Absolutely, I wish people had told me that when I was younger, I was never taught properly at school about any of this or much of anything for that matter, which is why I seethe so hard about education generally unprompted.
People aren't taught how to utilize college properly. It's always 'Get degree, magic happens'. Which might have worked at one point, but the environment has changed, drastically, and people need to recognize this.
If there's one thing I could hammer into people nowadays that I had to learn the hard way - never, ever graduate college without having a job lined up and locked down. You should be using your last year taking 'easy' classes and wringing every last drop of advantage over the social network you've built up amongst all your college professors to get yourself a nice lock-in. This is critical. I'd go so far as to put off graduating if need be. It's that important.
It was never school for me, ever. They'd go on about follow your passion and such. It was actually grandfathers the most if I think about it, and it wasn't from being rich as they weren't. They were both involved in the small towns where they lived, so whenever I'd visit I'd inevitably end up at lunch at the cafe where they always went sitting around with a bunch of independent men with small businesses. There's a ton of osmosis for a kid in that environment, outside of the "ol yeah you should get your grandad to bring you by and I'll show you my <whatever it is they did for a living>."
Absolutely, I wish people had told me that when I was younger, I was never taught properly at school about any of this or much of anything for that matter, which is why I seethe so hard about education generally unprompted.
People aren't taught how to utilize college properly. It's always 'Get degree, magic happens'. Which might have worked at one point, but the environment has changed, drastically, and people need to recognize this.
If there's one thing I could hammer into people nowadays that I had to learn the hard way - never, ever graduate college without having a job lined up and locked down. You should be using your last year taking 'easy' classes and wringing every last drop of advantage over the social network you've built up amongst all your college professors to get yourself a nice lock-in. This is critical. I'd go so far as to put off graduating if need be. It's that important.
It was never school for me, ever. They'd go on about follow your passion and such. It was actually grandfathers the most if I think about it, and it wasn't from being rich as they weren't. They were both involved in the small towns where they lived, so whenever I'd visit I'd inevitably end up at lunch at the cafe where they always went sitting around with a bunch of independent men with small businesses. There's a ton of osmosis for a kid in that environment, outside of the "ol yeah you should get your grandad to bring you by and I'll show you my <whatever it is they did for a living>."