More Crap That I Feel Like I Have to Get Out of the Way Before My Journal Becomes Interesting Again

[mask400]

In short, this is why I'm having such a difficult time finding a job: I am the first person in my family who ever had to find one right out of college. It's the truth. Consider the lineage. My grandfather never went to college and went to war instead, coming back to become and NYC police officer and later a law book salesman. This doesn't count

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[twiggygrl]

Hey,

I know its been a few years since we talked at all, and even when we did it wasnt that often... But I guess your post is something I can relate to really well, and considering that all of my current friends are a few years older than I am, and I have spent the past few years watching them go through it... ive gotten sort of comnfortable with the immediate post college situation and how to deal with it... even though I'm still in college. I guess what I'm saying is, if you want to talk to someone about it whose in the same boat, let me know. I'm in the same boat.

-a

[charmedquark]

I've been given a very poor understanding of what a college graduate can feasibly do in his or her first year out.

Amen to that. The geology department was ever-so-helpful with that one. They essentially told me, you can go to grad school or you can go into environmental consulting. So I found a consulting job a month after I moved to NJ (man, did I take a lot of shit from parents for not having something lined up prior to moving.. sheesh.) and 6 and a half months in, I hate it. And I have no clue what else I can do with my life, especially considering I missed all the deadlines for grad schools and am now stuck working for another year.

Soooo.. I understand everything you're saying.