MustangSVT
Lifer
- Oct 7, 2000
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My ATOT writing style is more like written geek slang then my academic writings. I'll try to follow St. Martin's Handbook from now on for clarity's sake. LOL.
nah, i had profs with attendance policies as well, but i know i used to take excessive liberties in classes i didn't have attendance policies in
it's not just the flexibility... college is like a sheltered environment where you can do almost anything and write it off as a learning experience. but the flexibility and my friends are what i miss the most. do i enjoy work? definitely! do i enjoy work as much as college? too soon to tell - i've been working only two months and had to move across the country for my job (texas to delaware), so it'll take a couple of more months before i know.I do miss the college life, but you have to move on some time, and classes sucked in college anyway. Right now I'm working, and I like having money to buy what I want. My job is pretty nice too (at an insurance company) - I dont have to work nights/weekends, and there's actually more women than men in my building, so I don't get bored either.
<--- 24 year old
<--- 24 year old
meltdown75
Lifer
- Nov 17, 2004
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What I have noticed more than anything is the change in routine -- there is definitely more of a sense of the day in / day out mentality, in my experience. For example, picture life without your summer vacation. Every week is a work week, unless of course you have pre-booked vacation or a leave of absence. For a creature of habit such as myself the 'daily grind routine' can set in moreso than with other people, almost developing into a lull. It's all relative to one's situation of course, as different careers will dictate.
With a mortgage, your options for entertainment become much more limited. We rent DVDs instead of going to the movie$, order in rather than dine out, and pick our 'splurge' items more carefully. For me it might be computer hardware or my green fees, for her it will be shoes / clothes, etc. In time we will have more financial freedom to have fun and purchase the inevitable toys. I'm seeing the basement finished with a bar and a 60" plasma on the wall. Hell I can already taste the Jagr-bombs going down after 18 holes...
I partied my ASS off all through my university days and will always miss those times. So many fun houses, so many stories. I met my wife at one such party. Some of the friendships that came to fruition throughout school are still alive and stronger than ever today which is the best part, others are completely fizzled out because some people really do go their seperate ways or just live too damn far away.
I don't know... sometimes I'm painfully aware of that partying kid still alive inside of me... life after school isn't always gloom & doom. Personally I like to think of the years before people have kids (if they decide to do so of course) as some choice living time as well. There is still quite a bit of freedom apparent, but the spectre of CHILDREN hangs on the horizon - negatively stigmatized by all of the twenty-something couples around you who will fill your ears with horror stories at the loss of free will and free time.
There is something to be said of the way society and culture impose "stages" on our lives... and how sometimes we can't help but feel trapped in them. That's a negative view of course since we're all free to live any way we want.
Ah, life is good. Thanks for the opportunity to babble.
With a mortgage, your options for entertainment become much more limited. We rent DVDs instead of going to the movie$, order in rather than dine out, and pick our 'splurge' items more carefully. For me it might be computer hardware or my green fees, for her it will be shoes / clothes, etc. In time we will have more financial freedom to have fun and purchase the inevitable toys. I'm seeing the basement finished with a bar and a 60" plasma on the wall. Hell I can already taste the Jagr-bombs going down after 18 holes...
I partied my ASS off all through my university days and will always miss those times. So many fun houses, so many stories. I met my wife at one such party. Some of the friendships that came to fruition throughout school are still alive and stronger than ever today which is the best part, others are completely fizzled out because some people really do go their seperate ways or just live too damn far away.
I don't know... sometimes I'm painfully aware of that partying kid still alive inside of me... life after school isn't always gloom & doom. Personally I like to think of the years before people have kids (if they decide to do so of course) as some choice living time as well. There is still quite a bit of freedom apparent, but the spectre of CHILDREN hangs on the horizon - negatively stigmatized by all of the twenty-something couples around you who will fill your ears with horror stories at the loss of free will and free time.
There is something to be said of the way society and culture impose "stages" on our lives... and how sometimes we can't help but feel trapped in them. That's a negative view of course since we're all free to live any way we want.
Ah, life is good. Thanks for the opportunity to babble.
If you only have to work 40-50 hours a week, then it's a breeze compared to a rigorous university program in the sciences or engineering. On the other hand, if you were a liberal arts or business major, you might find yourself working more.
Thanks for the replies guys.. for those of you that are NOT enjoying it, are you working in the same field as your major in college?
I'm on leave of absence right... working at an ISP fulltime until I can afford to go back. College was fun, but working is better.
BurnItDwn
Lifer
- Oct 10, 1999
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I am MUCH happier now that I'm out of college then when I was ever in school.
I dropped out of college after two years in 2000, and now I have a great job (alsa pays somewhat decent money), have own my own place, have a decent car, have lots of fun toys, and can do pretty much what I want. Also, I never have to really study, and the only classes that I have to attend are ones that directly benefit my job. 3 or 4 day classes by places like http://www.tusc.com or http://www.traininghott.com usually by the time they get me in the class, I already have a little bit of background in it, so the first 3 or 4 hours is all review, however, I actually get at least some good info and direction in those classes. Also, there's no BS, they cut straight to the good stuff.
I dropped out of college after two years in 2000, and now I have a great job (alsa pays somewhat decent money), have own my own place, have a decent car, have lots of fun toys, and can do pretty much what I want. Also, I never have to really study, and the only classes that I have to attend are ones that directly benefit my job. 3 or 4 day classes by places like http://www.tusc.com or http://www.traininghott.com usually by the time they get me in the class, I already have a little bit of background in it, so the first 3 or 4 hours is all review, however, I actually get at least some good info and direction in those classes. Also, there's no BS, they cut straight to the good stuff.
college life > work
I have more material items now, but it doesn't compare to the social life you get in college. Hard to find a place where you can meet ppl from so many different ethnic backgrounds, and interests. Like what the other said, classes get in the way.
I have more material items now, but it doesn't compare to the social life you get in college. Hard to find a place where you can meet ppl from so many different ethnic backgrounds, and interests. Like what the other said, classes get in the way.
yes, but I didn't have a life in college. I worked 60hrs a week and took 18-22credit hours a quarter (yes we had the quarter system, not simester)
I enjoy life post-college, but man do I wish I could go back sometimes.
mmmm... meal-plan.... mmm... tray of poor-to-mediocre food for like $3. Yum.
mmmm... meal-plan.... mmm... tray of poor-to-mediocre food for like $3. Yum.
having money's cool, but the hardest thing about life after college (for me) is the loss of an easy way to meet cool girls. i work out of my house, so meeting people at the office is out. and going to bars gets old after a while. meeting a girl at a bar takes work, rather than just casually getting to know someone in the dorm.
I am having a great time. School was hard work and often fun but it can't compare to my life now
I went to a pretty tough school where the work week was easily over 40 hours. I'm in grad school now, which started out even worse but is better now that I'm almost done. I expect that work won't be quite as nice as now, but better than quite a bit of college and early grad school. I think it'll be nice to be done with work at 5 or whatever, rather than just continuing work at home like I did before.
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