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| Lebezniatnikov |
I'm graduating from college this spring and have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be doing next year. It's about the same as the whole finding a college thing, but for whatever reason this time the anxiety is all the worse. Get a career, find an easy job, go to grad school.
Is anyone else's life on hold right now? I know there are probably others graduating from college this year, or high school. What are you doing next year? What jobs or colleges are you hoping to hear from? Share your aspirations/successes/frustrations here. |
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| Lira |
I might graduate this year and, if that happens, I'm definitely going to focus on my master's degree. Meanwhile, I'll try to get a more stable job, reason why I'm taking as many certificates as I can this year :)
Going into details would be a bit pointless, because I live in a rather different reality down here :p |
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| Arbiter |
I did essentially nothing for two years after I got my degree. Well, at least no school and no serious job. I probably acquired more "useful" knowledge in those two years than I had in all my years of schooling. I looked for a job to start a "career" on and off, but I was traveling every few weeks to keep up with friends and family scattered quite literally the world over. So it's no surprise that it never really panned out. I wasn't really serious, and it was evident to my prospective employers. I considered grad school, but it didn't take much thinking to realize that I was strongly averse to returning to the academic environment.
The details are not important, but eventually a job found me. It was an opportunity that I could not turn down in more ways than one. However, while my present job is an unbelievable success in the terms by which most people measure their careers, I find it increasingly unsatisfying. And, in many ways, I think that I find my present conditions less agreeable than those when I was living off $750 a month.
The more I think about it the more I realize that as much as my situation has changed, I haven't. I still have no interest in further education, and, after what I've been doing at work, I suspect that anything academia could offer me would be a significant step back. If anything I am less driven to pursue a career than I was before, having experienced that life, albeit to a rather extreme degree.
I don't think there's anything profound in my disenchantment with the goals that my "social conscience" tells me that I'm supposed to have. It's probably something that many people experience at one point or another. In any case, I'll probably be looking at a change of scenery soon enough. As for what direction to head off in... I don't know, maybe I'll just flip a coin. After all, life is about exploring possibilities, not finding the "right" path. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
After all, life is about exploring possibilities, not finding the "right" path. |
hear hear |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
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What did you graduate in? |
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| TranceGiant |
I just graduated form law school last month and I find myself in quite the same situation. The first days and weeks of emptyness could successfully be covered up with excessive amounts of alcohol and the the not so successful hunt for girls. Lately I've become fed up with this lifestyle, though and I set my alarm clock to 9 am just in order to not be so tired from sleeping all day and forcefully looking for something constructive to do.
I basically want to return to all the interests and talents I've totally neglected during my studies (books, politics, travelling, music). I plan on reactivating my Spanish/French and learn Russian. I actually subscribed to the Slavistics Faculty the other day. I also randomly picked up a "Greek for Beginners" book.
"Career"-wise I'm currently looking for a suitable topic for my dissertation as I'm continuing with the doctorate studies (somehow but not really comparable to phD degree, a bit more than Master). I'm thinking of writing something less "pragmatic" (not the 600. work on the new Austrian tenant law) and more philosophical. Any input about legally relevant philosophers (both political: Hobbes, Hegel, Kant and analytical: Derrida for example) is greatly welcome by the way.
I also look for some exciting internships/jobs, preferably abroad, summer schools etc. etc.
But the very fact that I'm sitting here and writing this after having browsed TA for an hour (for the first time in perhaps years) is definitely showing that I need to find myself a life again, and quick! :p |
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| CranberryJuice |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceGiant
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congrats adi
what did u major in???
and which kind of doctorate would interest you?
best of luck for next ! |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I'm graduating from college this spring and have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be doing next year. It's about the same as the whole finding a college thing, but for whatever reason this time the anxiety is all the worse. Get a career, find an easy job, go to grad school.
Is anyone else's life on hold right now? I know there are probably others graduating from college this year, or high school. What are you doing next year? What jobs or colleges are you hoping to hear from? Share your aspirations/successes/frustrations here. |
go to the career center in ur school and ask them to find you a job? |
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| TranceGiant |
| quote: | Originally posted by CranberryJuice
congrats adi
what did u major in??? |
Merci beaucoup, Marie! We don't have such a thing as major. We cover most of the legal areas, form civil to administrative and constitutional law.
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and which kind of doctorate would interest you?
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see above ;)
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best of luck for next ! |
thanks again. How's your law-student-life going? |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
I did essentially nothing for two years after I got my degree. Well, at least no school and no serious job. I probably acquired more "useful" knowledge in those two years than I had in all my years of schooling. I looked for a job to start a "career" on and off, but I was traveling every few weeks to keep up with friends and family scattered quite literally the world over. So it's no surprise that it never really panned out. I wasn't really serious, and it was evident to my prospective employers. I considered grad school, but it didn't take much thinking to realize that I was strongly averse to returning to the academic environment.
The details are not important, but eventually a job found me. It was an opportunity that I could not turn down in more ways than one. However, while my present job is an unbelievable success in the terms by which most people measure their careers, I find it increasingly unsatisfying. And, in many ways, I think that I find my present conditions less agreeable than those when I was living off $750 a month.
The more I think about it the more I realize that as much as my situation has changed, I haven't. I still have no interest in further education, and, after what I've been doing at work, I suspect that anything academia could offer me would be a significant step back. If anything I am less driven to pursue a career than I was before, having experienced that life, albeit to a rather extreme degree.
I don't think there's anything profound in my disenchantment with the goals that my "social conscience" tells me that I'm supposed to have. It's probably something that many people experience at one point or another. In any case, I'll probably be looking at a change of scenery soon enough. As for what direction to head off in... I don't know, maybe I'll just flip a coin. After all, life is about exploring possibilities, not finding the "right" path. |
so if you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
nothing? invest it in mutual stocks? 2 chicks at the same time? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
nothing?...2 chicks at the same time? |
Great movie. |
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| Inconspicuous |
I was expecting more of this
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