What’s the point?
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Anonymous
| Graduating dc did all the right things, worked hard to get into good school, worked throughout college with 3 internships, top grades, and cannot find a job. And so many stories of 2025 grads still looking. Just depressing. |
Anonymous
| Trump’s economy. |
Anonymous
| The economy is depressed, people with experience unemployed. It is also early February- really need ti wait until 6 months post graduation before you declare they can’t get a job. |
Anonymous
| IDK, to learn? To meet people? Not to write a ticket to be another net-zero corporate shill. The world doesn’t need any more finance vultures. |
Anonymous
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Just came here to say I’m sorry.
Hoping your DC finds something soon. It’s rough out there. |
Anonymous
Why didn’t any of the internships translate to full time jobs? |
Anonymous
Please google economic failures of the Biden Administration and start educating yourself. |
Anonymous
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I am so sorry, OP!
What major? |
Anonymous
To be fair Biden guarded employment at all costs. He was successful in moving through legislation and funding into infrastructure, chip manufacturing, clean energy and other industries. This created jobs and opportunities for new grads. Trump has done the exact opposite, funneling money his pocket and Elon’s pocket, trashing the economy and increasing inflation with tariffs. Companies are responding to the profit loss from Trumps slump and increased supply costs from tariffs by cutting labor. It will be rough for new grads for a while. Perhaps we shouldn’t have elected a dementia ridden boomer with a circus of regressive incompetents for his cabinet. |
Anonymous
The point was for DC to have fun, |
Anonymous
Same question- what major and what type of internships? Your answer might help other dC in college now. |
Anonymous
Right! The point wasn't only to secure a f/t, high -paying job. |
Anonymous
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Ummm … actually the point IS to be able to get a job.
Yes, have fun in the meantime but fun won’t feed or house him. Who goes to college without any intention of working afterwards?? |
Anonymous
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The point is that there is no point to any of it. Life is random and unfair and control is an illusion. Doing the “right things” is no guarantee of a certain outcome. Never has been.
There’s a thread in Adult Children about a parent concerned that their educated child is a server at a burger joint and in a punk bluegrass band, or something. That kid is probably so happy, though. This generation is going to have figure out what makes them tick and build a life free from rampant consumerism. |
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What was his major? My sister graduated in the early 2000s and did the same and has struggled her entire career, because of her major. Shes had jobs but had to be extremely creative with the jobs and networking It took patience and she’s even moved twice to different parts of the country.
I know plenty of others in the same situation who graduated from the late 90s - now. |