[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=CA renter][quote=CDMA ENG]The college years are fun and exhausting at the same time…
You start to feel that the sky is the limit as you learn some incrediable concepts…
It is only after years of doing super-tech type work does that engineering degree begin to lose its luster…
The years in engineering school was some of the coolest in your life… You get to sit around with your friends and brainstorm… It was joyful some days… other times it was like having a gun to your head…
Tell him to enjoy every minute of it! Those heady days will never come again.
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Love the first part, but think your last sentence does not necessarily have to be true. Some people find their calling in life when they’re in their 70s or later![/quote]
i dont have the heart to tell him it’s all downhill from here. and it may not be true. while the trajectory may be generally down, there are gonna be some small rallies along the way to bring in some sucker hope![/quote]
It’s not all down hill. He will have the first few years after college as well where he is young and flexible and can take risks and new career paths as he wants. Those are good days too and I made some life long friends in those years.
It’s just after we trade our freedom/instability for love/stability that we ALL HAVE TO PLOD the course we have established for ourselves. Dream time is over for most of us…
That being said I have had some huge personal highlights in my career such as;
Being assigned as a 9/11 first responder (didn’t actually go as it was deemed unnecessary)
Chopper flights in to remotes sections of wilderness. Woot!
Lived in 10 cities.
Lived in Alaska! Alaska! Damn crazy place!
Built some of the largest in-building networks in the world.
Meet/seen celebrities when dealing with the Las Vegas casinos.
Traveled the US extensively (missed out on several gigs in Sweden, Brazil, and Italy).
Meet life long friends in these travels including ppl like SDDuuuude.
