5 Reasons Why You Should “NOT” get a 9 to 5 After Graduating
Because 9 to 5’s just aren’t fun.
Everything is so structured and rigid. You have to wake up at a certain time every…single…morning… You are tired when you get back every…single…afternoon. Your creativity is stripped away from you and locked up in the company basement. It’s not fun having to be obedient and follow the commands of whatever the company tells you do to that day. It’s not fun, it’s hectic. It’s stressful. And it can ruin your entrepreneurial spirit.
Because being in control of your future is always the best and safest road to go down.
People have it all mixed up: they think that having a 9 to 5 is safe. Well think again. You can be fired at any moment and lose your job for reasons that you may never even know. There you are, 5 years into corporate America… you think that all is well…making $75,000…. and all of a sudden, one day, your boss calls you into his office… 5 minutes later you walk out and your life is over. You’re fired! I don’t know about you guys, but I’d never want someone to have that sort of control over my life, my future.
Because lacking control and having someone tell you what to do all day long absolutely sucks!
At some jobs you’ll be nothing more than a dog that fetches every time your master (re: boss) throws his bone across the room. “Fetch boy! Get boy! Run faster! Hurry up! Good boy…. Good boy…. Here’s a treat…. Good Boy….” It’s disgusting to see how some employees are treated by their bosses — absolutely disgusting! It’s like they forget that employees are human beings, not some sort of trained animals that you beckon all day long. Hell no! I’m not having that. I’m not going to subjugate myself to that sort of treatment and you shouldn’t either.
Because it’s an illusion to see your friends making $30,000 — $100,000 per year after graduating college.
Sure, they may feel like they are on top of the world, financially. They may even feel rich. And you, the entrepreneur, may feel poor and broke because they made more in a month than your business did quarterly. But it’s all an illusion my friends…. The entrepreneurs who jump right into building a business around their passions right out of college are going to be the next millionaires — the next billionaires. Not the dudes making $85,000 per year with a leased Mercedes trying to fool the world into believing that they are rich.
Because going the 9 to 5 route is what 99.9% of the population is doing.
Dare to be different and take a shot at pushing forward with your passions. We are living in a new era where anyone can start a business and achieve massive success. Our parents lived through the age where is was a given that you were to get a 9 to 5 after college, but times have changed. Colleges are in a rat race pumping millions into entrepreneurship wings, facilities, and programs at their schools. Why? People they have finally realized that going the entrepreneurship route is a viable option (not an alternative) for college students. Most 9 to 5 jobs serve to lock in your potential, not expand it. It’s like a flower kept in the dark, it’ll never bloom and reach its full potential.
5 Comments
Michael @ Freshome
July 15th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Staying in college you’ll just do more harm to you.
1.More money spent for college, and other expenses
2.You’ll get used more with the idea that you’ll have to work somewhere.
3.College is made to create modern slaves.
David Askaripour
July 15th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Well, yeah, college has its pitfalls as well — definitely. But for the most part, college can be an amazing experience for people (but it should be used only as a means to an end — that end getting a good job or making it financially. Because we don’t need college for that.)
Gina
July 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Great Article, Dave!
For me, college was a social networking trip that took 5.5 years to complete. Mostly because I wanted to stay. It was a cushion, a safe haven and one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Only 1 of my college friends went on to work somewhere. She makes big bucks (80,000) The rest of us are doing our own thing (restaurant owner, freelance make-up artist to the stars, film maker, etc.) Our college gave us the skills to network, and I think that’s how many of us became comfortable becoming entrepreneurs.
You are right, it gets hard to see these 9-5ers making more than us now — but I know we will surpass them exponentially.
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