What was the worst college / career advice you ever received?

"Do what you love! Then it won't feel like work!" It's always been work to me, and getting burnt out makes me not "love" it anymore.

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I was told at a young age to find a job and retire with it. Long gone are the days of company loyalty and company men/women. I watched people with 20 years in a company get replaced by a fresh college grad, brand new hires make 10k more starting salary over tenured employees, and company loyalty prevent extreme monetary gains in other opportunities.

Unless you work for the government and really want that pension, gain experience and re-invent yourself every 5-7 years.

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A Fortune 50 company told me if I majored in business/economics or computer science, they would hire me when I graduated. I majored in economics (which I hated), and when I graduated, they froze hiring and began layoffs for the first time in their history.

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Fellow Econ major who also hated it—only did it after being told to do so in a career test in high school

I was once told it’s just the way healthcare is and that being burnt out is a part of it and to suck it up

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