Going to college was the WORST decision of my life.

[Brohab]

U dun goofed - it's really difficult to get ahead working a "Job" anyway. Be a businessman.

[ToteMeister]

No offense, and by no offense...

You can't be serious? Life is hard bc it all comes down to the choices you make.

Choose to party and get ejected from ucla

Choose to work a dead end job at Starbucks

You want an internship? Knock on 100 doors and tell them you will work for water.

No offense taken. My life is a result of my actions. Hopefully the actions I make from today forward result in progress not stagnation.

[whitecollarcrim]

Online applications are not real applications.


Are you calling to check up on this stuff? Are you personally going to compan to drop off your cover letter an resume?
Do you even have a cover letter?

The biggest mistake y'all made was looking for a job when you graduated or probably a month till. By then most of the good jobs are taken. And once you're out of school for 6 months with no real job you're fuked and will need grad school.

You should be interviewing for jobs the Fall of senior year through OCR. Or you should be asking for a full time offer from your internship.

[vodka69]

not going to college was the best decision of my life

[reverse79]

No offense, and by no offense...

You can't be serious? Life is hard bc it all comes down to the choices you make.

Choose to party and get ejected from ucla

Choose to work a dead end job at Starbucks

You want an internship? Knock on 100 doors and tell them you will work for water.

starbucks employs over 150k people

its not as "dead end" as it seems...you can move up like any other company

[whitecollarcrim]

starbucks employs over 150k people

its not as "dead end" as it seems...you can move up like any other company

This is so true that people don't realize.

Baristas become Assistant Managers
Assistant Managers become General Managers
General Managers become Regional Supervisors

Etc etc.

Example is a family member of mine started as a waiter at IHOP, then an Assistant Manager then a GM then a regional supervisor.

35 years old and makes 92k a year as an IHOP Regional Supervisor.

Has a college degree and waited tables for extra cash and then graduated and accepted manager job for 37k a year. Then worked his way up.

[kraxxis]

I have a degree from a decent "public ivy" school, University of Washington, Seattle. My degree is in Finance/Accounting with blah blah minors in math/stats. I have experience as a tradesmen, since I started working straight out of h.s. and several unpaid/paid internships in both corporate office settings as well as government.


GPA is 3.56 from UW Seattle.

Where the fuk do you live???

Only bullchit I've been getting calls for is retail at a local Ross. Have an interview tomorrow for sales associate (so does that count as sales experience???)

FML, ah, well, at least a job is a job...$9 something an hour.

Hope I get it!

UWashington is a solid school, comparable to my school. I don't understand how you can't get an internship. There should be Big 4 firms hosting events every week for networking purposes. A 3.56 GPA in a double major and some decent EC's should easily land you an auditing gig at a Big 4 which will pay at least 50k. Your resume must be extremely poorly written. Go to a career counselor and ask for help.

There are three ways to get an internship from college
1) OCS, your office of career services is probably the easiest way, I have a 80%+ interview rate from OCS. They are specifically going to your school to target students like you. Attend networking events and get to know the recruiter.
2) Applying online, this is generally a very low hit rate. That said, some companies only accept apps online and not from OCS's website. Apart from Investment banking, general corporate finance/business analyst positions are less competitive, that said, it is still a numbers game. I applied to probably 30+ online places and got maybe 6-8 interviews from there
3) Connections, hit up your LinkedIn alumni network or your family and see where that leads you to. If you get hooked up well, you can easily get an interview even without formally applying.

As for the above, you don't go to college to get a job that you can easily get without a college degree. A lot of junior management positions can be had with a college degree. For example, you wouldn't want to work at Macy's as a sale associate for a long time before you hit a junior management position. Going to college gives you prestige and credibility and allows you to skip a few steps.

[microsuede]

This is so true that people don't realize.

Baristas become Assistant Managers
Assistant Managers become General Managers
General Managers become Regional Supervisors

Etc etc.

Example is a family member of mine started as a waiter at IHOP, then an Assistant Manager then a GM then a regional supervisor.

35 years old and makes 92k a year as an IHOP Regional Supervisor.

Has a college degree and waited tables for extra cash and then graduated and accepted manager job for 37k a year. Then worked his way up.

oh yipee! sign me up!

[joonbee128]

Glad I decided to take a break from school, might drop out later now that I think about it.

[RougeProdigy]

I can't even get an internship in engineering. Applied to many.

I probably won't an engineering job for 10 years once I leave college, if I get one at all (3.97 gpa, good school).

[tylertheliger]

Went back to college to finish CS degree. 60k one year later. Ya goofed brah.

[SaliorUSN]

become a military officer in a field that will benefit you /transfer in the civilian world.

[lunchbox12]

wasted 5 years of my life at college. I hate school but only went because i thought it was the next step in my life.

tfw your younger brother with a GED knows more about the family business than you.

[j.w.13]

No, not applying yourself and likely getting chitty grades as well as not applying for internships and busting your ass to build a resume and connections was likely your biggest mistake.

Hell, with the right internships, a high enough GPA, and the right campus involvement any major is workable. Had a buddy originally studying to be a phucking meteorologist that makes six figures as a broker now.

Also no one stopped you from getting a 4.0, acing the LSAT and getting into a top tier law school.

Just like anything in life, you get out what you put in. Many things are a set function but it's the inputs that determine the end result.



Meh, my buddy has a philosophy undergrad major, is 25 with 260k in debt but will make between 120-140k this year and will be pulling close to 300k within a few years. When he's 35 that debt will be no big thing.

Once again, you get out what you put in.

agree with this 100%. see if you can get a job whining, op. i will gladly be a reference and attest to your skills.

[bbsitum]

Might just re-apply to the union. But it's hard as fukk to get into since every leech whose benefits are running out is trying to apply !!!

Literally thousands of applicants per spot open

One of my homeboys lost an eyeball once too, so the danger factor is kinda off-putting...

You can not be steel worker entire life. Can finish dead or disabled.

[AyoTech]

agree with this 100%. see if you can get a job whining, op. i will gladly be a reference and attest to your skills.

Never said I deserved a job, jack ass.

Just saying how hard it is to get a job these days if you're not connected or if nobody gives you a string.

Dat dere nepotism.

[AyoTech]

Glad I decided to take a break from school, might drop out later now that I think about it.

I would have honestly dropped out my senior year if I knew I wasn't gonna make it.

100% DEAD SERIOUS.

[malakaneekeeniz]

Should have majored engineering, they earn 800k on average first year on the job.

lol not sure where you're from - around here engineering majors are making at least 800k/MONTH first year of school. most get pulled straight from kindergarten, some even before they can speak

[phillyfreak7]

no boss
no hours
no degree required
no training needed
no experience needed
no money when you fail
no friends left after you've bugged the **** out of them to help you sling an overpriced ****ty product

sounds like the dream brah

Sounds like you failed lol

[AyoTech]

How do you "self-employed" brahs get benefits???

[AyoTech]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1213025071

Update

[bbsitum]

How do you "self-employed" brahs get benefits???

Most of us contact God to give us moral benefits. Nothing in material world of such kind.

[AyoTech]

Have an interview next week to work as a lube tech

anyone know this chit???

[bigger_then_you]

Misc should I become a CGA, CPA or CA, in Ontario.

lol not sure where you're from - around here engineering majors are making at least 800k/MONTH first year of school. most get pulled straight from kindergarten, some even before they can speak

Most Accountants I know make about 350k/week once they get their designation, CPAs in Ontario are the highest paid Accountants in North America.

[AyoTech]

So how much do lube techs make on average???

[BrosPeace]

Wow where'd you find that statistic from? Maybe average if you went to Harvard and had parents in a prospering company.

Heres something I quickly googled, nothing near your average bro.
http://naceweb.org/s09042013/salary-...lass-2013.aspx

strong bro

going to harvard isn't going to 20x your salary with same marks/degree...

[Jelet]

lold. op the point of college isnt to get a job. its to slay as much pu$$y as possible. its like a 4 year vacation. of course its going to cost money but thats life son.


the only time college is for a job is if you are very smart and become a doctor or some chit.

[AyoTech]

I start work at Jiffy Lube next week (100% DEAD SRS).

Did I dun goof?

Chit pays minimum too.

[headturner1]

Uh,

believe it not, you can get a B.A. in Math, Stats, Econ, etc. The main difference between a B.A. and B.S. these days is flexibility. Kinda hard to do when you're employed full-time like me.

So a B.A. was the best option for night classes and whatnot.

I believe that you can get a ba in any if the above, but I also know that a BA is way easier to obtain than the BS.

Saw you went to uw-Seattle and got a BA, ask me how I know that you dun goof'd.

[Tzaddiq]

Most likely said, but no, it's BAs that are useless for employment. For world understanding and all that crap, it's the bees knees.

But how can you expect to do anything productive in the real world with your intimate knowledge of Greek architecture, child psychology, and women's studies?