Regardless of the department, learning is endless is a way of life

Life's plans don't always keep up with change. Some people's future jobs will be related to their field of study in college, while many people's future jobs will not necessarily be related to what they studied in college. As for my personal experience, I graduated from the accounting department, and after working in related fields for a while, I dropped everything and went to study at the Institute of Philosophy, and then I got an academic job.

1. The future reflects the accumulation of the present

Personally, I studied accounting in college. In addition to focusing on my coursework for four years, I spent my spare time reading extensively in the library. Among them, the light novels of "Literary Girl" and "The Wolf and the Spice" have a deep influence on me. The former allows me to see how the classic texts are reinterpreted, giving a new soul to the classics that may have been uninteresting to modern young people; the latter is because the author himself is not a liberal arts student but has the ability to publish light novels, which makes people feel Do liberal arts students need to work harder when even non-humanities students are working hard?

Since I read these two works, I will participate in any writing-related competitions in or out of school. Perhaps because the university pays more attention to science and engineering, the on-campus submissions are awarded almost every time. As for the off-campus light novel submissions, although they did not win the award, I have seen that the official website has a list of the names of their works that passed the preliminary review . In fact, I am satisfied with such a result, because even though I failed, I tried hard .

At this time, I was more pragmatic. Since the four-year leisure time effort could not be squeezed into the narrow gate of literary creation, the priority was to find a corresponding job according to the department I studied, and later I was successfully admitted to the four majors. One of the accounting firms. The interview process at that time was very impressive. The first stage was to chat with foreigners to test foreign language ability. The other person asked not any accounting professional questions, but asked "what is your favorite book to read", "why do you like this book" , "What did you learn from this book"; in the second stage of the interview with the future supervisor, the other person asked the question "What was the biggest setback you faced in college? How did you overcome this setback?" Exactly I have the experience of reading light novels and submitting light novels, which made it easy for me to talk freely in the current interview.

The inspiration from the experience from college graduation to job hunting is that the focus is not on what to do in the future , but on what extra efforts have you made in the freest stage of life?

2. Obedience to the heart is the best life

Having a stable job or salary is probably the goal of most people's education. But, personally, if it 's not doing something that interests you or being in a pleasant environment , then a steady job is at best a paycheck, repeating the tedious and boring days of getting by. Although I am interested in accounting as a profession, I found out later that I am not interested in checking or keeping accounts for others. I simply like to use accounting knowledge to read financial reports, watch financial programs, and invest in financial management. Therefore, after resolutely resigned, I thought about many life problems, and then secretly signed up for the selection of the Institute of Philosophy.

At that time, in order to reassure the rest of the family, they said that they had signed up for the Department of Clinical Psychology, but during the screening interview, the professors especially welcomed people with social experience to study at the Institute of Philosophy . Afterwards, when my family learned that I was studying at the Philosophy Institute, many people were sour about "what can I do after graduation from this kind of institute", "Do I want to be a fortune teller when I study philosophy?" The number of runway changes is limited".

In a word, the free time during the Philosophy Institute is far more than that of the university, so not only do I work as a TA and RA for different professors. In the work-study program, I further accumulated the working ability of back office administration ; I learned how to prepare lessons and manage classes during my tenure as a TA; as an RA, I have established various abilities that should be possessed in academic work , including how to write academic papers, report Account document process, and how to contact and cooperate with external parties. On the other hand, LikeCoin was just in its infancy at that time. During that period, I wrote several articles almost every day and earned a lot of LikeCoin, and took some translation work before graduation.

The above income-producing jobs do not consider the institute as a pre-employment training center, nor do the industry recognize these experiences as so-called pre-employment training. However, when I internalize these work experiences into my ability to handle affairs, I have actually been able to deal with many professional vacancies in the labor market, or I should say that compared with the average fresh graduate, I have already experienced a socialization process. If the accounting knowledge in the university is to cultivate a skill, then the philosophical training of the graduate school is to re-understand yourself, have a wider understanding of the world, and better understand how to practice in life.

3. Interest is only presented in a different form

The graduation thesis of the master class is mainly used to prove the ability to read academic literature and academic writing after studying in the graduate school. In fact, this stage does not require master students to have the ability to innovate or solve academic problems like doctoral students. Therefore, although I am interested in some metaphysical philosophical issues, I want to complete a dissertation that can respond to the problems that actually occur in society, so I specialize in philosophical research related to ethics.

Although some people who read comparative theory or abstract philosophy think that the level of applied ethics is too low, I personally think that the higher the level of research, the intrinsic value of knowledge. The problem, then, is simply doing research for yourself, not for the society. In other words, a competency that is not cultivated for the public interest is actually a narrow door for a foreseeable future job market.

In short, apart from doing ethical research in philosophical research, the biggest gain is actually the philosophical research methods learned in the process of reading many literatures. On the whole, I was able to find an academic-related job later and do it to this day. Looking back, it is actually the result of the convergence of different branches of a whole life experience.

4. Suggestions for groups planning to read

Everyone's experience cannot be replicated, so the above-mentioned personal experience is not necessarily worth referring to. However, in the face of an unfriendly world , life always has to find a way that suits itself. Therefore, during college, you need to think carefully about what you want to do in the future.

What do you want to do here is not what ultimate ideal goal you want to achieve, but what career direction you choose for life or survival ? Life is not always smooth sailing, so there should be multiple paths in the direction to reduce the risk of not making other choices . Students in the literature group can diversify their majors during their studies, such as how to apply what the literature group has learned in digital applications, how to apply them in marketing planning, how to use the language they are good at to lead the masses, and so on. Being a researcher is just an option. The abilities that can be further developed can even be used in exams for civil servants, serving as local or foreign tour guides, looking for cram schools or jobs related to the publishing industry, and even becoming an excellent salesperson in the technology industry. , The goal you want to achieve in life does not necessarily have to be achieved by working hard for a specific position.

In addition, in formulating a good career direction and ability, it is also necessary to recognize the social reality . After many college students choose a specific department, they often plunge headlong into the vision or future that the professors of that department are talking about, without raising their heads to observe the world in which they live. The easiest way is to immediately check whether there are relevant vacancies , whether the relevant labor market demand is large enough, whether you have the corresponding ability now, and so on. University is not a pre-employment training center, but as a college student, you should have the ability to prepare for your future.

Finally, the treatment of the text group in Taiwan is indeed relatively weak . According to the market value of the stocks of various industries on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the semiconductor industry accounts for nearly 40%, the financial industry accounts for nearly 11%, and other science and engineering-related industries add up to at least approx. There are also more than 30% [1] . In other words, if you only want to work in the pure text industry, there will inevitably be a ceiling on the salary , because the industry that Taiwan focuses on and the industries that can make a lot of money are not the world of the pure text industry. The failure of enterprises to make big money naturally cannot be reflected in the wages and remuneration of workers. . On the contrary, even if it is a student of the literary group, if he can work in a company with high output value, the salary and remuneration will naturally be higher. Therefore, before entering the relevant university department of the literature group, you should think clearly about what the purpose of studying in university is, whether there is a way to achieve this purpose without studying in the university (or even if you study in university, it may not be possible to achieve this purpose), and whether to achieve or achieve this purpose. After failing to achieve this goal, what is the direction of your career?

References

Taiwan Futures Exchange. Taiwan Stock Exchange's issuance-weighted stock price index. Retrieved from: https://www.taifex.com.tw/cht/2/weightedPriceIndex