Is anyone else super paranoid about their career
Is anyone else super paranoid about their career? Like if you are signed for SA 22 but you constantly have irrational fears something will happen and you will lose your offer and your career is over
I don't currently, but did. Literally used to wake up in the middle of the night with cold sweats over what might happen since I was interning during COVID at the time. Not even kidding. Was worried my internship would get cancelled and that my career would be fucked without a FT offer.
Well, I interned for them and walked away from them anyways, and TBH, I now work in a field where I don't sweat like that at night. I'm all the happier for it.
I do think a lot of people on this forum prioritize their career significantly over life, and I would fit into that boat. I actually made the decision to go to my current company looking at it from a career decision perspective, not a work-life balance perspective, but the WLB of my current job is definitely something I have come to appreciate about it. At the same time, I think it is fairly rational to worry like this about their career coming from where we do, but at the same time, this level of worrying is most likely at a minimum not productive, and at worst destructive. I think a lot of it is staying grounded in reality, and not letting oneself get wrapped up over things with ridiculous possibilities.
Agreed thanks for sharing
Yes, I’m always concerned my offer will somehow be revoked
I have felt like this previously, as the poster above said, it's not helpful. Really, what's the worst case if your offer was revoked? Your career would not be over by any stretch of the imagination. You probably have a great resume and you'd still easily land something, even if you literally had no internship your junior year.
Don't spend so much time on WSO - work cannot be your entire life and identity. Find other things outside of work for validation, get good at hobbies and try to think less about your career. You really can't predict or plan as much as you think you can and prestige is not that important.
My biggest fear is that the recruitment window for internships will end or all positions filled and I am left with nothing, taking either an unrelated internship just to have something to add to my resume or taking a way lower job and never getting a chance at a decent full-time gig after graduation
You got this trooper, if you don’t give up you’ll always have a chance
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Throughout my recruiting process I endured so much anxiety because I knew my window of opportunity was so small. I remember on my first super day I was in the bathroom 10 minutes before the call, throwing up because I was so nervous. However, as time passed, I realized controlling what I could control served as my getaway. I feel very fortunate to secure an offer, especially coming from a school with virtually no supporting cast, or alumni. And for that I am not only proud of myself but grateful. I do wonder what would happen if my offer was revoked, however that is completely out of my control, and I will continue to be grateful that as of now I have the opportunity to pursue the job in the summer. Be proud of yourself and live your life with boundless optimism. Cheers
Yep I have an IB FT offer for next summer and I constantly tell people I "hope" I'll do IB next year. I just feel like nothing is guaranteed until after I hit the desk. And even then I can always get fired knock on wood
I'm not racist, so this would never happen to me, but that thing that happened to the BofA girl last year freaked me out
Care to elaborate?
A girl (first year analyst from Wharton) at BAML, with a German last name, was on a zoom call, unmuted, and said some antisemitic things about her boyfriend and the entire Zoom call heard it. She now works some corporate job at Dollar General in the middle of nowhere.
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Try to find some fun in the process and enjoy life while you’re hustling
Yep super paranoid. Currently interning in hope for return offer, so anxious to know whether I've been good enough to get it... wtf man
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