Comments on: The “Adjustment Period” (it’s a doozy)

By: @wbernuy

@wbernuy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:12:37 +0000

I so agree with the whole school, I have learned more in the last 2 months on my own than I have the last 2 years in school.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:03:31 +0000

I’m with Ryan here – I’ve been done with school for over a year now and looking back, I can’t remember 75% of what I learned, mostly because it was info I’ll never use. I have a whole theory about how college should be MUCH more specific to what YOU want to do (not two years of Gen-ed courses) but I’ll save myself from my own long-windedness.

As seems unanimous here, you learn by doing. As you transition into the corporate life, you’ll learn and grow by leaps and bounds (I know because I was there only a year ago). You’ll find out what you’re good at, what you like (and don’t like) and a year from now, who knows where you’ll be!

By: Ryan Stephens

Ryan Stephens — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:28:28 +0000

1.) I think I want to be a bartender now.

2.) This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Not tending bar, but what we learn about in higher education institutions. Aside from my consulting courses where I did projects for big companies (i.e. Apple), I don’t recall a whole helluva a lot.

Sure there are times where something comes up and I vaguely remember something from a class, but the longer I’m out of school, the more I think that colleges should be doing a better job of teaching us both HOW to think and find what we’re looking for and then also uber specifics like how to fill out a W9 form.

Glad you’re enjoying ChiTown. Kingston Mines, do it!

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:24:29 +0000

I’ve always been of the mantra “You learn by doing”, which in my eyes applies to everything. (see my post from January – http://www.timjahn.com/blog/01/28/2009/youll-never-know-until-you-do-it)

I experienced the same transition you are but at an earlier date, as I started working in web development part time during school. I couldn’t agree with you more though, you’ll never get the same experience from a classroom as you will getting thrown into a real business somehow.

By simply being there, you’ll learn things whether you realize it or not.

By: Meghan Flynn

Meghan Flynn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:16:49 +0000

After I had been a college grad for six months or so, I called my best friend to get coffee and told her quietly that I believed myself to be depressed and in need of therapy or drugs or something; here I was, finally finished with college, the world at my fingertips, and I was miserable. She grabbed my had and said Oh my god, I think I am too! Turns out, we were adjusting to working regularly and sitting at a desk all day. I agree someone should have warned us that it will take time to adjust to working full time; all their cryptic “welcome to the real world” comments were very unhelpful!