My job/career does not align with my true personal brand. [Generation Y and the mainstream workplace]
For those of you I know won't read all that, some highlights (and my lovely, insightful comments
):"It was hard for me to understand why employers couldn’t just be bros, and hire me, and just sort of let me chill on the internet all day." <--- I mean, really tho... lol
"Maybe they could tell that I didn’t want to work in ‘some sh*tty office building’ for the rest of my life, making small talk with ‘a bunch of f*ckhead’ coworkers." <--- I love how he puts everything in quotes, lmao. Great use of curse words here, ha
"The first several months at my job were pretty ‘retarded.’ I was the youngest person in my office, and every one else had kids, ‘real lives’, mortgage payments, and ‘real sh*t/problems like that.’ Only some people had ‘gone to college’ so some people ‘resented me’ even though they were probably better at their jobs than I was. Just tried to stay quiet, learning how to ‘survive’ in this new life of mine." <--- Who knew, behind all that sarcasm and irony, Carles is actually a pretty good writer
"Every day I drove to my job, and it felt ‘not very real.’ I felt sort of like it was some sort of extended summer program for ‘gifted and talented kids’, except I was theoretically supposed to grow within this organization, adding more value as I garnered more skills. I sort of just pretended that I was ‘still training’ and ‘asked questions’ sometimes to make myself seem interested." <--- LOL @ "extended summer program for ‘gifted and talented kids’"
"It’s just hard to really honor concepts of ‘deadlines’ and ’stress’ and ‘pressure from executives.’ Just sort of wish you could tell every one to ‘chill out’ because everything will ‘work itself out.’ But I think people are insecure, and afraid of losing their job or something." <--- I think the whole world needs to just ‘chill out’ sometimes
"When my boss looked at me, he was always just ‘sort of disappointed.’ I wondered if he looked at my internet browsing records, and saw that I ‘just chilled’ for like 6 to 7.5 hours per day. I wondered if they were ‘going to try to fire me’ or something." <--- LOL @ chillin for 6 to 7.5 hours @ work
"I feel as if they should just ‘continue to pay me’ as long as I sort of ‘pretend’ that I am interested in ‘growing.’" <--- How many ppl are actually doing this in their lives? I shudder to think. That's no way to live! You'd be a shell of a person
"I always thought that I would work ‘somewhere cool’ like a record label, MTV, or at worst, a Fortune 500 company. It is just really demoralizing to work at a business park on a suburban side of town. Looking out the window at a bunch of Honda Accords and SUVs that are driven by people who have large families." <--- LMAO (sad, yet so true)
"Feel like I am sort of just ‘floating.’ I feel too lazy to ‘make my life better’, but I still feel like I will some how ‘get rich’ or at least ‘find happiness by making a career change.’" <--- It annoys me when ppl think success will just magically drop into their laps. Then again, for some ppl, it seems like that's exactly what happens... weird
"I feel trapped. I feel like I just wish I really knew a lot about computers, and could have just designed CollegeHumor/vimeo/twitter, or something. I feel like I don’t have any real skills that could make anything or any organization more valuable than it already is." <--- Prob. everyone fails to recognize their 'real skills' b/c they're so used to them. But to someone w.out those skills, you're a genius. As mi madre says, "There's always gonna be someone out there who's better/worse at something than you"
"I am entitled to a fulfilling life, even if I ‘don’t take things seriously.’ I wish people could just ‘chill’ and give every1 like $55K/year, and we could all just sort of ‘be happy’ and ‘buy some cool sh*t.’ I feel like I shouldn’t have to work." <--- LMAO. Well, somebody had to say it
"I think I am ‘too smart’ to achieve mainstream success and feel ‘happie’/‘special’ about it. I think I need ‘Christianity’ or something. I think I need to ‘have a kid’ to help me ‘re-evaluate’ what I value in life/tell me that there is a reason to ‘better myself’ at a career/job in hopes of ‘making more money.’" <--- I know he's kidding, but I think having kids to make your life meaningful is wack. Shouldn't you bring kids into a life that's already "meaningful" before they arrive...
"Feel like living in the woods, then sending an email to my entire office telling every1 that they are ‘f*cking faggots’ or something like that. Not sure if I want to give up my salary and company blackberry, though. Conflicted." <--- LMAO x infinity. Decisions, decisions...
