If This Is a Profession, I'll Take a Job
When I was working as a mere "administrative assistant" at my old job, I was very happy. Now I'm an "intern" in "my field" and I'm bored to tears. Sure, I get a lot of administrative stuff to do also -- but that's the only part I can tolerate. As soon as they give me something they think I'll be interested in to "get me involved," I feel like I'm right back in school.
Am I the only person who sees a problem here?
posted by Alisha @ 9:56 PM
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6 Comments:
All I can do right now is guarentee you aren't the first one to feel this way. I have a "paying" job in "my field" and I prefer it when I have to "play admin assistant". It's not a gender thing, I know guys like this too... I really don't know what it is. At least not yet.
Nothing like school to take something a person finds enjoyable, and might be happy doing for a living, and remove the enjoyment from it. Hopefully not permanently though. I really really hope.
To Josh: I found it was the opposite, that school ruined anything I found interesting ... so much for 1st [insert 2nd, 3rd, etc where applicable...] schools/majors and knowing what the hell to do after school in both cases?
To Alisha: For a little perspective, I've heard comments recently from several people of 1-5 generations our senior complaining how ours expects everything right away. This includes suddenly entering the high ranks and climbing up the ladder of life (quick, jump over that shute!), getting those huge salaries right after college (ouch!), etc. I certainly have felt in that position so many times with new jobs including my current one, but frankly you need to work up to things, prove your abilities/knowledge/skills, and get the boss/co-workers confortable with you. It took me a long time to do that but feel more of a sense of accomplishment which hopefully you will too as a result. Achieving such a level where you are given that responsibility and trust on bigger projects and general respect as a result of accomplishments during the awkward "getting to know you" phase is something you need to earn.
Joel, you missed the point entirely. I have no problems getting them to trust me; if anything they trust me more than I'd like, to do things I don't want to deal with. I haven't needed to prove anything; they assume or observe whatever abilities/knowlege/skills they seem to want from me, and give me relevant work. That's the problem. I see what they do, and I don't want to do it! They give me texts that define the fundamentals of what they need to address in their jobs daily, and they bore me to tears.
Well.. let's hear it for going to Israel, to get out of loop for a bit.
I'm one of those few people that actually likes doing what they are doing.
However, at Lehman.. It bored me. Nothing interesting, because nothing happened. We could do make work all day long, but we couldn't play with new toys.
So, there is chance that's its the environment, and this aspect of your field, vs your entire field.
Who knows.
Chag Samech!
Matt -- Thanks. I'm hoping so.
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