Music: Band of Horses - Monsters - Everything All the Time
Mood: D'accord
Well, I have my second interview with Merill Lynch tomorrow. AIG called today and offered me the financial analyst position, but I told them I need more time to understand what's going to happen with ML before I can make a final decision.
It's a strange feeling to watch your life take shape in such a short period of time. Three weeks ago, I had no clue where I would fit in, what industry I would be qualified for, and what I wanted to do. But here I am, on the cusp of starting my first full-time paying gig, and honestly a bit scared.
Working is far different from being a college student, where you have your books, notes, friends, and in a sense "youth" to fall back on. If in doubt in college, you can blow off responsibility until graduation, and say to yourself, "well I don't need to worry about where I go after this, I just need to do the now and let the later take care of itself".
But it's a vastly different landscape when you graduate, equipped with a degree in finance, and totally lost as to your greater purpose. So you sell yourself to the biggest company with the largest resources, cut a weekly paycheck, stock up cash in your bank account, drive the nice car, meet the beautiful girls, get involved in some medium-sized deals, work your ass off until you can't breathe, somehow get promoted, boost your annual income, and then, realize that you never wanted any of this.
Still, I can't get to cynical. I am thrilled with the prospect of working for ML just because of the job responsibilities, which entail taking financials and doing analysis and projections, right up my alley. So I suppose all I can really do is wait and see how the final act plays out and take it from there.
Cheers.
Mood: D'accord
Well, I have my second interview with Merill Lynch tomorrow. AIG called today and offered me the financial analyst position, but I told them I need more time to understand what's going to happen with ML before I can make a final decision.
It's a strange feeling to watch your life take shape in such a short period of time. Three weeks ago, I had no clue where I would fit in, what industry I would be qualified for, and what I wanted to do. But here I am, on the cusp of starting my first full-time paying gig, and honestly a bit scared.
Working is far different from being a college student, where you have your books, notes, friends, and in a sense "youth" to fall back on. If in doubt in college, you can blow off responsibility until graduation, and say to yourself, "well I don't need to worry about where I go after this, I just need to do the now and let the later take care of itself".
But it's a vastly different landscape when you graduate, equipped with a degree in finance, and totally lost as to your greater purpose. So you sell yourself to the biggest company with the largest resources, cut a weekly paycheck, stock up cash in your bank account, drive the nice car, meet the beautiful girls, get involved in some medium-sized deals, work your ass off until you can't breathe, somehow get promoted, boost your annual income, and then, realize that you never wanted any of this.
Still, I can't get to cynical. I am thrilled with the prospect of working for ML just because of the job responsibilities, which entail taking financials and doing analysis and projections, right up my alley. So I suppose all I can really do is wait and see how the final act plays out and take it from there.
Cheers.
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