Comments on: Dear College Graduate & “SEO Expert” http://www.tmprod.com/blog/2009/dear-college-graduate-web-seo-extraordinaire/ Web Development & Internet Marketing Blog Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: E Johnson http://www.tmprod.com/blog/2009/dear-college-graduate-web-seo-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-74 E Johnson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:13:09 +0000 http://www.tmprod.com/blog/?p=178#comment-74 As a recent college graduate, i can turn to many Philosophers a have pretended to learn but the best i know to relate to my college experience is from Mid-Western philosopher Jeremy Piven. "…. You can major in Game Boy if you know how to bull-$#!&*" Which leads me into the crossroads I am at now, I'm of course one of those college grad "rock stars". The over-played, under-defined phrase of a recruiter/sales managers/pimps- for- an- unneeded-product would say. But that always puts me in the bind of if all of this could be earned without a person talking about it to you for an hour and a half. All to someone committing themselves to a better life, why waste the money? It's the beautiful lie that I always say got wrapped up in. believing that piece of paper would make all my problems disappear. Although halfway through I knew, unless you are planning on med school/law school or have a GPA greater then 3.8, it would. Unfortunately, the lie was all I had left. So myself, and many others like caught in the lie have the grueling burden of asking those inevitable questions. -Where can we get this "experience" these advertisers keep asking? I know there are numerous clubs and groups, but who actually would respond to a post with an entry level salary for someone that worked in a field 5 years? - When do ethics come into play when your criteria is everything less than what we know? I'm not promoting dishonesty to get a job, but when you've only heard of Dreamweaver is in a Horror movie based on a novel, and the jobs your expertise needs to be 5 plus years. Some grads will fake it well enough to base intro to acting 1001. Honestly, I know I'm making these asinine statements only as an act of an over-educated, under-experienced, former "agent of the future". Now frustrated, angry, and upset that they are stuck washing dishes while people with GED's and associates are bringing our salary tenfold. I just didn't want to seem to have that whole four years feel like a waste of time. We need to have an understanding of what works out here, before the ones left in the cold with a shred of honesty will turn into those mindless pitch men, and nimrods acting like subject matter experts that over flood your mailbox. Because the ones that do work for it, The ones that do want to learn and use the experience are still out there. With their hearts on fire, ears on receive, and their college days behind them. As a recent college graduate, i can turn to many Philosophers a have pretended to learn but the best i know to relate to my college experience is from Mid-Western philosopher Jeremy Piven.
“…. You can major in Game Boy if you know how to bull-$#!&*”

Which leads me into the crossroads I am at now, I’m of course one of those college grad “rock stars”.

The over-played, under-defined phrase of a recruiter/sales managers/pimps- for- an- unneeded-product would say. But that always puts me in the bind of if all of this could be earned without a person talking about it to you for an hour and a half. All to someone committing themselves to a better life, why waste the money?

It’s the beautiful lie that I always say got wrapped up in. believing that piece of paper would make all my problems disappear. Although halfway through I knew, unless you are planning on med school/law school or have a GPA greater then 3.8, it would. Unfortunately, the lie was all I had left.
So myself, and many others like caught in the lie have the grueling burden of asking those inevitable questions.

-Where can we get this “experience” these advertisers keep asking? I know there are numerous clubs and groups, but who actually would respond to a post with an entry level salary for someone that worked in a field 5 years?

– When do ethics come into play when your criteria is everything less than what we know? I’m not promoting dishonesty to get a job, but when you’ve only heard of Dreamweaver is in a Horror movie based on a novel, and the jobs your expertise needs to be 5 plus years. Some grads will fake it well enough to base intro to acting 1001.

Honestly, I know I’m making these asinine statements only as an act of an over-educated, under-experienced, former “agent of the future”. Now frustrated, angry, and upset that they are stuck washing dishes while people with GED’s and associates are bringing our salary tenfold. I just didn’t want to seem to have that whole four years feel like a waste of time.
We need to have an understanding of what works out here, before the ones left in the cold with a shred of honesty will turn into those mindless pitch men, and nimrods acting like subject matter experts that over flood your mailbox. Because the ones that do work for it, The ones that do want to learn and use the experience are still out there. With their hearts on fire, ears on receive, and their college days behind them.

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