04-25-2011, 06:34 AM
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MVP
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Re: Your job?
to the OP:
don't sweat it too much. I understand your concern and I was once there but probably in an even harder spot.
I graduated with my Industrial Engineering degree....sounds good right? Well I hated the material, I slacked off, I learned very little. Had no Idea what I was going to do. Worked in shipping company for a year and it paid mehh and I hated the job. I had no idea what I wanted to do even having a degree considered sellable. To be honest, I applied maybe 3-5 percent of the little knowledge I gained from my engineering studies. The rest I used training on the job and common sense. But that wsan't enough. I felt like I was just doing a job and not fulfilling a career. I just knew I will never apply the core things that I tried to study in university. It was pretty scary, because technical knowledgewise, I was basically a highschool student with 3 months internship. NO JOKE...The degree got me interviews basically. I was pretty lost and I said screw this, I hated school, but let's try to fight it. I scored well in my GREs, and went back to school, a place that I LOATHE.
So I went back to school got my masters petroleum engineering degree.....much more interesting subject for me personally and I kind of applied myself. But even after landing a job in the energy field that I liked....my career took another sidetrack to becoming an energy broker. VERY VERY exciting and adrenaline inducing, and one nice signed deal can mean one year's salary. I still work and enjoy being a petroleum engineer, but I enjoy the business side of it quite a bit more. You get to talk to some important top dogs and politicians sometimes. NEVER thought I'd be doing this kind of work......
Don't sweat it man....you are still young and you are confused because you don't really know what is out there and what kind of things you are capable of doing. I'm pretty good as an engineer, but my true skill is straight up talking to people and persuasion.I never learned that in college textbooks, but relationships in college did teach me how to convey my ideas/concepts/visions to reach a target.
Just work hard, don't despair and open all kinds of doors. you WILL find your calling because I believe each person has at least that one true skill that can carry them. It's just up to each one to discover that.
Last edited by phillyfan23; 04-25-2011 at 06:41 AM.
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