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user-inactivated  ·  3289 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Last semester in college and disappointed

I spent most of the summer after I graduated smoking too much and reading comic books in my bedroom. I'd decided after doing some work for one of my professors and seeing what his days were like that working as an academic wasn't what I thought it would be and I didn't want to do it after all, and yet businesspeople disgust me so I couldn't bring myself to apply for jobs in industry. Leaving college is hard, you loose the things that have mattered to you for most of your life, and you have to work to find things worth getting out of bed for because whatever is handed to you won't be. In particular, don't expect to love your job. You'll do more interacting with management and clients than engineering, and they'll grind you down if you let them. Don't despair, but do find or make things that matter to you. Start a hobby project. Start teaching yourself something new. Get a cat. Whatever. Having to find the right whatevers is one of those challenges of being a grownup no one warns you about.