I just got done talking to a friend/co-worker on AIM. We havent chatted much this summer due to our busy schedules and him being in Cali and me, in NY. It made me think of how much we are all working .. and is it really worth it? Here I am working day and night on silly things like marketing documents and presentations. In the end they may affect sales, or they may not.
My entire life I have presented myself as the type of person who knew where they were going and what they wanted in and out of life. Is that just a shell? I’m probably just as confused and battered as any other twenty year old. As of right now I have this one set dream. What if it never blossoms? One company shouldn’t be the birth and death of me all rolled up into one neat little package. Yet, I don’t know how to change it. And more importantly, I don’t think I want to.
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eh, you have 2 more years to graduate! get drunk and crazy before you have to work and be responsible hehe.
Take a day for the beach, realx a bit and yeah… grad school perhaps? its always a good idea. I had one of the best questions asked of me at an interview the other day, the guy said to me “if the computer industry never existed, what would you choose to do for a living?” i said… teach. what woudl you have said?
oh yeah and huh huh she said “little package” huh huh (a beavis and butthead moment)
Its not that I need to relax or get drunk (well I do) but I see so many people at my age (or younger) so much more successful than me. That scares me. As for grad school, no. At least not yet. I want to get out into the real world after college. Maybe grad school in my late 20’s - 30’s when some company is paying for it. But not on my dime (yes, the rents will not pay for grad school).
I’ve actually had that same discussion with friends. My respoonse was always art. I’ve always been fascinating with painting, drawing, creating things. Somehow I know I would have ended up in the same industry even if computers dont exist. I love laying things out, whether it be the way a newsletter should be on a computer or on paper. I think I would have ventured into some form of print media, layout design, etc… Funny, eh?
paint a picture of me, i dont know about the whole posing nude part, but just paint a really hot picture of me that i can put up on my wall and impress the ladies with… mmmm ladies
lol … I wasn’t really into the whole painting people deal. I enjoyed painting flowers and other more subtle objects. As for painting I don’t remember the last time I did that. Somehow Photoshop does it all
I’ve certainly felt the same thing many times. Do I want to sit in front of a screen 8 hours a day, go home, sit some more, sleep, and start it all over again the next day for 40 years? I think not. I see people doing that in my office, and it’s kinda scary/sad.
The good thing is that we have another 60+ years more in our lives, so we can certainly make mistakes, start over and change our minds. Don’t think that you are going to do exactly what you see yourself doing for the rest of your life. It probably won’t work out that way.
Ps- Thanks for adding my to your friends list. We should go rollerblading sometime!
Amen! Someone who finally understands the dilemmia of deciding to major in a tech field and then realize that we very well may be subject to an office job to the rest of our lives!
I’m fine with that though. As long as I get to work in a dynamic environment wiith a group of people that enjoy what we are doing (or at least most of them) I shall be fine.
What scares me more is that I am so fixated on working for one company my entire life. Its like those stupid childhood dreams that you can’t let go of until you achieve it. And if I don’t achieve this dream I know I’ll feel like a failure in some sense. I guess we’ll see how the next two years play out.
You know, I’m working the “office job” right now and thank God I know it’s not necessarily permanent. Also, right now I’m posting to you from the UK
Things are good here and since I spent a whole weekend swing dancing and staying up late, my sleep schedule seems to have adjusted without any real effort. By the way, a “dynamic environment” can be created wherever you go, and I suspect you’ll be sure to make one.
So, any fun stuff happening at Apple lately?
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