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I went for a computer technician degree and ended up getting a crappy job making $7 an hour. I ended up getting fired after one day on the job because I couldn'
by mattbgates 10y ago
I went for a computer technician degree and ended up getting a crappy job making $7 an hour. I ended up getting fired after one day on the job because I couldn't ghost a computer from one hard drive to another fast enough for the computer technician fast enough. I went home and cried my eyes out thinking I wasn't good enough to be in computers. I left the computer world.
I went on to college and studied psychology. This was over 10 years ago. I am now making a living as a web developer, a web designer, a programmer, a software developer, a software engineer, or any title you want to call me. To put it in blatant terms: I make a living working with computers and I'm very good at what I do.
We make mistakes. We aren't always good at what we do. We turn down jobs. We take crappy jobs for crap pay for a few years. We live. We learn. We end up working for horrible bosses. But eventually, we figure out how to do things, and eventually, we are smart enough to make life work our way, and work life to our advantage.
I'm not going to tell you that I'm exactly where I want to be.. but I will tell you that I am working a job I love.. I am in the process of starting up my own company. I run a few websites that are very popular and make me some money on the side. And I'm kept quite busy as a freelancer.
Keep doing what you are doing. Don't feel bummed for turning down an internship. Sometimes you will have to make choices in your life that don't always seem right at first.. but they might make sense later on. Maybe you made a mistake, maybe you didn't. Make it work in your favor and to your advantage.
I have heard stories of people turning down jobs working for Facebook and Google to work for smaller companies.. and not regretting it... because that is just what they wanted to do with their lives. Even take a look at Snapchat -- turned down Facebook -- who is now cloning Snapchat .. I'm sure they still don't regret it.
Make your decisions. Do what you gotta do. Live with the consequences. Sometimes they will be good choices. Sometimes bad. Live and learn. Good luck.