Please take this with a grain of salt as I like the articles you write – but reread the first few sentences of your response and tell me you don’t get a “spoiled little entitled brat” overtone.
Your parents also promised you Santa was real, and the Easter bunny, and that life is fair.
It’s not. There are no trophy for 8th place(despite what society is doing now) and the strongest survive. Does it suck? Absolutely – but it’s more or less the lay of the land.
You haven’t earned anything. You wen’t to college, that isn’t paying your dues- that is making you employable.You had an internship in college, again, this just adds to the concept of making you employable.
Once you are actually employed, your internships and degrees really amount to nothing. You start at the bottom and start building your career based on accomplishments and notoriety. You achieve success based on how you solidly contribute to the company and make a measurable impact. Unfortunately, your first few jobs out of college are all about bolstering that Resume’ to the point you can be selective enough to not work for an ass-hat who micromanages.
As a side note – I shed no tears for all those kids who went out and got a degree in expressive thought or underwater basket weaving because their parents told them to “go learn what their passion is”. The industry doesn’t need more Liberal Arts majors, and with the cost of college being what it is – you have to look at it as an investment. Once you are done with school HOPEFULLY you can land a gig where you can actually start to develop a career. Those of us that chose Engineering(and even the fewer of us that enjoy it) have no problem finding high paying gigs out of school, because of the great “brain drain”. Our society needs more People in Math and Science, and less in liberal arts.
So blame your parents, but remember they were too at one point trying to break the shackles of the 60s/70s culture.
It’s called paying your dues. Being that I am only 26 and have a bit of a different life story, the bottom line is that for whatever reason all these millennials have some idea that they are going to pop out of college and be gainfully employed.
While some are lucky enough to get a job out of college, they all end up eventually hating it. Why?
Because you have to pay your dues. Makin’ copies, brewing coffee, staying late, coming in early – it’s your turn to start back at the bottom and work your way up.
ProTip: Make yourself invaluable. This doesn’t come in the form of a salary, but more in what you contribute to the company as a whole. The real trick – find something you love to do and turn it into a career. Those of us that have found the shangri la who are lucky enough to love what we do, paid well for it, and our work reflects that. But EVERYONE has to start somewhere. I put my time in, got noticed through stupid ventures like getting published because my manager made a smart ass comment to me, participated in conferences, and educated myself outside of work on how I could be better at my craft.
The beautiful part of Engineering is that if you aren’t socially retarded and can dress well – the world is your oyster.
Find your passion and make a career of it – you will never work a day in your life.
I would be cool with kids in my early 30’s. I did the career/school thing backwards. I’ve already established myself in my field, I just gotta finish school. Figure I’ll finish around 30 – get hitched and take a few years, but I think I’d need my 30’s energy to keep up with kids.
Switch to liquor, its all the sugar and yeast giving you a hangover.
I remember when I was 24, I was living the same lifestyle you mentioned.
Then I realized I had to act like a grown up – but fear not – I enjoy my late 20’s FAR more than my early 20’s. The entire scene evolves and Buckhead becomes irrelevant.
I would venture to ask, what would you say if your husband wants you to work while he stays at home?
After all – can you build a deck?
The asparations to be a stay-at-home mother infuriate men of this generation. Living in the south makes it even harder as this is more or less a cultural norm.
I want a co-pilot, not a dependant. Hopefully you will be afforded the luxury to sit at home and care for the kids one day, but are you the type of person who is fully comfortable being completely dependant on someone else?
This entire post for some reason is very reminicant of Ms. Clarkson’s “Miss Independant” song to me.
Que the new age woman, who work, provide, and are still a capable parent.
Much the same way men have had to be for generations.
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There is nothing in San Marcos outside of Tx State kids and a river.
Go get it man.
Please take this with a grain of salt as I like the articles you write – but reread the first few sentences of your response and tell me you don’t get a “spoiled little entitled brat” overtone.
Your parents also promised you Santa was real, and the Easter bunny, and that life is fair.
It’s not. There are no trophy for 8th place(despite what society is doing now) and the strongest survive. Does it suck? Absolutely – but it’s more or less the lay of the land.
You haven’t earned anything. You wen’t to college, that isn’t paying your dues- that is making you employable.You had an internship in college, again, this just adds to the concept of making you employable.
Once you are actually employed, your internships and degrees really amount to nothing. You start at the bottom and start building your career based on accomplishments and notoriety. You achieve success based on how you solidly contribute to the company and make a measurable impact. Unfortunately, your first few jobs out of college are all about bolstering that Resume’ to the point you can be selective enough to not work for an ass-hat who micromanages.
As a side note – I shed no tears for all those kids who went out and got a degree in expressive thought or underwater basket weaving because their parents told them to “go learn what their passion is”. The industry doesn’t need more Liberal Arts majors, and with the cost of college being what it is – you have to look at it as an investment. Once you are done with school HOPEFULLY you can land a gig where you can actually start to develop a career. Those of us that chose Engineering(and even the fewer of us that enjoy it) have no problem finding high paying gigs out of school, because of the great “brain drain”. Our society needs more People in Math and Science, and less in liberal arts.
So blame your parents, but remember they were too at one point trying to break the shackles of the 60s/70s culture.
It’s called paying your dues. Being that I am only 26 and have a bit of a different life story, the bottom line is that for whatever reason all these millennials have some idea that they are going to pop out of college and be gainfully employed.
While some are lucky enough to get a job out of college, they all end up eventually hating it. Why?
Because you have to pay your dues. Makin’ copies, brewing coffee, staying late, coming in early – it’s your turn to start back at the bottom and work your way up.
ProTip: Make yourself invaluable. This doesn’t come in the form of a salary, but more in what you contribute to the company as a whole. The real trick – find something you love to do and turn it into a career. Those of us that have found the shangri la who are lucky enough to love what we do, paid well for it, and our work reflects that. But EVERYONE has to start somewhere. I put my time in, got noticed through stupid ventures like getting published because my manager made a smart ass comment to me, participated in conferences, and educated myself outside of work on how I could be better at my craft.
The beautiful part of Engineering is that if you aren’t socially retarded and can dress well – the world is your oyster.
Find your passion and make a career of it – you will never work a day in your life.
Fellow Texan here.
I would be cool with kids in my early 30’s. I did the career/school thing backwards. I’ve already established myself in my field, I just gotta finish school. Figure I’ll finish around 30 – get hitched and take a few years, but I think I’d need my 30’s energy to keep up with kids.
You’re 23.
Hell no you are nowhere near ready to be a parent. You still have a career to build and life to stabilize.
Switch to liquor, its all the sugar and yeast giving you a hangover.
I remember when I was 24, I was living the same lifestyle you mentioned.
Then I realized I had to act like a grown up – but fear not – I enjoy my late 20’s FAR more than my early 20’s. The entire scene evolves and Buckhead becomes irrelevant.
#12 – yes.
Stop being anxious, kick back with a joint or glass of wine and laugh at yourself every once in a while.
Stop taking life so seriously, none of us are getting out of this alive.
I would venture to ask, what would you say if your husband wants you to work while he stays at home?
After all – can you build a deck?
The asparations to be a stay-at-home mother infuriate men of this generation. Living in the south makes it even harder as this is more or less a cultural norm.
I want a co-pilot, not a dependant. Hopefully you will be afforded the luxury to sit at home and care for the kids one day, but are you the type of person who is fully comfortable being completely dependant on someone else?
This entire post for some reason is very reminicant of Ms. Clarkson’s “Miss Independant” song to me.
Que the new age woman, who work, provide, and are still a capable parent.
Much the same way men have had to be for generations.