Post Grad Problems (PGP)

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Figured some of the college grads out there would enjoy this thread... here's mine for an example:

Drove home from Steamboat Sunday night to catch a flight to Washington DC Monday Afternoon. It snowed 27 inches that night, and I missed the storm of the season in a bad snow year. It was 50 degrees in DC. #PGP

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finished college in 2009 searched crazy hard for 2 year and worked 3 jobs at once to support my self , got a real job about 6 months ago. now playing catch up from 2 lost years with seeing lack of friends and fam due to working so much.
 
work Monday-Friday every week and have to wake up at 5:30.

Can't go skiing cept for the weekends, and everyday it becomes more of a reality that I am not working toward some sort of massive break like I had in school (ie: summer break). I actually looked forward to having two weeks off to have my tonsils out over Christmas just so I didn't have to work.
 
Graduating in three months. Just got a job in WIchita, Kansas. Gonna be an interesting move from NE PA to say the least. Hopefully these so called PGP don't hit me too hard.
 
I'm graduating from NEPA in 3 months as well. Have 2 job interviews lined up, one for staying in Scranton and one for moving out to Sao Paulo Brazil after a 1-year rotational program in the U.S. Really excited for both opportunities (especially the Brazil one). Interesting to see how things shape up.
 
Went to school for business, didn't like it, transferred schools to work on cars. Changed major from mechanics to Autobody.

Was able to get a job in my field 1 month out of school. Now I get to pay back 40k worth of student loans only making $11 an hour.

Now I'm debating on going back to school to finish my business degree to make more money and debt, or try and find an entry level job in a big corporation so I can try and work my way up to make more money. Money isn't everything, but there is no way I could support myself and a family while paying off school loans making $11 an hour.
 
On a cheerier note,

been graduated six years, never used my degree, my problem is deciding which ski resort to live in next year #PGP

Ok, now my problem is trying to find the hash key, wtf!? Got it...
 
I graduated in May and had a month before I started working full time. The no break part is always so depressing to me. And the fact that it'll be like this for the rest of my life. So dismal.

But I am considered one of the lucky ones. I need to be grateful for that cubicle....

I've already started searching for something else. Can't do cubes.
 
Yea I graduated in 2009, worked for a year in Seattle, came back east and worked seasonal jobs for a year. Sailing coaching during the spring, summer, and fall//Worked in a ski shop during the winter. Fun stuff but was not challenging to me at all, so it was hard to enjoy how fun it was.

I started applying for jobs again, and realized there were too many things I was looking to do. So, I decided to take all my savings and start my own business. Starting with just a website, and moving on to create guides for students/parents/businesses on figuring out how to find a job in our new economic climate, how parents should deal with them, and how businesses need to use them. We have tons of problems to solve, and we need more people stepping up to find solutions. Problems= Opportunities.

CLIFFNOTES: I STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS @ YOUTHTAKEACTION.COM
 
Graduating in three months this makes me feel so depressed now. Im just gonna do what someone a few posts above does just travel to diffrent resorts each year going australia to ski this summer :)
 
finished grad school in 08. i now have a nice house on the river and a ski boat, but I hit a submersed log and bent my prop and ripped off the rudder. now i've got to spend $2,000 fixing the boat and have to cut my snow ski vacation down from two weeks to one. PGP.
 
This thread makes me glad that I went straight to vet school-much harder of course, and way fewer midweek trips to Tahoe, but still living the college life and skiing the majority of weekends. Sadly in a couple years I'll have to join the real world but at least I'll be doing something that I love, and intend to continue skiing as much as possible
 
I too, have a cubicle. I lucked out though cause it has a window and is really big. I shouldn't complain because I'm lucky to have my job, but I wish I had the option of starting at 7 or 9, rather than 7 everyday! and I wish I had an option to take a sabbatical.
 
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Eh it's not always that people are lazy. I'm going to grad school next year, not because I'm lazy, but because in my field jobs are only available to those that have higher degrees.
 
This is what Im scared about when I graduate. Definitely dont want to jump into an intense career right away.
 
Most people have no clue how to network, and wait till they need a job to start. If you start networking your jr year, just informational interviews and what not, you can put yourself in much better position. Everyone is trying to network to get a job, instead of trying to get a life. Through networking you learn more about what careers are actually like, the current state of the industry, and it's future.

For anyone saying you need a grad degree or multiple years of experience for positions are wrong. If you have the skills, drive, and self-knowledge to do a job, you can get it. There is soooo much bad information out there.
 
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