Sydney: Unfiltered: The “Adjustment Period” (it’s a doozy)
Meghan Flynn
· 5 months ago
After I had been a college grad for six months or so, I called my best friend to get coffee and told her quietly that I believed myself to be depressed and in need of therapy or drugs or something; here I was, finally finished with college, the world at my fingertips, and I was miserable. She grabbed my had and said Oh my god, I think I am too! Turns out, we were adjusting to working regularly and sitting at a desk all day. I agree someone should have warned us that it will take time to adjust to working full time; all their cryptic "welcome to the real world" comments were very unhelpful!
I experienced the same transition you are but at an earlier date, as I started working in web development part time during school. I couldn't agree with you more though, you'll never get the same experience from a classroom as you will getting thrown into a real business somehow.
By simply being there, you'll learn things whether you realize it or not.
Ryan Stephens
· 5 months ago
1.) I think I want to be a bartender now.
2.) This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. Not tending bar, but what we learn about in higher education institutions. Aside from my consulting courses where I did projects for big companies (i.e. Apple), I don't recall a whole helluva a lot.
Sure there are times where something comes up and I vaguely remember something from a class, but the longer I'm out of school, the more I think that colleges should be doing a better job of teaching us both HOW to think and find what we're looking for and then also uber specifics like how to fill out a W9 form.
Glad you're enjoying ChiTown. Kingston Mines, do it!
Matt Cheuvront
· 5 months ago
I'm with Ryan here - I've been done with school for over a year now and looking back, I can't remember 75% of what I learned, mostly because it was info I'll never use. I have a whole theory about how college should be MUCH more specific to what YOU want to do (not two years of Gen-ed courses) but I'll save myself from my own long-windedness.
As seems unanimous here, you learn by doing. As you transition into the corporate life, you'll learn and grow by leaps and bounds (I know because I was there only a year ago). You'll find out what you're good at, what you like (and don't like) and a year from now, who knows where you'll be!
@wbernuy
· 5 months ago
I so agree with the whole school, I have learned more in the last 2 months on my own than I have the last 2 years in school.
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I experienced the same transition you are but at an earlier date, as I started working in web development part time during school. I couldn't agree with you more though, you'll never get the same experience from a classroom as you will getting thrown into a real business somehow.
By simply being there, you'll learn things whether you realize it or not.
2.) This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. Not tending bar, but what we learn about in higher education institutions. Aside from my consulting courses where I did projects for big companies (i.e. Apple), I don't recall a whole helluva a lot.
Sure there are times where something comes up and I vaguely remember something from a class, but the longer I'm out of school, the more I think that colleges should be doing a better job of teaching us both HOW to think and find what we're looking for and then also uber specifics like how to fill out a W9 form.
Glad you're enjoying ChiTown. Kingston Mines, do it!
As seems unanimous here, you learn by doing. As you transition into the corporate life, you'll learn and grow by leaps and bounds (I know because I was there only a year ago). You'll find out what you're good at, what you like (and don't like) and a year from now, who knows where you'll be!