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Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:49 pm to We_Need_Cam
Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:49 pm to We_Need_Cam
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1. Truly unhappy in job and need to look somewhere else. Some background info on myself... I studied mechanical engineering and fricking hated every second of it. I had too much pride to change majors and appear that I "failed". My job now is not really even engineering related, but it isn't what I thought I would end up doing. I kick myself daily for not studying what interested me when I was in school.
I can relate. I went to school and didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't want to drop out, because then I would have felt like a failure. I was going to graduate at 22. I ended up majoring in something I hated, but I had a job straight out of college. I did it for several years, and went back to school for another degree. Now I'm happy at my job.
The reality is that I failed. I started over at the bottom in my late 20s. My friends at my age make money than I do because of this. I have to work my way back up the ladder again, but I'm happier this time around.
I don't regret going back to school. I was just young and naive about the real world.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 6:17 pm
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Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:58 pm to diddydirtyAubie
i can relate.
Maybe move to an exciting city in a different part of the country.
There is alot to enjoy out there.
Maybe move to an exciting city in a different part of the country.
There is alot to enjoy out there.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 6:13 pm to diddydirtyAubie
I believe a lot of people think when they go to school (especially a big college) that they will have all the answers when they leave. You wont. You never will.
Just because you went to school, got a good degree, it does not mean you will always use it. I do not know the stats but I bet over 50% of the people who get college degrees use them very little once they graduate.
I am a perfect example. I have a Electronics Engineering degree. I worked like hell getting it. I had a job lined up when I graduated. I worked there 9 years. Company closed down. I got another job in Engineering at another big company. Worked there a few years, company relocated. I said frick it.
I am no longer a Engineer.
Life is fluid. Just learn to go with things. It will change a few times before you are as old as me. I promise
You learned more in college than your degree.
Just because you went to school, got a good degree, it does not mean you will always use it. I do not know the stats but I bet over 50% of the people who get college degrees use them very little once they graduate.
I am a perfect example. I have a Electronics Engineering degree. I worked like hell getting it. I had a job lined up when I graduated. I worked there 9 years. Company closed down. I got another job in Engineering at another big company. Worked there a few years, company relocated. I said frick it.
I am no longer a Engineer.
Life is fluid. Just learn to go with things. It will change a few times before you are as old as me. I promise
You learned more in college than your degree.
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