Instead of most of the majors that people choose in college, it should be required to learn a programming language, database software, a little bit of accounting and financial modeling, CRM, salesforce, a little bit of marketing and good Excel skills. Those are applicable in basically every field you can think of and are the things that, if I had them now, would enable me to find interesting work or perhaps pursue a business idea of my own. Now I'm basically trying to learn some of these things on my own in a hurry while frustratingly looking for job openings in interesting fields (all of which require background/experience I don't have).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423781)

also those skills are things you learn on the job lol @ just learning excel on your own before job hunting

i sincerely hth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423800)

Do what you love is the most bullshit, unadulterated tripe imaginable. Only a generation that lived in a land of unending plenty could possibly have come up with that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423846)

Your reaction is a little strong. I'm in the process of considering my skill set and working to improve it, and just venting about how I wish this had all occurred to me a little earlier.

And I'm not withering away in my parents' basement, thanks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423842)

I was expressing frustration that I wasn't informed about and encouraged to do things that I now realize I should have known about and pursued. And yes, I do think that parents and universities have a responsibility to inform their children/students about how to build a marketable set of skills in order to find fulfilling work or pursue your own ventures.

I don't have an "external locus of control" -- I just didn't get practical advice earlier, and I wish I had. It's all in my hands, yes -- but goddamn it, someone could have told me about all of this stuff a few years ago and saved me some time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423880)

now you can't even take responsibility for a shitty poast. grow up little breh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26424026)

Edit: To be clear here, I'm taking responsibility for my life. But now that it's really clear to me that there are all of these specific skills that would be useful for me in the working world, I am indeed resentful that people in the working world who were responsible for raising me (my parents) and who were PAID for guiding me in my preparation for the working world (college administrators and professors) did not do a terribly good job of it. There is no reason I couldn't have spent a summer or a semester becoming familiar with the things I've mentioned (and other things I still don't know that I don't know) -- except for the fact that people who should have known about these things and informed me of them, either didn't know (which makes them ignorant) or didn't care to inform me (which makes them negligent or lazy).

It is evident to me, in my early 20s, that I was not even informed that certain skills exist. I do think that I should have been told, but I wasn't told. I'm figuring it out as I go and doing my best, but I definitely think others failed in their duties in obvious ways -- and it wouldn't have taken them much effort to inform and guide me properly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26424149)

hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26424225)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423817)

He can learn everything he needs with a safari books online subscription

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423827)

what materials are you using?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26424432)

If you're really savvy you might find a kooky non-trad gig that MBA programs will like. As for what that is, I have no idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26423869)

An MBA is good for someone like this. He has no skills. He's not that smart. If he's social and can get into a good program it MAY be a good investment. Not everyone can "just do coding" or "just do taco trucks," bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26426421)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26426356)

Author: jane elaine

I guarantee it, boys, I GUARANTEE IT. I have leisure, I travel, no stress, big tips, nice pad, hot pussy.

DROP OUT OF LAW SCHOOL.

SKIP BIGLAW.

BARTEND FTW.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1597907&forum_id=2#17582990)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26426538)

I think the best route for us is to try to get a lower tier consulting job or a job in government relations/marketing at a big firm in a cool city where you want to live. if you are smart/have the work ethic to get into a T14 law school, you can succeed in this kind of environment.

the entry level job might suck, but if you put in some work I imagine you can rise to a nice low 6 figure salary. if you make it there in 6-7 years, you are in a better position than you would have been going to a T14 at sticker debt. somewhere along the line if you hate your job, go get an MBA and try to get your company to pay for it.

further, you probably have no business going to LS and not pursuing this route first. if things dont work out for you then maybe you can justify LS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26428480)

Seriously, all of my academic and career advisors told me the same thing, as if a high GPA from a top UG were sufficient to secure me employment, even at places like Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, and Parthenon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2687676&forum_id=2#26429813)