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re: You are 23 years old, just graduated college. What are you doing?
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:26 pm to RadarTiger
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:26 pm to RadarTiger
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If you are 23 in this day and age, what would you do?
Where would you live?
What is your mindset?
What are you doing in your free time?
If you can afford it, go backpacking with some friends for a few months. Live it up. You will hopefully never have this free time again until retirement. Go see somewhere you have wanted to go to. Hopefully things will be opened back up by May when you graduate.
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Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:26 pm to RadarTiger
1984. Drinking in the Caterie using my brand new Chase Manhattan Master Card. 
This post was edited on 2/9/21 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:26 pm to 777Tiger
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that, and your parents are ready for you to gtfo
I am genuinely surprised at the number of responses that say “move in with mom and dad.”
My dad told me long before I graduated that if I moved back home I would have to pay rent. He also told me that I couldn’t afford his rent.
My kids know that any sort of financial assistance from me is over the day that they get the degree or drop out of school.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:28 pm to Langland
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Quit college. Move out west. Get a job in a ski resort town. Have my balls snipped and frick everything with a pussy.
Definitely don’t do this!
You will get a lot of advice like this that is materialistic at its core. Don’t fall for it. The single-minded pursuit of materialism, whether based on sex or money, carries its own punishment. It yields euphoria, rather than happiness, and that is followed by despondency. You will find no exceptions to this, in spite of all the worldly advisers who tell you otherwise.
The advice to move out west is not bad. I’d like to know what discipline you graduated in. I’d focus on the power industry. Find a good woman (for some reason I’m assuming you’re a man) who is kind and good. And as a sop to materialism, it wouldn’t hurt if she had a nice arse. Enjoy life. Work hard toward your goals, and don’t be too hard on yourself when you fall short. Every day appreciate the world and your place in it. Your life will go by quickly.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:28 pm to beerJeep
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Don’t do cocaine and ruin your relationship
I advise against this. Cocaine saved me from a bad relationship.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:32 pm to RadarTiger
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You are 23 years old, just graduated college. What are you doing?
Not threatening a whole float of riders at a parade.
Good luck in life.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:37 pm to The Third Leg
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Going to SE Asia for 4-5 months, then Latin America for another 5-7. Then worry about finding a real job.
Yes, go to Asia or Latin America for a few months. Forget Europe because Europe is too fricking expensive, overrated, and over regulated save for the Netherlands on the last point. The Orient is an absolute blast where they’ll let you do basically anything save for murder, rape, or trying to incite a protest. I spent 3 years there after college and had a fricking blast. I was working during that, but it was an experience of a lifetime.
And ignore the poster on the first page who said to buy a house. Yes, it’s impressive, but people don’t know who they truly are at least until they’re at least 27. Never buy a house before that age unless you’re wanting to get into the market (which as an engineer you won’t) and know where you want to live. I’m in my early 30s and have lived in 13 cities/towns throughout my life. Life is uncertain until you have a firm foundation in both finances and mind.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:41 pm to SouthboundTiger
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Move in with mom and dad, save money to buy a house.
Good luck finding a wife or even tail moving in with mom and dad. No, do not take this advice. You’re only in your twenties once, so get a roommate or two to allow yourself some freedom.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:45 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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Also, something we've taught our sons...leave presents for your future self. Do things today that may not be in your 23 year old best interest, but will undoubtedly be in the interest of your 40 year old self. You'll be 40 before you know it, and all you'll have is regret for not doing things today that could have made your life better/easier later. Do those things now, even if it means making your younger self a little less happy in the present.
You say that to your 25 year old self, not 23. 25 is when you need to really start working to get your shite in order. No one save for your first job interview gives a frick what you did at 23 unless it’s particularly impressive. 22-24 year olds need to live it up. Enjoy a life of no real responsibility for a while.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:54 pm to TimeOutdoors
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For me it was hiking the A.T. about 14 years into my career. I was able to do so because I had saved and invested.
People will laugh, but during my last two job interviews I got more comments about having hiked the A.T. than I did about having a masters in management. It is why I asked if he had a job lined up. It would be a tough year to hike though with hostiles along the trails closed. I expect it would be harder to get hitches into town as well.
Yeah, no shite. It shows this applicant has a personality and grit. I didn’t talk shite about my degree shortly after college during interviews and more about my time backpacking around Asia. This is my worst case scenario going forward if everything goes straight to hell, but go teach English in Asia for a year. The only thing that is expensive is the flight, but once you’re there everything is cheap as hell. Rent, food, booze, all of it very affordable. Only cars and electronics are comparatively expensive.
Interviewers are more interested than some prick that just graduated from Berkeley, didn’t do shite with a good to average grade point, and are just getting into the workforce. They’ll put you in the line of resumes just because your background is more interesting than your competitor even if it has nothing to do with the job.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:56 pm to RadarTiger
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i do not. Also have no debt and about 5k cash.
Go teach English in Latin America or Asia for a year then. You will thank me later.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 8:57 pm to RadarTiger
two chicks at one time man
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:00 pm to RadarTiger
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I really want to go to Switzerland but maybe I could make that trip when I'm a little older.
I’ve been to Switzerland and it’s way too expensive for a person straight out of college, they all speak English, and they won’t hire you. What he’s suggesting is that you spend a few months in Thailand and possibly teach English. It’s expensive to get there (like $1400 round trip) but dirt cheap once you’re there. That or Vietnam are what I’d recommend. You won’t be 23 again, and I’d advise you do this.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:06 pm to Salmon
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Enjoy being 23.
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Buy a house.
No fricking shite. If there’s only one bit of advice I can give a 23 year old graduating college it’s “Do not buy a house”. I only bought one in the past year when I was ready for it and I’m in my 30s.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:18 pm to RadarTiger
Work to get into a high tech or computer related job that you love so that you can live anywhere you want to. If you work yard you will beat 99% of the people. Max out your savings every year and you will be set for life. You can do all this and still have a lot of fun. Good luck!
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:20 pm to RadarTiger
Not listening to a bunch of cubiclefags on the OT lounge
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:25 pm to Forever
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Not listening to a bunch of cubiclefags on the OT lounge
Obviously. Some of these clowns are outing themselves as idiots. But I have appreciated the well intended advice
This post was edited on 2/9/21 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:28 pm to RadarTiger
That depends....did Mommy and Daddy shove a golden spoon up my arse and pay for my entire college, car, food, and is still paying for me? If so? Party Hardy!
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:29 pm to RadarTiger
Do you have the temperament for sales? Lot of folks would like an engineer with a decent personality. O&G companies will train you as a project manager where you learn the day to day trade and then you can market the sales personality with some commercial dealings.
I took my first job at $18/hr in a inside sales program at a big distributor of O&G products with a biology background in 2014.
Worked my way up to a nice sales gig at age of 30 making 6 fig salary and 6 fig bonus if goals hit.
Regardless you'll have a lot of advice and naysayers in this thread. If it feels like too good of a job then it normally is. Start with a good solid foundation and you'll be fine.
I took my first job at $18/hr in a inside sales program at a big distributor of O&G products with a biology background in 2014.
Worked my way up to a nice sales gig at age of 30 making 6 fig salary and 6 fig bonus if goals hit.
Regardless you'll have a lot of advice and naysayers in this thread. If it feels like too good of a job then it normally is. Start with a good solid foundation and you'll be fine.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 9:34 pm to RadarTiger
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Obviously. Some of these clowns are outing themselves as dumbasses. But I have appreciated the well intended advice
If you have 5K coming out of college and don’t plan on any masters program, I can not recommend spending a year in Asia enough. It’s easy as hell to find a job teaching English, the pay is good given where you’re living (nothing huge like 15K a year which is great there), you can get a nice apartment for $300 a month (with roommates), and you really just live it up. Have friends that have done the same thing in Latin America. I was there because I had a marketing degree and Chinese degree, but most of my friends simply taught English and lived the high life. I wouldn’t recommend living in China now given where it is right now (I would go visit given the sights and beautiful countryside), but SE Asia, absolutely. Do it. Even if it sets you back a minute amount of cash in the long run, your memories are going to be more valuable to you than the additional 10K in your 401K if you just started working in the US a year earlier.
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