<p>I posted this in the “Say it here because you can’t say it directly…” thread, but it seems relevant to this one as well:
I’m an intern at a D.C. think tank, and while I absolutely respect the work my organization is doing, sitting still in front of a computer all day without going anywhere or interacting with anyone seems like a miserable way to spend the next five decades. I just can’t think of a career that’ll allow me to be creative, social, flexible and not-overly-stationary (perhaps involving some travel) that would also give me a decent salary and allow me to have (and spend time with!) a family, ideally by my late twenties or early thirties.</p>
<p>And I’ve found that the number of hours doesn’t matter much all, I just can’t see myself doing the nine-to-five office thing for much longer.</p>