My account says February 1st

idk if that refers to application date, or interview date, or what

Yeah I submitted my application right around the 14th in 2017

I joined IE around the same time I joined College Republicans

and to think I was in both the whole time and the CRs had zero idea

I applied about a week before my birthday and joined about a week after

I joined IE when I heard the call for the best of the best.

I said to myself: "that's me, I'll check it out."

>tfw it's impossible to find computer science internships in Spokane 😩

Intern as a TA for your CompSci teacher.

don't you have to be, like, a really good student to be a TA?

I doubt it.

all my good grades are in public speaking

Just be the guy they like.

I wish that was my major

I mean communications

I mean not actually, because it probably pays nothing

but I still wish I had a different major

If your professors like you, they'd probably be happy to give you a TA job. My one friend was offered one for a class he never even took.

15 years from now when your Comms major buddy is still in debt and you are deciding what car to buy I think you will understand lol.

I won't be super rich or anything

graduates of my school have pretty low incomes

My actual smart friends found jobs that they can do without university and still make decent money

I would highly recommend to younger people looking into that before deciding to go to university

I feel like you talk about this every night, Jacob.

ya you're right

make sure to mention buying a car again

"The average person who did x earns y"

oh okay, cool. Are you going to resign to being average or are you going to choose to live an extraordinary life?

eh we could debate the validity of the statistics but I think you're right, I need to find something else to talk about

You're clearly above average intelligence. You'll do fine if you're motivated.

It's okay to be concerned about your future, but don't set yourself up with a career "predestination-ist" mindset. So dumb.

@Jacob shoot for security before anything else is probably pretty sound advice. stay ambitious but be smart about it.

so true. i did a similar thing by rigid planning years ago and failed successfully. now, i go with the flow of things.

I appreciate the motivation. To be clear, though, the money isn't that important to me. When I talk about this stuff it's not with the intent of being pessimistic. @Papa Pizzagate

@Kingfish Ya that sounds pretty reasonable

I have some pretty fair life plans, but I’m still always looking at where I can try to get my foot in the door with more ambitious goals.

@Jacob there is literally 0 virtue in being poor.

oh no it's not that

Alot of people romanticize it. But it's pointless and counterproductive.

I would never *reject* the opportunity to gain money

The problem is to become very wealthy you generally need to risk becoming poor and in a world like ours is at the moment economic stability is probably a serious concern