I am a senior at MIT and signed a new grad offer at Google. However, lately I've been feeling jealous of my friends, who are all either going to grad school or making more money at more selective firms like Jane Street/Five Rings/etc. I feel like I didn't live up to my potential and wasted my time in college.
I have the perception that Google is not that special anymore in 2021/2022. The truth is I grew up in a small town and was treated like a genius for being admitted to MIT and whenever I go back home, people still treat me like I'm the next Einstein even though I know I'm certainly not. However, I still feel like I let everyone down for going to a normal company like Google and not pursuing a PhD or getting an offer somewhere more prestigious. During Thanksgiving, my extended family was so impressed when I told them I am going to Google but they just don't know any better, since I can see from LinkedIn that people from all kinds of ordinary backgrounds are at Google and that makes me feel bad about myself. I know this sounds arrogant and I'm sorry but I can't help but think this way.
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I am a senior at MIT and signed a new grad offer at Google. However, lately I've been feeling jealous of my friends, who are all either going to grad school or making more money at more selective firms like Jane Street/Five Rings/etc. I feel like I didn't live up to my potential and wasted my time in college.
I have the perception that Google is not that special anymore in 2021/2022. The truth is I grew up in a small town and was treated like a genius for being admitted to MIT and whenever I go back home, people still treat me like I'm the next Einstein even though I know I'm certainly not. However, I still feel like I let everyone down for going to a normal company like Google and not pursuing a PhD or getting an offer somewhere more prestigious. During Thanksgiving, my extended family was so impressed when I told them I am going to Google but they just don't know any better, since I can see from LinkedIn that people from all kinds of ordinary backgrounds are at Google and that makes me feel bad about myself. I know this sounds arrogant and I'm sorry but I can't help but think this way.
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工作呢？能力不够？太懒？眼界太低？
HPMS还一大堆进不去Google的，也一样蛤。
还更让这娃feel 更failure的是进了Google也不出众和一般公立没区别。
上神坛容易下来难。
为读博而读才是trap
很少人去读呀。
不是每个人都知道自己的目的。
一直就是普通人的普通生活，从未改变过而已
他的资本是出生在美国并年轻，怎么运用这俩个资本看他了，MIT（学校）帮不了任何人。
我们这里以前有过不止一位拥有MIT的学历，后来被layoff。我们的名气还不如Google。
这些都没有什么大不了，如果换一下脑筋，说不定闯出一番新天地。
进大厂不需要M毕业，也不需要这个O，那个O。天之骄子，最后跟许多州大生殊途同归就觉得自己失败呗，没混进矿工。
以前在这里提过的小白男，前年弃了Y选了州大CS，他家不差钱。
现在大二暑假在大矿厂实习，他妈说将来也不一定做这行，随他。
这孩子高中没有参加任何数理竞赛，按部就班12年级上的微积分，但是对所有的科技话题都极有热情。
矿工大多很一般。
矿工需要的技术也不是啥高科技。非要当了矿工就可以自大的鄙视别人，也是自欺欺人
特别是那些成型的大厂。