Is it normal to be 19 and not have a career yet or one in mind to pursue ?

The world is filled with guys who were in too much of hurry to "get a real job", get married, settle down and then they can't figure out why they feel trapped and depressed. It's better to take your time to figure things out early on.

Your dad is just being an idiot and worrying over nothing. You are only 19. You have a job. A lot of people your age do not even work. You should be proud of yourself. Do not worry about your dads bitching...he just wants the best for you and it seems like he is just trying to motivate you the only way he knows how. Most people do not get into a solid "career" until their late 20s or even later. Its definitely not too late. I am 26 and finally finding my place working a job while also trying to build a business at the same time. People will always bitch at you and there will always be people who tell you you will never amount to anything. Just do what you want. Fuck your dad in his tight asshole.

What the hell is the hurry? If you have no idea yet what you'd like to do with your life, I'm guessing you haven't found it because you don't know it exists.
That's why some people go traveling after high school. Others take a multitude of jobs, to 'try them out'. There are just so many ways one can make a good living without necessarily joining the 'Rat Race' and being one of the crowd.
For instance, did you know that cruise ships actually pay someone to take pictures onboard? Yep, traveling on a ship to far away places and all you've got to do is take pictures of the passengers.
I could give you a couple of dozen ideas, but they would all be water related cause that's my thing, not necessarily yours.
So tell the old man basta (Italian, not Spanish) of the pushing and do it your way. You sound smart enough to understand that if you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life!

Wow, he's an ass. I was 19 and had no idea what I wanted to do for a career - 45 now and I have a great career. It dawned on me when I was 23 exactly what I wanted to do and I did it. My parents had been pushing me hard into a specific career and if I'd done that I'd have gone crazy because I hated it.

My daughter is 20 and she figured out when she wanted to do when she was 17 and did it. Full ride to college and a job working in the research lab. Not everyone is lucky enough to know what they want to do at a young age.

My advice is to focus on what problems you want to solve in the world and try to get some experience doing something more interesting than working in a restaurant. Try to work in technical sales or manufacturing or product design even as an intern on summer job just to get an idea as to what it is like. Also, watch a bunch of TED talks to get inspiration.

A host at a restaurant and no career in mind? If I was your dad I'd go crazy too.

A restaurant isn't a starter job it is a dead end job. A starter job pays low just like a dead end job but it allows you to move on to a slightly better job and so on. Nobody is going to care if you worked at a restaurant, that won't help with any job besides other restaurant jobs.

I suppose you could study for certification in Hotel & Restaurant Management. Then move up to a 5 star operation.