Elias looked worried, and Padma felt bad for bringing up a sensitive subject.
"Well, you have some time to figure it out," Padma said. "At least you're not low on money and scrambling to find a job."
She thought a moment. "I know I have some books on jobs and skills and finding a career - I keep those stocked for Hogwarts students trying to figure out what they want to take for their NEWT classes and for what they might want to do after school. Those might help you, if you wanted to look at them later."