Well-worn advice for a college grad.
Chris,
I’m sure that in the past few weeks since your graduating, damn near everyone you’ve talked to has tried to give you advice.
“Aim for the best opportunity, not the best salary.”
“Follow your passion.”
“Always spit on it before you try the Mario Golf sneak attack.”
Don’t listen to these assholes. I’ve got some advice for you, and it’s the only advice you’ll hear that matters.
You’ll never be smarter than you are right now. You know all those mathematical theorems, philosophical arguments and historical facts that are filling your brain right now? It’s only a matter of time until it’s all gone. I wrote 20 page papers on conflicting arguments among the founding fathers about the merits of federalism versus anti-federalism in college. Today, I had to check Wikipedia because I couldn’t remember who said “Give me liberty or give me death.” Next up, leaving for work with no pants and drooling on my keyboard once I get there.
Why do you think old people can’t figure out how to use their TV remotes or use a computer? These are the people who invented the nuclear bomb and fought off the Nazis and yet they are constantly crashing their cars through farmer’s markets. Enjoy all that knowledge now, because soon it will be gone, replaced with an comprehensive knowledge of when the “early bird specials” start at the Big Boy.
So here’s my advice. Find a job that is challenging and rewarding. It took me years to land in a place that I find satisfying. You could come home to a blow job and a home cooked meal every day and it still wouldn’t make up for having to slog through a boring, mindless job day-after-day like some ridiculous automaton in a cube whose only respite is the few minutes he can escape each afternoon to eat a sandwich and watch a funny video of a kid getting hit in the nuts by a baseball/golf club/baby’s fist/halibut on YouTube. I’ve been there, man, it’s brutal.
So Chris, good luck, we wish you all the best. We know you’ll do great in whatever you choose.
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you find Mediaspan “…a job that is challenging and rewarding. It took me years to land in a place that I find satisfying.” Wow things must have really changed in 9 months.
Corporate bullshit aside, the job itself is one that I really enjoy. I do my best to stay above the nonsense in Ann Arbor.