# The I'm still in college because I don't want to get a real job yet thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 28, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205 "2011-08-28T17:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 184
**Author:** ![aero93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@aero93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/aero93)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205/184 "2012-01-12T20:41:47Z")
> [@risk + simcity with a pinch of civilization for good measure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/risk-simcity-with-a-pinch-of-civilization-for-good-measure/46848/1106): > > Thats because a lot of people don’t know what they want to do for a living and jump into some generic field like criminal justice. You need to narrow down to a field that points in the direction of one job, for instance the medical field or therapy, my wife got her masters from Utica College in Occupational Therapy, got a job right out of school (actually had about 4 or 5 offers right off the bat) and makes very good money. good point and i agree but not always true, i went to school for architecture which i must say is one of the harder majors and i cant find a job to save my life… unemployment for arch grads is like 14.5 % and for arch grads 30 years and older with experience their unemployment rate is at 9.2 % that was in yahoo news the other week. i had an internship with a big construction company doing shop dwgs and estimating and being a project manager but it didn’t guarantee me a job when i got out of school and therefore i didnt get the job with them. getting a job has a ton to do with the current economy and timing of when you get out of school just my .02 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205)._