This is a short story by a bumbling ex-software engineer.
Graduating from university, I was pretty much clueless about what I was going to do for the rest of my life.
To be honest, I wasn’t particularly good at anything. Unfortunately, I had spent most of my time dating and playing computer games.
Sure, I usually learn fairly quickly and always put in plenty of effort into whatever I do.
But finding my niche and specialty? Apparently, that was never my thing.
In response to the inevitable, I half-heartedly applied for a bunch of IT jobs. After the usual round of rejections and screwing up many interviews, I landed a contract with a big-name multi-national corporation (MNC) that specializes in consulting as a test analyst – which is really a glorified term for someone that does spreadsheet stuff.
Oh yes, remind me about the company culture! It was ages ago but it felt like yesterday...