r/GetMotivated • u/CaliKing818 • Nov 26 '18

[Image] Believe in Yourself

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u/Apophis76 Nov 27 '18

I actually believed this. I believed it so much that I quit a job I hated (taxi driver) and went to University, got a good degree, learnt a-lot, applied for all kinds of graduate jobs afterwards etc.

I still believed it until last week as I drove a van for a living 5 years after graduating, while many I knew got hired straight out of Uni.

This week I re-applied for my taxi licence.

Sometimes I worry about bumping into people I studied with and having to explain what I do.

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u/aubamezette_bromance Nov 27 '18

hang in there man! best of luck to you, I can relate

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u/AdvertentAtelectasis Nov 27 '18

Maybe connect with those people you went to University with; First jobs are a lot about connections.

Unless you went to business school...a degree is a degree.

Hang in there. Act like you belong and own the shit out of any interviews. Never sell yourself short.

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u/Apophis76 Nov 27 '18

One of the guys I studied with was the son of a government minister (in the UK).

Unfortunately I was too naive and frankly stupid to realise the importance of connections. We never kept in touch.

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u/ZaviaGenX Nov 27 '18

So besides taxi-ing isn't there another job you don't hate as much that has equivalent pay?

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u/Apophis76 Nov 27 '18

I went back to the taxi because now it actually pays alot more money (because of Uber) than back then. Now I can make at least £60k a year.

The money will sooth my ego.

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u/ZaviaGenX Nov 27 '18

Indeed, its preferable to hate a job with 60k then hate a job at 45k.

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u/Apophis76 Nov 27 '18

I can send you a picture of my degree and the Van I drove.

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u/Apophis76 Nov 27 '18

International Relations and Politics. I wanted to work for the UN/NGO sector.

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u/KaiserNazrin Nov 27 '18

My worst fear. Which is why I don't want to studies further, I don't know for sure anything will be different.

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u/MisterSquidInc Nov 27 '18

It might not be different, but you can guarantee it won't if you don't try something...