Jmunk

I'll be graduating this May with a bachelors degree and kinda wondering and worrying what the heck i'm going to do. I've put out a lot of resume's but face it no one wants to hire someone with little to no job experience and pay them a decent salary. I just got back from spring break and while i was on the beach drinking and doing nothing i began to think of what the hell everyone else has done since they graduated. Did you live at home with your parents for a bit, did you get a good job off the bat, did you get your own apartment ? I'm getting scared to graduate but happy at the same time so that i can make some money. I guess that i'm just looking to see what other people did after they graduated.

ochizon

nope, you are right there. My advice is find a job you like that doesnt pay, rather than a job you hate that doesnt pay. Becuase unless you studied engineering and rocked it hard, you aint gonna get paid ----. You will start making more money pretty quick, though, so dont sweat it if you arent making much to start.

1SloSC2

well my one buddy that got a bachelors degree and was supposed to start out making good money is making 8$ an hour in the field he went to school for. My other buddy with a a degree in something was flipping burgers at mc donalds for about 2 years after he got out of college. Now he is working at wal mart as a tech for like $10.30 an hour
I sit back and laugh because while they were in school, I worked my *** of and now make 21$ an hour doing what I love....Car audio/video/security/advanced installation. Im a firm believer in that experience is better than book education.

myshtern

There are certain things that you cant learn without a real education. For example: after 20 years of experience with what you do, you still wouldnt know the basics behind how the TVs you install in head rests work. You make $21 an hour and thats probably close to the ceiling for what you do. Whereas when you have an education, your cieling is typically much higher.

Also, there is a high possibility that your buddies were dousche bags in college and really didnt learn anything. A lot of people work summer jobs and intern while they are in college so they gain experience while they go to college.

Loserkidwac

Yea most people want to hire experiemced workers so it sucks finding a job, did you do an internship or anything like that? I did and I got hire by them and well I'm not making goreat money but its what I want to do and there is more pay with more experience...I'm living at home saving to buy a house and ---- rather than waste money renting an appt...It is scary I was worried I wasn't going to finda job but if you get hire getting paid nothing you are gaining experience so in like a year or 2 you can apply for a job that pays better, yea you can make better money working at Mcd's but do you want to flip burgers forever or possible make trip figs? You gotta put in the time and earn it nothing is handed to you and I think a lot of people just want the easy way, welll thats my rant, and I just graduated in May last year if you were wondering, good luck and atleast try a job in your field if you spent 4 years studying it and who knows how much money

mattnteclipse

dude do what im doin, take some cocaine and turn it into crack, then you sell that ---- to innner city kids. I got a year to go and used to freak about what the ---- ill do. If you freak out bout this ---- youll end up without hair man, youll find something. That or die broke and unloved

accordepicenter

There are tons of people working outside of their degrees right now, like i know one guy who was working for redbull and now hes working for monster still selling sugarwater but he makes more money doing that then he probably would doing mechanical engineering around here. Another girl i know got her bachelors and shes working in a job she hates but shes just gonna do it to get a little experience then do what she wants to do... My guess is youre gonna end up doing one or the other, but it usually works out either way. I went to school for 2 years for electronic tech and realizing that ET guys dont get paid ANYTHING (i had job offers for $8 an hour) i joined the ibew.

Anubis_4_99

no collage here either, but i now make pretty good money welding and installing auto glass, i have my own house, and i like what i do so i dont got much to complain about

in some things actual experience will be whats best but there are some things you cant just jump into and learn so book education has its own place as well

dai the flu

oh yeah, you're gonna get far in life