Comments on: What to do in college to be successful in your career http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:20:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: john http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-212082 john Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:51:19 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-212082 Sounds like you don't consider science/engineering a viable career option since it requires a fair amount of actual academic work and doesn't really rely on schmoozing in deference to GPA. Since you dismiss law I gather the only career track is the good old MBA huh? Makes sense since we're living in the last days of the crumbling empire where all we do is sell fricking real estate to each other. Party on! Sounds like you don't consider science/engineering a viable career option since it requires a fair amount of actual academic work and doesn't really rely on schmoozing in deference to GPA. Since you dismiss law I gather the only career track is the good old MBA huh?

Makes sense since we're living in the last days of the crumbling empire where all we do is sell fricking real estate to each other. Party on!

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-209851 Patrick Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:35:02 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-209851 Regarding the networking discussion. Agreed, Ivy League schools are the acme of networking for careers after college, but for those who didn't go/aren't going to the top list schools it is still (one of) the most important thing(s) you can do. My lawyer, business partner, financial adviser, architect (and wife - all separate people) are either friends from college or were introduced to me by them. The amount of advice I've received from these people has saved me untold thousands of dollars. (Meeting the woman of my dreams - priceless.) So, get out of your comfort zone, help out your fellow students in anyway you can, they will remember. Become friends with as many of them as possible. You don't make any old friends when you get past a 'certain age.' Make as many as possible while you're in school. Peter Regarding the networking discussion. Agreed, Ivy League schools are the acme of networking for careers after college, but for those who didn't go/aren't going to the top list schools it is still (one of) the most important thing(s) you can do.

My lawyer, business partner, financial adviser, architect (and wife – all separate people) are either friends from college or were introduced to me by them. The amount of advice I've received from these people has saved me untold thousands of dollars. (Meeting the woman of my dreams – priceless.)

So, get out of your comfort zone, help out your fellow students in anyway you can, they will remember. Become friends with as many of them as possible. You don't make any old friends when you get past a 'certain age.' Make as many as possible while you're in school.

Peter

]]> By: Wilbert http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-207425 Wilbert Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:21:39 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-207425 Getting out of the library and meeting similar minded people i think is the most important thing one should do in college. Starting a business can be something useful too because you will learn a few things before you enter the workplace. Meeting people and making friends is the most important. These friends will be around for a long time. I got my first clients through friends i met in college and still hang out with. Getting out of the library and meeting similar minded people i think is the most important thing one should do in college. Starting a business can be something useful too because you will learn a few things before you enter the workplace. Meeting people and making friends is the most important. These friends will be around for a long time. I got my first clients through friends i met in college and still hang out with.

]]> By: mia http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-199280 mia Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:18:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-199280 Mike, You need to see your doctor asap. Please keep trying - don't lose hope. Just keep trying. Mike,
You need to see your doctor asap. Please keep trying – don't lose hope. Just keep trying.

]]> By: Danny from baby ear thermometer http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-193737 Danny from baby ear thermometer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:14:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-193737 Hi, Great post. I think that the other issue the subject that you choose as too many people go to college these days without thinking first about what they want to do with their degree or whether it will help them get a job at the end of their studies. Huge problem in the UK at the moment - just too many people going to university. Danny Hi,

Great post. I think that the other issue the subject that you choose as too many people go to college these days without thinking first about what they want to do with their degree or whether it will help them get a job at the end of their studies. Huge problem in the UK at the moment – just too many people going to university.

Danny

]]> By: Mike http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-190110 Mike Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:01:29 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/03/what-to-do-in-college-to-be-successful-in-your-career/#comment-190110 I have never felt satisfied with any job, ever. I also suffer from major depression and I was never able to finish college. In fact, I have difficulty finishing anything. I am now almost 40. I contemplate suicide almost everyday now. I know eventually I will die from suicide, I just don't know when. I wish I could say that I have hope, but I don't. I have never felt satisfied with any job, ever. I also suffer from major depression and I was never able to finish college.

In fact, I have difficulty finishing anything. I am now almost 40.

I contemplate suicide almost everyday now. I know eventually I will die from suicide, I just don't know when.

I wish I could say that I have hope, but I don't.

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