Comments on: Mistakes I Made In College

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:11:05 +0000

I did everything you recommend here (and more; I developed freelance, feature-writing contracts for national business magazines, and got cover articles published, as early as my sophomore year) and it didn't help me one damned bit. I even graduated with a 4.0. I'd venture to say you really didn't do as badly as you think you did. You and me and everyone our age just graduated into a shitty jobs market where employers hold all the cards since they figure you're “easily replaceable.” With my “awesome” resume, I've spent the last two and half years slaving away at a terrible McCorporate writing job, my first out of college, for ridiculously low pay. Even if you do what I do, and overachieve to a near-extreme, it's not going to help when there just aren't good jobs out there.

By: Jake LaCaze

Jake LaCaze — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:54:52 +0000

They seem to be very common mistakes. I hope we all learned and do not make the same mistakes (or any variations of the mistakes) again.

On another note, I checked out your blog and loved the focus on community. I hope to see more of your insight in the future.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Scott Bravard

Scott Bravard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:53 +0000

I made every one of those mistakes in college, except #4. I tried to get an internship, but because I was making the other mistakes I never got one. Very insightful post.

By: Jake LaCaze

Jake LaCaze — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:01 +0000

@Michelle – It's so easy not to see the importance of these things when you're in the moment. I didn't realize how much a college degree had been devalued until after graduation, and I think this is something that's going to hurt a lot of college graduates to come. That piece of paper alone is no longer enough.

@David – Thank you so much for spreading your gospel and trying to open people's eyes to what's happening now and what is likely to happen in the future. I try to continue that on my own, but surprisingly, I find that most people from my generation think it's all crazy. The complete opposite of what I would have thought…

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By: davidmeermanscott

davidmeermanscott — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:00 +0000

This is a terrific post.

But how sad that you invested time and money in an education only to find out that much of what you learned was obsolete. I hear that a lot from people and it makes me angry.

Glad that my book helped you to see that there are other ways to do marketing other than what people learned in the 1960s and 1970s.

Take care -- David

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:24:22 +0000

Yeah, it's like you and I made the same mistakes. Almost exactly.

By: Jake LaCaze

Jake LaCaze — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:55:47 +0000

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