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Originally Posted by mcim I gotta ask though, what are your goals and aspirations? Or what were they? Was there a reason you went to college and majored in math? What would your dream job be, no matter how realistic or not? |
I never had any concrete goal or aspiration. I liked math when I was in high school, and by the time I got to college I decided I was going to pursue a degree in that field of study. But my interest in math slowly ebbed after I realized that my math skills were not quite up to par with those of people who got paid to do math. For a period of time I doubted myself, and reasoned I was being too hard on myself, but I decided I was going to complete my math major anyway.
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I just don't think that when you graduated HS, you thought to yourself that you'd want to be a construction worker one day, live a sparse life, and retire when you're 40 without a wife or kids
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I never pictured myself with a wife, kids, or living past a certain age. I saw myself locked up in a basement doing what I enjoyed doing, math, day or night and with no sense of time.
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(do you at least date or want to date)?
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I've never dated and I don't believe I want to go through the trouble of dating even if the opportunity presented itself.
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Originally Posted by CollectivSynergy Your response to a nothing but helpful DougBetsy again shows how much you need an attitude adjustment. |
I didn't take DougBetsy's advice seriously because I was unsure he wasn't being sarcastic. Here's his input:
"If you want to use your bachelors in math, consider FBI or NSA. You sound perfect for them."
I was intrigued, so I inquired further. This is what he answered:
"You sound like someone who thinks you deserve "better." The feds usually have "better."" "Not all agents are in the field. They have very nice desk jobs that would probably appeal to your level of motivation."
In other words, DougBetsy thinks that I should consider the FBI or the NSA because I resemble the profile of the people who, according to him, work at those places: unmotivated college graduates with a false sense of entitlement.