The Transition From College Life to Work Life: Pressure, Routine, and Professional Identity
The transition from college life to work life trades a structure someone else built for one you build yourself. In college, the semester set the pace. Grades told you how you were doing, and friends were often a short walk away. In a first job, there’s no end of term. Feedback can be vague or rare, and your social life is whatever you arrange after hours. On paper, the first professional year can look like a success: the offer letter, the salary, maybe your own apartment. It can also be...