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College Majors, Laziness, and Irritation - I swear this topic is in the valid section!
Canuck: I trust you haven't tried looking for a job in the US since the market crash in 2008? Well, I imagine you've never tried looking for a job in the US at all, because you're a canuck :-p
Anyway . . . it's basically impossible to get a decent job in the US right now. This is especially true if you don't have specific, highly specialized skills in a particular field. The white-collar job market is flooded with recent layoffs who have a lot more to offer than a plucky 20-something that recently learned a lot about art history. It's not about trying hard; there are countless stories about people who put in literally hundreds of applications without a single call-back.
Anyway . . . it's basically impossible to get a decent job in the US right now. This is especially true if you don't have specific, highly specialized skills in a particular field. The white-collar job market is flooded with recent layoffs who have a lot more to offer than a plucky 20-something that recently learned a lot about art history. It's not about trying hard; there are countless stories about people who put in literally hundreds of applications without a single call-back.
Team Fortress 2 is currently $2.50 on Steam.
Grave Spirit
Just a heads up - I finally created a last.fm profile. If you liked the soundtrack that I do for this game, you can stream or download it for free at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Brandon%2520Abley?ac=brandon%20abley
I'm surprised that there's a sudden surge in posts for this game. Zohaib's working on an indie film right now; I don't know if he's making another game. However, I will probably be working on his music again!
http://www.last.fm/music/Brandon%2520Abley?ac=brandon%20abley
I'm surprised that there's a sudden surge in posts for this game. Zohaib's working on an indie film right now; I don't know if he's making another game. However, I will probably be working on his music again!
College Majors, Laziness, and Irritation - I swear this topic is in the valid section!
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Uh, you realise there are tens of millions of people who work very high-paying jobs with liberal arts degrees right? There are hundreds of millions of people who have decent wages with regular ol' useless degrees. Trades are good if you can actually GET INTO the actual trade (which is far from guaranteed) and are very well paying jobs if you are able to promote yourself, but many tradesmen are self-employed, which not everyone wants to be.
There are a HUGE number of people who get jobs with liberal arts degrees. If you are really into something and it gets you a degree, go for it. School is hard enough without hating your degree.
I think you sort of missed my point? The demographics of unemployed recent college graduates with bachelor's degrees in the liberal arts are pretty telling: you probably aren't going to find a job if you are 22 and have a Creative Writing or Music degree. While the actual unemployment rate for this demographic is fairly low, recent college graduates are working the lowest-paying jobs available (the same ones people held while in college, at the pizzaria, etc). Read the news, man.
Also, my suggestion was to explore options other than the traditional university experience. Unless your major priority is like . . . university clubs and drinking etc . . . there are alternative ways to go to college that are much more practical in the long run.
What are you currently reading?
I am reading Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book. It's okay . . . it straddles this weird line between a child's novel and an adult novel. It's really dark and maybe not appropriate for children, but it's advertised by the publisher as a children's book. I think it's more about romanticizing about the way children view the world or something.
Do you read in the original Japanese? I feel dirty when I read translations, but it's not like I can actually read Dante Alligheri or Kafka or . . . the bible . . .
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Yep I pretty much love Yukio Mishima now.
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki. After this I should be done with Japanese authors for awhile. And by awhile I mean two or three books later when I hit Osamu Dazai.
Do you read in the original Japanese? I feel dirty when I read translations, but it's not like I can actually read Dante Alligheri or Kafka or . . . the bible . . .
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College Majors, Laziness, and Irritation - I swear this topic is in the valid section!
I really advise you get out of the liberal arts and study something practical. I studied the liberal arts for my undergrad and it was the biggest mistake of my life. Passions are great and everything, but they should come after paying the bills. You can always get a certificate in like . . . plumbing, or something, and have a stable income that can support you through graduate school. The 4-year liberal arts degree is a horrible lie that doesn't really have any relevance in today's society.
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