Alright guys, so I've got a degree in math, concentrated in stats and data science, and it's been more than a year since I graduated. I'm gonna try to get back in the job market, but frankly I slogged through college to get this degree which I never wanted to pursue as a career. There's a plan A I have that involved me pursuing something more artistic, creative, involving writing, deep thinking. And it's not like I'm being impractical when it comes to plan A, I just need time to know how to implement it in real time. It's gonna embody who I truly am, and something which I've explored and experienced during my gap year off of college, and that's basically gonna be who I really am and what really gives me a reason to live and implement who I am in this world, and I've got a clear vision of how I can do it.
Plan B is a standard data science related job, and it's gonna bore me out, but it'll keep my parents happy knowing I'm “pursuing my career” or atleast they think, when I'm practically gonna be dying inside throughout that job. I'm shaking just thinking about applying for it, but I'll just try my best to bluff it off, I managed throughout college, and a gap year off made me not so stressed about it as I was before. I kinda need this soon, so I definitely can't be myself here lol but will probably make a few friends there who hate it too, idk lol we'll see . But it'll be an entry level job, or freelancing, don't know, and I don't know how these things work or how expectations are for freshers. But I'm basically selling my soul for this stupid job, and honestly I don't hate data science or math, theoretically I like them and circumstances been different I would have enjoyed them practically too, but I'm not cut out for them in the real world tbh.
For anyone who's been in work or is ending work, and maintained sort of an alter ego during work that you knew wasn't you and had to maintain a sort of mental disassociation, and off work you were truly yourself and were working on other stuff behind the wraps (don't know if i used that right lol), how did you manage it in a sensible way that worked best for you on a daily basis?