Imaginations of the job life

Are you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 9.8%

  • No

    Votes: 4 9.8%

  • Rather amibgious

    Votes: 10 24.4%

  • I already got a job

    Votes: 19 46.3%

  • I am just unemployed (and very sad)

    Votes: 4 9.8%
  • Total voters
    41
Financial independence sounds nice, so yes.
 
I like money. I don't like work. You decide.
 
With disappointments with getting rejection letters and no responses from the applications I send. I'm very pessimistic about it.
 
I'm looking forward to starting my professional career once I am out of school.

I'm actually doing more work, a lot more work, being in school than I was when I was working. I don't expect the level of work to drop off once I reenter the workforce with a professional degree, but at least I'll be handsomely compensated for it.
 
Technically I already got a job and a side job, but I won't count them since they don't take up a large chunk of my life and, for argument's sake, aren't that demanding.


I'm not sure whether to look forward to getting a job, regardless of whether I decide to pursue one after my undergrad or after my grad. There's too many people saying working sucks, but there's also enough people who are just "bleh" with it, so I just don't know. I just don't. I'll have to find out myself.
 
cybrxkhan said:
I'm not sure whether to look forward to getting a job, regardless of whether I decide to pursue one after my undergrad or after my grad. There's too many people saying working sucks, but there's also enough people who are just "bleh" with it, so I just don't know. I just don't. I'll have to find out myself.
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A lot of people just go where the money is instead of focusing on a job that they will actually enjoy doing.

You will be doing this thing 7-10 hours a day. You'll want it to be something that you enjoy.
 
Yeah, working in a lab was pretty good compared to studying for tests.
 
I think I worked harder when I was in school, but also had more fun because I was so rarely bored. University (and HS really) spoon feeds you social activities and organizations in a way that the working world doesn't do as often. Now that I work 50 hours a week, its so much easier to just sort of get into a grind...

I like my day job fine, and my second job is very intellectually stimulating....but I'm bored so much more than I was when I was 21.
 
I'm stuck out of education. I can't think of anything worse.
 
I screwed up my resources on a previous attempt. I haven't since been able to get my stuff in order. Yet. :/
 
downtown said:
University (and HS really) spoon feeds you social activities and organizations in a way that the working world doesn't do as often. Now that I work 50 hours a week, its so much easier to just sort of get into a grind...
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QFT. That's the great thing about high school and university. Well, aside from learning stuff, I suppose.

Back when I was still a student (:old:), at least towards the end of university, I was really looking forward to the "job life". In part because I was really tired of all the classes, homework, etc. Also because it'd be nice to have money.

(Although I should add that high school, I was perfectly happy remaining in education, and more or less for the first two years of university)

Now that I actually have a job, it's kind of nice. I have a vehicle, so transportation is easier, which is nice. I have money, so I can afford more things than I could in college, although I haven't bought much more than I did then other than a small amount of furniture, and paying for my own airline tickets/insurance/etc. I put most of my money towards paying off loans. Not having homework to deal with is nice, and my life is less stressful.

But it is kind of boring in comparison. There aren't as many social opportunities, and there's not as much time off as in university. So, it's not clear-cut better. But, I can't see myself having continued university. I think I definitely made the right choice by entering the workforce instead of pursuing grad school in who-knows-what. I couldn't have done another few years without a break.

I think it also depends on the job you have. My current one is in a good industry, pays well, and has excellent benefits, but it isn't the most exciting work in the world, and I don't think the internal culture is near the top for the employees. I'd probably be happier with a lower salary and a great culture - but it's easier to take the time to evaluate that now that I have an income than when I didn't have a job or know when I would. I can spend time where I am fairly comfortably, save money/pay off loans, and make a move when and if I want. And stability is kind of nice after the large amount of moves during college.
 
CivGeneral said:
With disappointments with getting rejection letters and no responses from the applications I send. I'm very pessimistic about it.
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Get a part-time job until you can find the job of your dreams. Also, stay involved in your chosen career path even it means taking an internship or volunteering.
 
After I finished university I couldn't find a job at all and had to go on welfare for a while... Looking back I realize now that the way I presented myself in terms of my resume wasn't ideal - and I relied too heavily on online job banks where you'd email in your resume.

You can't do that.. You have to be proactive...

Anyway, the whole experience of not finding a job for over a year really got me down and depressed, but.. in the end I found a job because of.. connections.. sort of.. my roommate got a job offer and couldn't take it and he passed it on to me. I talked to the owner of a company on the phone after my roommate gave me his number and I ended up getting the job right away. I think he basically didn't want to spend any more time looking and I sounded "good enough"

So I got lucky.. It gave me valuable experience running a web server and building an online credit card processing system, which I think helped me get the job I have now - they just happened to be working on an online transcript processing system at the time.. and it involved cc transactions.. So I think what happened was my resume jumped out from the stack they got and that's why I got an interview. (They asked me a lot of questions about the cc stuff I did @ the interview, which is why I think that theory makes sense) I never even ended up working on it - as soon as my new employer figured out my strengths he put me in charge of financial web applications instead.. and other stuff

So yeah, it's not easy, but connections, luck, and self-presentation seem to be key

I realize that this is not what this thread is supposed to be about, but the transition period between school and work was very bumpy..
 
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