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Throughout college, my focus was on getting a good entry level job that will serve as a stepping stone. I achieved that... but I don't want to work 80+ hour work weeks. That's pretty insane. I thought life after college would be more fun but I took the freedom and social aspect of college for granted. At the same time, if I'm not working, I'll be wasting time and not doing much anyway. So I don't want to do either.
 
Who says you have to work 80 hours a week? What kind of job are you trying to get out of school that makes you work those kind of hours?
 
80hrs a week? I never understood why people feel the need to work this much. In France people rarely work more than 35 hours a week and it works out great for them.
 
Originally posted by: fritolays
Throughout college, my focus was on getting a good entry level job that will serve as a stepping stone. I achieved that... but I don't want to work 80+ hour work weeks. That's pretty insane. I thought life after college would be more fun but I took the freedom and social aspect of college for granted. At the same time, if I'm not working, I'll be wasting time and not doing much anyway. So I don't want to do either.
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You thought wrong. Welcome to hell, enjoy your stay for the next 40+ years.
 
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Originally posted by: fritolays
Throughout college, my focus was on getting a good entry level job that will serve as a stepping stone. I achieved that... but I don't want to work 80+ hour work weeks. That's pretty insane. I thought life after college would be more fun but I took the freedom and social aspect of college for granted. At the same time, if I'm not working, I'll be wasting time and not doing much anyway. So I don't want to do either.
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You thought wrong. Welcome to hell, enjoy your stay for the next 40+ years.
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lol. that's definitely the worst part.

i wake up and it's like "fuck, how many more years of my life do i have to do this?"


hopefully things will get better at my next job. hopefully.
 
I had a 70+ hour last week, but that is extremely rare. Most weeks I only work 45 hours or so, and this is because I get paid OT.
 
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dude

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that is what life is about, cube life working for the man
get used to it, you only have to do it for 40 years :laugh:
 
Yea, life after college sucks. But just remember, money doesn't buy happiness. I don't know why anyone would work 80 hours a week. Doesn't seem like a life worth living to me.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
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dude

:laugh:


that is what life is about, cube life working for the man
get used to it, you only have to do it for 40 years :laugh:
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Fact. Think of it this way, you only have to go to work about 10,000 times.

Count down from the top, 9999, 9998, every day you go to work. It will make the days fly by.
 
Take the time and find a job you really like, even if it's not in your field. Evaluate what is important to you in a job, and search for that, as opposed to just chasing dollar signs. Nobody says you have to do what your degree says, heck most people don't.
 
I've worked, and I've been at college. Based just on the hours, I prefer working. Based just on the pay - working definitely wins, because it's actually profitable.

No, I don't want any 80 hour weeks. I'm not looking to define my life based on my job. A job is what helps enable you to enjoy what you really want in life - unless you're one of the 0.0...1% of people who genuinely enjoy their jobs.

College for me is extended job training. Expensive job training. If I was to go to college for what I liked, well, I wouldn't be in college, because I wouldn't have a clue what to go for. Maybe a little bit of each: electronics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, theoretical physics, philosophy, quantum physics, computer engineering, mechanical engineering...but just enough to get an overview, to see if it's something that would be challenging and interesting, and then move on. I'd wind up with 2-4 semesters of each, with no degree in anything. They have a kind of job for people like that, and it tends to involve an overused inquiry concerning potato slices which have been immersed in hot vegetable oil.
 
Originally posted by: villageidiot111
80hrs a week? I never understood why people feel the need to work this much. In France people rarely work more than 35 hours a week and it works out great for them.
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If by great you mean double digit unemployment rates, then yeah. That works out real well for them.
 
I graduated last March and I have to say I'm enjoying post-college quite a bit. Sure I've lost some of the social aspects but I enjoy my job and now I actually have money to go out and do stuff when I want to. I was horrily poor all through college. I don't work near 80 hours a week. I think the most I've done is 48ish. Eventually I might have to do 80 but even that will only last for about a week.

I'm sure the whole thing will get boring eventually but right now I'm enjoying it. Of course it helps that my job also moved me from the cold snowy northeast to the warm sunny cali (except for the last few days that is.)
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: villageidiot111
80hrs a week? I never understood why people feel the need to work this much. In France people rarely work more than 35 hours a week and it works out great for them.
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If by great you mean double digit unemployment rates, then yeah. That works out real well for them.
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Since when does the number eight have two digits? Also, I believe the EU calculates employment rates in a slightly different manner than the U.S.

"For the fourth quarter of 2004, according to OECD, (source Employment Outlook 2005 ISBN 92-64-01045-9), normalized unemployment for men aged 25 to 54 was 4.6% in the USA and 7.4% in France. At the same time and for the same population the employment rate (number of workers divided by population) was 86.3% in the U.S. and 86.7% in France.

This example shows that the unemployment rate is 60% higher in France than in the USA, yet more people in this demographic are working in France than in the USA, which is counterintuitive if it is expected that the unemployment rate reflects the health of the labor market."
 
I have worked a few 80 hour weeks in my time, but not many.

Yeah working sucks but you gotta eat, right? And that new plasma TV isn't going to pay for itself...
 
I think everybody feels that way after college, it's fear of the unkown. College is great but it can't last forever.
 
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