• breadcodes@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I was told to be a garbage man. Who the fuck made these tests? My guidance counselor for years told me not to go to college.

    I’m a software engineer now, and while I believe garbage men deserve better pay and benefits and recognition as essential skilled workers, who the fuck tells that to a kid? That they should give up on college and work a labor job for their entire life?

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      1 year ago

      my guidance counselor for years told me not to go to college

      I’m a software engineer now

      So, you followed his advice I see :D (I’m joking, of course)

      This whole thing about determining your best job or whatever always seemed very weird to me (we don’t do that much here in France). I mean, I did not know what I would do after getting a Ph.D., how the heck is a stranger supposed to know like fifteen years before that.

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        1 year ago

        No you’re actually right, I didn’t go to college… Because it was expensive, not because of the advice lol

        No clue why they thought it was a good idea. Maybe it was a scare/reverse-psychology tactic to get us to study something specific.

    • SneakyWeasel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Hell as a teen I fucking hated those tests because I didn’t even know what I wanted to study, and everything I started just felt either so daunting or not worth my time. It straight up advised me to be an accountant and I got depressed thinking that’s what my life would be.

      Nowadays I’m in IT, and sure, a bit on the full side, but I actually get it, makes good money, and on the side I paint for fun. Not the worst life, and certantly better than being a goddamn accountant.