers for us. We know we probably can’t get paid to surf Instagram while watching Game of Thrones while simultaneously taste-testing different forms of avocado toast.

We are rational creatures. We want to pay the bills. But we want to do so with money from jobs that fit our skills and interests and make us feel somewhat excited to wake up every morning. Practical jobs that could even combine Physics and Fundraising— if that’s what we love.

The beautiful thing is that those multidisciplinary jobs exist. It just needs to be easier to find them.

And somewhere along the line, I decided to make that my mission.

Over the course of a year and with the help of some incredible teammates, I worked to create CareerCombo. A search engine to help people discover real careers that merge their different passions.

Our goal is simple. To fill a gap in the career guidance process. A lot of people know generally what they’re passionate about, but not the names of the jobs that fit those passions. That’s what we deliver.

Users can select their many interests from our dropdown menu, hit search, and get a list of real careers (crowdsourced from real professionals) that combine those different interests.

We see ourselves as a starting point. We’ve found job networking sites, application sites, and salary review sites to be helpful next resources once you know the name of a job you like and you’re ready to take action. Our goal is to help people who aren’t yet at that step.

In many ways that’s still me. As CareerCombo grows and more people share their career info, I’m always searching to see which of the latest professions match my own interests.

In the meantime though, I’m grateful for my experience switching college majors so many times. And I’m grateful my first job let me work with my different passions.

There are so many other jobs like that, and my hope is — if you’re like me and in need of a little direction — you check out CareerCombo to help you find them.