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>As a member of this demographic I'm seeing a huge reluctance for peers (and a reluctance in myself) to bite the bullet, swallow my pride, and take a minimum wa
by aphextron 9y ago
>As a member of this demographic I'm seeing a huge reluctance for peers (and a reluctance in myself) to bite the bullet, swallow my pride, and take a minimum wage job until I can get better on my feet
Don't do it. Life is all about priorities and keeping your focus. Once you start mixing work and studies, both will suffer.
Go hungry, sell plasma, visit a food bank, do what you have to do. But keep your eye on the prize.
- s73ver 9y agoStudies will suffer even more if you're unsure of where your next meal is coming from.
- mahyarm 9y agoTons of students do part time min wager jobs and do just fine. You learn stuff from working those jobs alone!
- erroneousfunk 9y agoI got my master's in software engineering half time while working full time as a software engineer. During those four years I was also volunteering once a week, had a few side projects going on, wrote a book that made >$50,000 over the last two years, did freelance work, and maintained a relationship (got married two days after I graduated!). There were certainly periods of time where I didn't see friends much, and my husband had to (gasp) cook dinner once in a while, but it was doable, and I graduated with a 3.7 GPA. I'm not a genius, I certainly did my fair share of procrastination, it was mostly just about making almost every day a "work day" (at least for a few hours), keeping things interesting by alternating between different types of work, and finding creative times/ways to study (commuting, lunch break, doing class busywork watching TV in the evening, etc) I don't think I would have gotten "more" out of the program by quitting my job and just doing that full time. If anything, the financial stress would have made things more difficult.