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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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 Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:01 am |
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I am currently trying to not be a leech anymore. Graduation for me is on the 10th and I have a museum internship lined up at home until September when I'm taking the GREs, but then I'm going to Boston with um no job in sight. What shall I do? Which subject will I study in graduate school after taking my year off to do an entry-level job? What will I do with that degree?
Knowing my tendencies, I'm probably going to do the bare minimum, end up leeching off my gf a bit, and fail to do anything near my potential.
If anyone has any tips on focusing one's interests and energy to a singular area and excelling at it, let me know. |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:31 pm |
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| CubaLibre wrote: |
| dongle: It's about passion! If I didn't work in a field rife with things that piss me off I'd never do anything. |
Well, see, I have passion, but I spread it out between linux, school, archaeology, web/graphic design, games, music, etc. Jack of all trades with a tattered jacket; a mediocre renaissance man. I can't seem to be like some of my peers who, say, care about European history and that's it, that's all they do. I'm inefficient, sure, but if I focused my efficient moments in fewer areas I would be doing better than I am now... which I suppose isn't bad but my profs and bosses all seem to think I can do a lot better. Out of curiosity, in which field do you work?
HSB: yeah, I think that's it. I tend to do better with jobs since I feel like I owe my bosses something |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:49 pm |
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| Fuck the ivy league; I should have gone to SJCA. You're right: I don't want a hard filter, but I also lack a relative concentration. Sigh. Well, aside from compsci, but I majored in the Classics in an attempt to get a well-rounded education. Back to school! |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:29 pm |
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Parker, you sound almost proud of that.
I just don't understand how people can want to /not/ do things. There's a difference between "I'm going to live off my parents and play videogames" and "I'm going to live off my parents and volunteer and do art and solve intellectual problems that fascinate me".
My parents are giving me a bit of leeway after I graduate this Sunday, but that's because I am studying for tests and volunteering before moving out in September. They'd probably give me leeway anyway but I'm a classicist and I believe in the honor of independence/self-sufficiency*.
* I acknowledge that it didn't play out quite like that (lol slave society) but the sentiment is valid.
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:41 pm |
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| joe wrote: |
| i'm not going to some ass fuck ivy league prestige factory |
don't be a hater.
also, people living off of their parents while in college is pretty irrelevant to the topic since one generally goes to college for the sake of being able to support oneself. this is supposed to be about shut-ins who are making no effort to do things with their lives. |
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