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re: Has anyone graduated from school, started working
Posted on 9/10/14 at 1:09 pm to jimbeam
Posted on 9/10/14 at 1:09 pm to jimbeam
I don't hate what I do. I'll admit though that sometimes sitting behind a desk all day absolutely drives me up a wall.. Once I get my PE (year and a half), I feel like it will open more doors for me and I'll be able to explore different options. Project Manager, Sales, consulting, my own business, etc. Fwiw I'm on my 3rd job in 2 years because I've taken different opportunities trying to find my niche. It's just that sometimes Civil work can just bore me to tears.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:26 pm to LSUengineer12
Sounds like you got a classic case of being the low man on the totem pole, getting all the crap assignments. Welcome to life. It's not as glamarous as they make it out to be while you are in school!
Here is what I tell the young staff accountants when they fell like this, when they are miserable at doing all the grunt work: Look at the partners, look at the managers. Look at what they do. Do you think you will enjoy that? If so, then stick with it, eventually you will grow past the grunt work stage.
If you look at what the managers and partners are doing, and you think you will hate that as well, then, that's when you need to start looking for a new career.
Also, three jobs in two years is not enough time in any one spot to really understand it. If all you do is bounce around, you are always going to get the crap work wherever you land. Stick around for a year or two and show you can do the grunt work, and the better work will start to come.
Here is what I tell the young staff accountants when they fell like this, when they are miserable at doing all the grunt work: Look at the partners, look at the managers. Look at what they do. Do you think you will enjoy that? If so, then stick with it, eventually you will grow past the grunt work stage.
If you look at what the managers and partners are doing, and you think you will hate that as well, then, that's when you need to start looking for a new career.
Also, three jobs in two years is not enough time in any one spot to really understand it. If all you do is bounce around, you are always going to get the crap work wherever you land. Stick around for a year or two and show you can do the grunt work, and the better work will start to come.
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