random 1/5 life semi-crisis

On August 26 2008 02:14 geometryb wrote:
sooooo in about a week i'm gonna be a senior in college (majoring in electrical engineering) and i have to figure out the stuff that i was supposed to figure out over the past three years because in about 8 months i have to go out into the world and start making a living . i have no idea what i want to do and i don't really have any marketable skills for when i find out.

if i want to go to grad school, i probably have to take the GREs by december which i haven't been preparing for at all. on top of that, i can only think of one person who i could ask for a recommendations and my grades aren't that stellar either.

making big decisions is so bleh :p.

On August 26 2008 03:24 Xeris wrote:
Why did you wait until the last minute basically to start planning your future after college? that seems pretty retarded, this stuff should have at least been thought about / semi-worked-out at least a year ago precisely so you would not be in this position.

Better hop to it.

On August 26 2008 03:25 Centric wrote:

As crappy as Xeris' post sounds, he's right. You're behind the curve now, so you better get off your ass and start working.

On August 26 2008 03:33 JeeJee wrote:


I really really doubt he's "behind the curve".

I just finished up my 2nd year, (50% done holy shit time flies so quickly) and i have no idea what to do. It's the same for a lot of people i know. I have plenty of ideas on what NOT to do, however . in a week i'll be starting a job in a totally new field for me (until school starts), and i'm fairly certain i won't enjoy it, but $$ calls.

How do you figure out what you wanna do anyway? So far i have quite a list of things i'd like to not do, but that doesn't help me that much in answering the question. I'm fairly certain i'll graduate without knowing what i want to do. I'll be surprised if my friends will find out as well. A blacklist approach does not work that well considering the original list is near infinite.

On August 26 2008 03:24 Xeris wrote:
Why did you wait until the last minute basically to start planning your future after college? that seems pretty retarded, this stuff should have at least been thought about / semi-worked-out at least a year ago precisely so you would not be in this position.

Better hop to it.

On August 26 2008 05:34 Chill wrote:


Umm, the majority of people (especially in engineering degrees) have no plan past their degree. Most won't decide whether to take graduate school or get a job until their last year, and many don't start looking until the fall.