what was your "welcome to the real world" moment after finishing school?

sitting in a cubicle and realizing this was the rest of my life

Yeah work is work.
That’s it.

Finished my degree in the Marines and realizing it didn't matter what sort of education you have, shite always rolls down hill and it doesn't matter if you are the lowest guy or a higher up guy, you're still catching shite.

Getting thrown under the bus by my boss in front of a high level client over something which I had zero control over, literally just reading statistics.

Taking my first IT job out of school, having my first real help desk day at the MSP i was working at, and taking in literally 28 cold calls that day.

I do NOT miss help desk, but it was eye opening.

Getting laid off from my first “adult” job not knowing what to do next.

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But it’s true: most people age poorly and don’t give a shite. That’s the worst part of the adult world. Avoiding those kinds of people.

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my parents and aunts & uncles never worked in the downtown office, corporate world so i had very little frame of reference. i knew it wasn't going to be a bunch of hot, fun people like Mad Men but damn it was depressing.

Realizing that I learned nothing and experience matters.

Salary instead of hourly.

The look on the owner’s face when I asked how I was going to get paid for overtime.

Never had it because I always had to pay my way, wasnt handed anything by my parents. Worked starting at 14. Parents worked hard and provided a decent life for me and siblings but we all had to earn it, unlike the kids who have their parents pay their way until 26 today. Worked even in college while rommates sat on porch day drinking.