[Sheeshable14]

I'd love to see your experiences here.

Personally, up until my final years in uni, I wore some very nice rose-tinted glasses. Having a thought that the life after uni would be easy. Finding jobs wouldn't be as hard since I came from a well known uni, financially stable family, etc... then it hit me. When we were on our internship season, it was really fucking hard to find any. But eventually I found a job at a cost of being delayed for 6 months up to a year. Overall, my internship was an eye-opener. The rose-tinted glasses broke, and the face of reality hit me hard. Reality is fucking harsh man, it will do anything to test yourself and beat you to the ground. Working for overtime, meeting deadlines and requirements, the logisitics of actually working alone is hell. But the journey thought me a lot. I changed for the better, and my outlook in life changed.

What are yours?

[EstablishmentThen783]

On this wire is not voltage....Cut it an boom

[fewst fewdnt]

kind of related to OP - yeah one of the biggest lessons i got is that you have to work for good things, while bad things can just happen without reason. It's a struggle sometimes but it's worth it nonetheless

[spam12343210]

Work hard even if you don’t think others are noticing. It always pays off.

[bigppguy]

Money really is very useful

[rachelracecar]

I only recently started contributing to my Roth IRA, i did the math and even just putting in 100 can lead to like 2k+ by the time I'm retired, made me more aware of how every little bit matters for saving and not to be as wasteful with money

[Josesanchez1234]

People create their own luck. Once you realize the situations you put yourself in or the friends you surround yourself with are gonna create the product of your actions and choices, life becomes so much clearer. Surrounding yourself with winners goes a long way. Also surrounding yourself with people that pass the recommendation test. “Would I recommend this person for a job/to date another friend?” Testifies to their character

[linkie666]

the lesson for me was that its fine if not desirable to be normal rather than exceptional. with exceptional skill comes exceptional demand and also draws attention to yourself. its better to be an underdog because people root for underdogs. mastery of your domain can be saved for hobbies or things you are actually passionate about.

in a working environment you want to be irreplaceable *only* if you are happy with your current position and dont want a raise or desire a position higher up in the company. if you want those things, becoming irreplaceable means they will lock you into your current position with very little upward mobility.