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Wtf happens after college?

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Squid.
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Once you have your own place how do you stop yourself from just ordering pizza every night, being lazy, and skiing all the time?
Oct 14 2009 10:19PM
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Magnetic
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I am also kind of wondering what people think/ do also.
Oct 14 2009 10:20PM
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Dobies.
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mommy and daddy will stop giving you money. your not going to be able to order pizza and ski all the time without a job. if you could, everyone would be doing it right? shit's real world
Oct 14 2009 10:22PM
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Mr.Panda
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My question is how do you survive college.
Oct 14 2009 10:22PM
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Hannah.
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im scared...if i ever make it that far
Oct 14 2009 10:23PM
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AgentOrange11
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exactly, that is the perfect way of putting it, i couldnt have done better myself
Oct 14 2009 10:23PM
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ninjahappy
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If you're rich and set for life why go to college?

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Oct 14 2009 10:24PM
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Frank_Spinatra
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Well I moved to CO after college and have been skiing as much as possible for almost 3 years.  Basically, you find a decent job, and realize that when you have some money you want to indulge in nicer things.  I never wanted to cook real food in college because my house was disgusting.  Now I spend money on eating decent food like steak and BBQ stuff when it's nice.  Pizza still gets ordered on occasion, but cooking is kinda fun.  I spend money on nice things that I use all the time: ski stuff, baller tv set-up, vacations.  It's all about finding a decent job that lets you balance quality of life and standard of living.
Oct 14 2009 10:26PM
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Goku
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i honestly cant see myself that long, i think im gonna die sometime between freshmen and sophmore year of college
Oct 14 2009 10:28PM
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PeterWojnar
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That's because you're an Addict.
Oct 14 2009 10:30PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Well I still live in burlington, work full-time, cook diner like three times a week(eat out or get delivery the rest), drink 2-3 nights a week, finagled a college pass for the last 4 years, and got about 40 days last year.
I graduated in '05
Oct 14 2009 10:30PM
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Goku
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probably
Oct 14 2009 10:31PM
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BootySpunk.
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Same I can't comprehend college ending and I am just a freshman
Oct 14 2009 10:33PM
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Goku
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im a senior in highschool, i can barely imagine going to college, but starting a family and owning a house just seems like its never gonna happen
Oct 14 2009 10:34PM
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Rachy
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In college I thought I was going to be an Archaeologist. For a while I was doing really well... honors and what not. Then my senior year I founded a ski/snowboard team with my friend. Spent most of my time in Mammoth, watched my grades plummet and fell out of love with archaeology.

After college I was like, "What the fuck am I doing with my life?" Then I read this quote by one of my professors I had in college, "to be a compelling person, one must do compelling things." Changed my life. Since I have been skiing as much as absolutely possible and then in the summer working with a women's skate board company that encourages all women of all ages to get involved with the action sports community and have been helping out as much as absolutely possible with non-profits creating websites and doing some marketing.

All I can say is, I learned how to learn and think for myself in college. After college I learned what I want to do with my life, and now I am doing it and I love every day of it, even the ones I eat Ramen cause I spent all my money on season passes....
Oct 14 2009 10:35PM
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Dustin.
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Pilot training for me.  Hopefully the weather tomorrow is nice so I can fly....
Oct 14 2009 10:38PM
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clandemush
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the way you stop doing this is you run out of money, fast. if you cant help yourself youre gonna be selling all your ski shit just so you dont freeze to death in about a month
Oct 14 2009 10:41PM
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Slinger1x1
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i've heard of these things called jobs
or yobs? it might be a soft j
Oct 14 2009 10:52PM
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yellav
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probably going to become quite nomadic to be honest. at least certainly not at a desk job thatd be hellish.
Oct 14 2009 10:56PM
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PeterWojnar
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or jeorbz. it all depends.
Oct 14 2009 10:57PM
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3ski6guy0
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thats a good question. i graduate next year and have no idea what ill do. i may get a real job for 6 months or a year just so i can pay off my loans then probably quit and ski and travel. just have fun with life
Oct 14 2009 10:58PM
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BootySpunk.
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This my plan when I get out of college in 4-5 years...Make enough money to support myself traveling and having the time of my life for a year just as a little reward for completing college
Oct 14 2009 11:00PM
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*christ*
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i love stories like this so much!
Oct 14 2009 11:00PM
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Squid.
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I knew someone would show up and be like "get a job mommy and daddy won't pay anymore." I obviously plan on getting a job (otherwise I wouldn't go to college). I'm talking about what happens from 5pm onwards.

And also, what do you do between graduating college and starting work? Sit around with a nice degree (most expensive piece of paper you'll ever touch) and hope the bills pay themselves while you find a job?
Oct 14 2009 11:04PM
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Mr_Papageorgio
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dude they will. somehow they will...just like the spilled chili will clean itself off my buddies floor.. in its own time it'll happen
Oct 14 2009 11:11PM
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Rachy
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I didn't have a job out of college... at all. I got hired immediately after graduating as an outside sales rep for Tom's shoes. Sadly, it was only about 15 hours worth of work a week and solely commission. I ended up doing it for a week and then moving back to Minnesota for about 3 weeks until I found a job as a Camp instructor at a technology camp. While I was looking for a job every day from 9 to 5 I was applying for jobs... from 5 to 10 I was sitting around doing basically nothing except working on my resume and talking on here. I hated the camp cause it was so poorly structured, but it gave me enough money to make it till November when I started work in Mammoth again for my second winter there. I found a job at the greatest ski shop anyone could ever hope to work at. So I'm planning on getting my MBA next winter... in the mean time I have a job I totally love, I do lots of non-profit work and I ski.

Expect down time though, lots and lots of down time. Something like 60% of students move home after college. I'm lucky that I only had to for 3 weeks and have been entirely independent since. It is really hard though if you don't have a job that makes a lot of money, but screw that, I would never be able to handle a proper desk job. Guess that why I love marketing and outside sales so much, constant change of scenery and getting paid to talk about skiing.
Oct 14 2009 11:12PM
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Squid.
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I'd kill to work at a ski shop it sounds sick
Oct 14 2009 11:15PM
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skifree919
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ask me in nine months... haha fuck. I'm thinkign about teaching for a couple of years and then going to graduate school in some type of environmental science type thing like cold weather science and engineering, ice cores, or i dunno ill think of it.
Oct 14 2009 11:19PM
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basedjase
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thats pretty killer. working in mammoth at a ski shop would be awesome. i would love to work at a ski shopin reno or something.
Oct 15 2009 12:38AM
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robtheslobonacob
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Just out of curiosity, what did you major in?
Oct 15 2009 12:52AM
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PimpDaddySkier
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they say you die when you turn 22
but there gonna wait to bury you
cause you got a 9-5 to do
and thats supposed to matter
Oct 15 2009 2:10AM
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Calrin
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turn on tune in drop out
Oct 15 2009 2:31AM
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CJHski
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21 Virgins
Oct 15 2009 2:42AM
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Tasche
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After 5 you pay bills cook dinner go to the gym then go to bed. During the work week is routine, which is not a bad thing. There has been this societal idea that getting a 9-5 job is something bad and will ruin your life.

I have found this to be completely wrong. You gotta work, if you don't work and just do things that make you happy, first off you will never have anything to compare happiness, gotta have the good and the bad, and you will be a drain to you and everyone around you.

People are defined by their jobs, that is how life is. So find something you like, no one loves their job no matter how much they seam like they say they masturbate to it. I have found that the jobs the people "really love" pay like shit and have no future. I get so sick of people trying to justify their lives to me by telling me how much they love their job making 12 bucks an hour cleaning up lion shit or helping out people in 3rd world countries. These things might be rewarding and awesome but if you never progress and better yourself why do it.

That brings me to another point, always better yourself. Sure being a ski bum and just hanging out the rest of your life you would probably get pretty good at skiing and smoking weed but what the fuck does that get you? Try reading a book or taking a class stop blowing all your money on pot and pizza. Most people I know are so unmotivated it disgusts me. Cool dude you slept into 12:30 today and you are making fun of me for getting up at 6.

Wake up early, sleeping in feels good and do it but keep it in moderation. You will be surprised how much you can get done on a weekend between 7 and 10 when everyone else gets up.

Travel, traveling is one of the hardest things to do once you get a career. It is hard to get time off like you can in school and if you matter someone is probably counting on you at work. But when you get time off go somewhere you have never been. It will make you realize how small and insignificant you really are and lean you some respect.

I could write a lot more and I already disagree with a lot that I have said, always be able to admit when you are wrong, but my fucking iphone got all fucked up when I tried to update it and now I have to sit here why it "sync's" so I can have it for work tomorrow which started this rant. Good night NS.
Oct 15 2009 3:00AM
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Thenowhereman42
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I sort of hate college, I wish I could just start a career and a family already.  Studying is boring and I got laid enough in highschool and I drink less when im in school than out of school.
Oct 15 2009 3:59AM
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Thenowhereman42
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^ Bro 6 is wayyyyy to early to get up.

Its not sleeping in if I didn't go to sleep till 5am.
Oct 15 2009 4:04AM
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Frank_Spinatra
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I was a Finance major in college.  Upon graduation I knew I just wasn't ready to start my career.  A week after I graduated I moved to the Vail valley and easily got a job in food and beverage with no experience.  For a few months I did mostly banquets and fancy parties, after a few months of me working hard and trying to learn they asked me if I wanted to start bartending.  I started doing that and got pretty good at it, and working at a hotel on the mountain at Beaver Creek you can make bank.  I worked mostly nights, skied 80+ days and made 35-40k per year. 

I was totally independent from my parents the day I moved out, I pay off my loans, bought a sick tv, went to hawaii last year and moved to new zealand for 6 months where I haven't worked a day cause im too busy skiing and traveling.  I'm living the dream.  I plan on starting a career and not just being a ski bum my whole life, but I believe it is important to follow your dreams while you have a chance to instead of counting on using your 2 weeks vacation each year.  If you want to spend serious time skiing after school my advice is not to be a ski bum on the mountain but work in hospitality or food and beverage at first because tourist destinations need lots of employees.  Dont waste your time being a lifty.
Oct 15 2009 4:12AM
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Arabian.
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Well I have my clubs and my music. I plan on working a part time job in some sort of clothing store to pay for that essential, and I'm gonna try and hold down a steady gig schedule to pay the bills. Hell, 2 clubs a night for 3 nights a week is $2000 or so. I hope it works out.
Oct 15 2009 4:19AM
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I_Am_Mod
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Just be determined and go after your dreams.
i myself am studying geology at college, 2nd year and i only did so because theres large demand for geologists in countries like canada, norway, switserland, etc...
so once i get in one of those countries, i'm done, lifetime skibum FTW !
Oct 15 2009 5:05AM
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Phatt
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apparently you just work, for an extended period of time.

Oct 15 2009 7:47AM
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thegreyarea
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You've got everything well stated, except I don't agree with the above. I had that exact same outlook when I first started working. That all changed after 3 years of full-time work, when I realized nearly every adult is a 12 year old in a 50 year old's body. Treat people with respect, but there is nothing wrong with saying no. Saying no draws boundaries and lets people know how far they can push you.

I'm 28, have an MBA, work 50 hrs/week plus another 20 on my own company, and I ski over 60 days/year on the east coast. I feel like the second one thing defines who you are, you're spending more time interpreting your own reality than creating it for yourself. If you've got something you dream about doing, try and achieve it your first couple of years out of school. You might completely bomb, but you'll legitimately grow up and know yourself. That's far more important than anything else in your life.
Oct 15 2009 7:49AM
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Austeeze
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wow timely thread, I have my last day at uni next week of my course, just gonna party and go nutssss

atm I doing work placement in my industry which I love (wake up every morning excited to go to work) but as for when it finishes who knows....ski bum next Aussie season goes alright :P 

Oct 15 2009 8:02AM
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I_Am_Mod
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TRUTH !
Oct 15 2009 8:05AM
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mozzy
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Nice thread, I still think of these questions myself, although I'm well out of college.

I swore to myself that I would never do that 9-5 thing, in a cubicle, choked by a tie and suit. And at this point in my life, I have stayed true to this. Yes, I could be making more money, but in the end I'll probably take the trade-off for freedom and flexibility.

Life's too short for long periods of unhappiness. Yes, there are bound to be extended tough times, like right now, but I think overall that I have managed to keep a sense of perspective. I've witnessed too many cases of lives ending too soon, or being unfulfilled. You could die tomorrow, so I have to ask myself, have I lived to the fullest today?

The answer for me is, generally, yes.





Oct 15 2009 8:19AM
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brickerenator
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You'd be surprised how much upkeep a house requires
Oct 15 2009 8:47AM
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T.L.
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Here's what happens.  You begin to learn about the real world.  You spend all you money on getting by and it's still not enough.  You realize that the world is an evil place.  The only thing anyone is concerned with in the real world is self preservation so the safest thing to do initially is assume everyone is out to get you.  Networking is everything.  Get to know people and know them well.   Rarely is anything free.  Most of the time you end up paying for it in one way or another. 

Any more advice will fall under my consultation fee of $160/ sentence.  I accpet cash, check, or paypal.

Oct 15 2009 9:22AM
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GORlLLA
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Ive heard of this thing called a job but im not too informed on the matter
Oct 15 2009 9:25AM
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factory81
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after college you pay your bills you accumulated going to college. usually accomplished with some sort of full time job.

then you try and live every day to the fullest just like you always did. if you find the right girl, maybe settle down and make some babies. hell you might even make babies while not planning to make babies.

then start skiing groomers and calling them awesome and shit.

Oct 15 2009 9:39AM
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.AR6rider.
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In a way I'm glad I don't really have to think about it right now, but the downside is that I have a lot more school left after college.  Yay med school!  I'm graduating this spring btw.
Oct 15 2009 9:41AM
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TechnoPotamus
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you get a job, you disregard wenches, and you acquire currency.
Oct 15 2009 10:27AM
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Rachy
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B.S. in Anthropology with an emphasis on Cultural Resource Management AKA Archaeology. Minor in Digital Media Arts.

I've worked at ski resorts since I was 15 so when a spot opened up in the Marketing Dept at Mt. High, I applied immediately and started doing outside sales for the mountain. Being sent to San Diego and Las Vegas for ski shows pretty much changed everything for me, then ASR and SIA and yeah, changed everything I wanted out of life. So now I'm working my ass off getting to know all the right people. Started a pretty involved blog... I'm at the point of getting most everything free to really cheap. People let me help them all the time now, and I usually get paid now. I'm at the proving I'm a worthy employee stage which will hopefully turn into working for one of the companies I would like to work for very soon.

You don't have to do what you went to college for. You don't have to get a 9 - 5. You can work your ass off having fun to have even more fun.

But I am going for my MBA next fall now that I have figured out what I am doing with my life. I want to be the best at what I do and an MBA only takes me closer to that.
Oct 15 2009 10:41AM
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