I’m counting down the days. I wanna leave work so badly at this point and go back to school. This small taste of the real world has left a sour taste in my mouth. Its not that I dislike my job, I enjoy it quite a bit. I just feel that the adventure in my life that I used to have doesn’t happen now that I’m here in Iowa. When going to rose I never saw myself moving to more of a rural area. Thank god Cedar Rapids is a city of about 150k, if I had to move to a farming community I think I’d shoot myself. I mean hay and corn are great, just not every day. Also who doesn’t love roosters?
I fully intend on giving Rockwell the next 3-5 years of my life. After that I’m not sure what’s on my Horizon. I know one thing I love traveling and I love experiences. When I say travel I don’t mean hey lets go to Nebraska and check out the world’s largest frying pan. I’m talking I want to try kayaking in Vietnam, go mountain climbing in Tibet, or go clubbing all night in Italy. The problem is how can I translate my skills with computers in to a job where I get to do stuff like that on at least a quarterly basis, while making the same copiously large amounts of cash. I have this constant internal conflict of experiences versus success. If only there were someway I could achieve both.
One solution to my dilemma is my future education. I am taking the GMAT on Monday. If I do well enough to get in to the Masters program at University of Iowa, I was thinking I could investigate international finance or entrepreneurial studies. Then maybe I can get a job in my 30’s working for a financial power house doing computer analysis at banks around the world. That’d be sweet. I was also thinking I should attempt to pick up a second language. I didn’t do so hot in HS, but my semi retarded French teacher didn’t help matters. I figure if I know 10+ computer languages, I should be able to pick up an actual foreign language with enough diligence.
I also came across something cool on the net a few days ago. This would be pimptastic to go on: Pacific Challenge