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be_human
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Dear H/A,
This is an alt handle.
I've been graduated from college for a little more than a year. I have been working as a software developer since. The pay & benefits are good. I work out regularly. I'm healthy and I don't really have much to complain about besides being single. Well, and job stress/frustration from time to time. But I just can't help but feel, "Is this it?" I don't feel like I'm making much of an impact on anything in that, sure I might squeeze a few extra dollars out for my company, but I don't feel like I'm really contributing to society. I don't expect to land myself in a history text book, but man, I feel like a steam engine with nowhere to go. I suspect it is a (mild?) case of quarter-life crisis.
For a while now, I've been wondering what my next steps might be. I've considered a graduate degree in one of three fields that might be useful for a future career. I've also looked into nursing school a little bit. But I keep coming back to the Peace Corps. I've read the material on Peace Corps and read up on the information they have to offer on the site. It's a two year commitment, not something small by any means. But I don't really know what it's like to do it, I don't know anyone personally that has and I wonder what happens after you come back from it all. Do they help you find another job after that? Do they encourage you to continue? So H/A, do you guys have any advice pertaining to the Peace Corps or just in general? I'm not looking for a "Here is what you do with your life", but I'd happily hear other points of view or if you could give me some personal experience with the Peace Corps.
This is an alt handle.
I've been graduated from college for a little more than a year. I have been working as a software developer since. The pay & benefits are good. I work out regularly. I'm healthy and I don't really have much to complain about besides being single. Well, and job stress/frustration from time to time. But I just can't help but feel, "Is this it?" I don't feel like I'm making much of an impact on anything in that, sure I might squeeze a few extra dollars out for my company, but I don't feel like I'm really contributing to society. I don't expect to land myself in a history text book, but man, I feel like a steam engine with nowhere to go. I suspect it is a (mild?) case of quarter-life crisis.
For a while now, I've been wondering what my next steps might be. I've considered a graduate degree in one of three fields that might be useful for a future career. I've also looked into nursing school a little bit. But I keep coming back to the Peace Corps. I've read the material on Peace Corps and read up on the information they have to offer on the site. It's a two year commitment, not something small by any means. But I don't really know what it's like to do it, I don't know anyone personally that has and I wonder what happens after you come back from it all. Do they help you find another job after that? Do they encourage you to continue? So H/A, do you guys have any advice pertaining to the Peace Corps or just in general? I'm not looking for a "Here is what you do with your life", but I'd happily hear other points of view or if you could give me some personal experience with the Peace Corps.
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