Doughnut crusher of the day

[Dylan]

[gla22]

I'm graduated and after 5 months of job searching I have finally received my first offer. It pays less than I expected, the description is less related to my career goals than I would have wanted but it is enough to live on in the Bay Area and save some every month. Graduating with a good GPA and degree in economics from one of the top public universities, having completed 2 solid paid internships, and then working at a 3rd after graduating only to not be extended an offer after 5 months and then being unemployed for another 5 months was devastating for my ego. I had done everything right but for what.

I can't complain when so many of my peers are getting screwed if they didn't major in engineering or comp-sci. One of my friends got a 4.0 from UCLA in Philosophy. Yeah its in Philosophy but he got a 4.0 and its from UCLA, and he is stuck tutoring for $20 an hour part time. Those grades should single to employers that he is smart enough and hardworking enough to be worth training. But then again why waste time and money training employees when you can get them to pay for additional training themselves? I have realized to advance my career I have to take more classes which I am doing through Berkeley's extension program but I am having to pay for them myself.

I am just thankful my parents covered the cost of tuition because I wasn't eligible for any aid and working part time only covered about half of my living expenses. I am one of the lucky ones with a job and no debt but I know if I want to even come close to reaching the level of success of my parents it is a longer, slower, more tedious and more expensive grind than what they had to do.

/RANT

[Winchester]

[Winchester]

[Saz]

[Saz]

[gla22]

[gla22]

[Saz]

[Saz]