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My name is Joseph. Just graduated Harvard as a History major. Hate my job. Would appreciate any advice.
Did 3 summer internships.
(1) Capitol Hill
(2) marketing for Coke
(3) a non-profit.
As a senior, I applied for 100s of jobs. 50+ companies interviewed me. Finally got an offer: Finance, $72K, good hours (8:30-6). I accepted gratefully.
Problem: Stress. Exhaustion. Depression.
The problem's not this job. It's offices in general. Being chained to a chair. Indoors. Acting fake. slowly dying in front of computer. Don't think a life of that is worth any amount of money.
So I’m asking for help.
Any jobs with the following criteria?
1. outdoors
2. moving around
3. maximizes opportunities for future
4. interacting with others
5. creative
6. safe
7. $ is obviously valued
8. in a large city
9. Music: I love music writing/producing pop music. As elusive as it is to have a career in that field, I'm determined to have a (A) a job that supports, or at least gives me the time/money to sustain the hobby as I chase the dream of full time work as an artist in the "industry."
Plan on making a list of outdoors jobs and using vacation times to shadow them. Will either find one I like or acquire a newfound humility for the office.
Thank you so much for any feedback.
Joseph
Last edited by question654; 10-25-2014 at 11:57 PM..
You probably don't have what it takes, but if you want to work real blue collar and still make money, go be a rig hand on a drill rig out in the oil field.
I'm sorry, but you graduated out of Harvard, got over fifty interviews in the course of a year, just started out at a job making $72,000 per year inside an air-conditioned office while sitting in a cushy office chair in front of a computer, protected against the elements, and you're saying you're MISERABLE????
I'm trying really, really hard to understand your situation. I really am. But a job is a job. It's not supposed to be fun and creative. You can do whatever truly interests you on the evenings and weekends while your job pays the bills and puts food on the table.
I would say you should be thankful for the very fortunate situation you're in. Tons of recent grads are struggling out there making minimum wage.
Thanks for the oil rigging suggestion. Plan on making a list of outdoors jobs and using vacation times to shadow them. Will either find one I like or acquire a newfound humility for the office.
K i'll give u the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is a serious question.
I know MC recommended looking in the O&G field but it doesn't sound like a good fit tbh.
If u want a good outdoor job, check out Outdoor Magazine's list of best places to work. You can Google it. However, pay is probably not going to be anywhere near as high as your finance gig.
Not everybody is designed to sit in front of a computer screen crunching numbers all day.
But before you quit (or IF you quit), just make sure you've got your next job lined up first. As Humz says, it's a really tough market out there for grads.
K i'll give u the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is a serious question.
If u want a good outdoor job, check out Outdoor Magazine's list of best places to work. You can Google it.
Not everybody is designed to sit in front of a computer screen crunching numbers all day.
But before you quit (or IF you quit), just make sure you've got your next job lined up first. As Humz says, it's a really tough market out there for grads.
Will do. Really appreciate the advice. This is a serious question. You said it perfectly. "Not everybody is designed to sit in front of a computer screen crunching numbers all day." Thanks.
I'm sorry, but you graduated out of Harvard, got over fifty interviews in the course of a year, just started out at a job making $72,000 per year inside an air-conditioned office while sitting in a cushy office chair in front of a computer, protected against the elements, and you're saying you're MISERABLE????
I'm trying really, really hard to understand your situation. I really am. But a job is a job. It's not supposed to be fun and creative. You can do whatever truly interests you on the evenings and weekends while your job pays the bills and puts food on the table.
I would say you should be thankful for the very fortunate situation you're in. Tons of recent grads are struggling out there making minimum wage.
Many jobs are supposed to be fun and creative. Why would someone choose to do a job they don't enjoy if they have other options? The OP should do whatever he/she wants to do. If that means finding a job that they are more interested in, that's perfectly fine.
One of my relatives got out of college and landed a " good" administrative job. He literally went to JC Penny and bought ten sets of shirts and ties. I don't think he got to wear them all before he quit. He took a job with the rail road driving trains and retired making over $90,000 per year. Don't equate blue collar with low pay. I don't know what driving a train has to do with being happy but two close friends did the same thing one is still driving trains.
Having music as hobby/part time job means you can have a job that has rotating shifts. You need time off during the day for the business part and time off in the evenings for the creative part and be with other musicians, many musicians have day jobs and you will only catch up with them at night.
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I'm not even sure if the OP is serious, as this is their very first post after just joining the forum.
Everything they say seems way too surreal to be legit...
If you're legit you know about PMIs (Presidential Management Interns). I suoervised many with the Forest Service and National Park Service.
Very smart folks...weren't worth a damn doing the blue collar "grunt work" though....they wanted back to rhe air-conditioned office after a couple if days working a large fire...sleeping in the dirt, no showers, cold food, "o'dark thirty morning briefings.
Mainly Yale graduate students.
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