• valtia@lemmy.world
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    Environmental science jobs are legit, they’re pretty chill too, unless you’re working as a lab analyst

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    1 year ago

    Anon teaches us that making seemingly random choices and going for it is better than making no choices at all

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      As someone a bit older than most on these sites, I can say with confidence, if you have any kind of solid plan for your life you’re going to get royally fucked over.

      If you want any chance of happiness in your life, you have to ride a balance between working towards goals, but also learning to love and appreciate wherever life takes you, even if it’s in the opposite direction. Because the harder you try to fit into an image you make for yourself, the harder life pushes back.

      I know all this sounds like a wood-etching in grandma’s kitchen, but it’s 100% true and if you don’t get it now… you will.

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      I’m in my mid-50s and pretty financially successful (enough that I’m thinking about retiring soon). My entire career gameplan has always been ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ combined with ‘someone I know put in a good word for me’. I’ve never got a job from a cold interview.

      Moral of this story - network like your future career depends on it!

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    Went to college, had GPA issues.

    Stoner neighbor friend says " Bro, you should do undergrad research at some lab at school, it’s really easy and they give you an A at the end of the semester.

    ok

    do undergrad bitch work get easy A

    They ask me to do a master’s. Ok

    they told me I could do a PhD. Ok

    apply to national lab for post doc

    accepted

    working there 10+ years

    boss retiring, says I have to run the research group now

    its ok

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    Op could have made worse choices overall. ATVs are pretty cool. Soil is soil. Coulda been a cubicle monkey. At least op is getting some sun.