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Originally Posted by sui generis
How come getting your undergrad and masters made you feel depressed just out of interest?
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For my undergrad I didn't feel like I deserved the degree, like I didn't really "earn" it if that makes sense. Like I wasn't good enough to have that degree.
For my masters, I had no idea how to get a job in my career field and no one really had advice…just go do temporary jobs (in another field) or something. It just felt like my life was over as I had no idea how to get the sort of job I wanted. It felt like all that work was just going to get me a minimum wage job somewhere in another field. It just felt like I was good at a couple of things…that I had no idea how to convert into a living and no one was willing to help me.
I have a better idea now because I've finally found someone who IS willing to help me, but still…even the people graduating with doctorates are having a lot of issues finding jobs/making a living doing something they actually want to do. I'm having difficulty getting the practical experience that I need to be competitive for full time jobs. And these opportunities are generally being monopolized by one or two people screwing the rest of us.