Back in May and June, I had a ready answer to the dreaded question "what are you going to be doing, now that you've graduated?". The best answer to this question is probably Stewart's answer ("the fetal position"), but my answer was that I had narrowed down my future career to five broad fields: law, government, media, publishing (magazines or books, I'm not picky), and library work.
Having spent much of July deciding what I want to do next, I've come to the following conclusions: - Law exists to resolve conflicts. Thus, any law job, even if it never requires that one set foot in a courtroom, is going to be in an atmosphere of conflict. Now, me, I don't deal well with people who aren't getting along. My instinct is to give them all a good talking-to and then go grumpily drink some tea. So law is probably not a good idea after all. - Journalists have a noble calling, but their jobs are very intense. Kenyon has shown me that I can't maintain an intense pace for more than a few weeks without burning out. - Publishing is attractive because of the type of work (especially editing, which I think is my dream job). But this is all done within the publishing industry, and the publishing industry looks awfully... um... soullessly commercial? Is that the right word? Like, they're pushing a product in order to make a buck? I'm sure not all publishers are like that, but certainly most of 'em give that impression.
Of the remaining ideas, librarianship has a certain romance to it that government jobs lack. Plus, it promises a fantastic work environment, and intelligent coworkers. Since I don't plan to get rich (or have a family that needs supporting), I don't need anything better than a mediocre paycheck, so that's no problem.
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The rest of my summer? Um... sitting around, doing a few odd jobs for pay, trying to come up with a plan for my future. Oh, and reading an awful lot.
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Date: 2006-07-27 01:10 am (UTC)Having spent much of July deciding what I want to do next, I've come to the following conclusions:
- Law exists to resolve conflicts. Thus, any law job, even if it never requires that one set foot in a courtroom, is going to be in an atmosphere of conflict. Now, me, I don't deal well with people who aren't getting along. My instinct is to give them all a good talking-to and then go grumpily drink some tea. So law is probably not a good idea after all.
- Journalists have a noble calling, but their jobs are very intense. Kenyon has shown me that I can't maintain an intense pace for more than a few weeks without burning out.
- Publishing is attractive because of the type of work (especially editing, which I think is my dream job). But this is all done within the publishing industry, and the publishing industry looks awfully... um... soullessly commercial? Is that the right word? Like, they're pushing a product in order to make a buck? I'm sure not all publishers are like that, but certainly most of 'em give that impression.
Of the remaining ideas, librarianship has a certain romance to it that government jobs lack. Plus, it promises a fantastic work environment, and intelligent coworkers. Since I don't plan to get rich (or have a family that needs supporting), I don't need anything better than a mediocre paycheck, so that's no problem.
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The rest of my summer? Um... sitting around, doing a few odd jobs for pay, trying to come up with a plan for my future. Oh, and reading an awful lot.