Failing at Uni

[Angrboda]

I'm also reminded of a couple whom I was friends with in college. Both were brilliant, highly successful people. When it came time to leave academia, they had to choose between a job and career path which paid extremely well (they were in IT), or ones that more closely suited the type of work they found enjoyable, but which didn't pay well. They chose high paying jobs at a security firm, figuring they'd make their happiness outside of work. That lasted only a few years before they reversed course and took jobs in a lower paying but more satisfying niche.

People argue that a college education can be a key to a successful and high paying career, but they're often vague about what "successful" does or should mean.

(I'm also reminded of a time I was on the slopes, working hard to perfect my parallel turns based on some recent advice from an expert. I recounted to a fellow on my way up in the lift about how I was working hard on my 'form'. He had one thing to say as he skied away. "Fuck form, have fun.")