what do you do?

[cheesycake1710]

i'm a third year pre-med, and i'm trying to understand why i wanna do medicine. seems "i like helping people" is insufficient in interviews.

what about you? what do you do, and why do you do it?

 

[HappyPuppy]

Turn on, tune in and drop out, it worked for the previous generation.

 

[mzkhadir]

I am going to devry, I work for an IT services company, most of the time the hiring manager wants to hear how you will save them money and how you will make them look good.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: cheesycake1710
i'm a third year pre-med, and i'm trying to understand why i wanna do medicine. seems "i like helping people" is insufficient in interviews.

what about you? what do you do, and why do you do it?

You don't like "helping people". You are seriously motivated to devoting energy to improving the human condition.

 

[cheesycake1710]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: cheesycake1710
i'm a third year pre-med, and i'm trying to understand why i wanna do medicine. seems "i like helping people" is insufficient in interviews.

what about you? what do you do, and why do you do it?

You don't like "helping people". You are seriously motivated to devoting energy to improving the human condition.

i'll write that on the back of my hand for the interviews.

 

[Semidevil]

you believe that medicine is a very important part of life. With better research and practice, you will one day hope to save millions of lives....

 

[aircooled]

my companies IT guy

 

[Mrvile]

I go to school because I need my education.

 

[imported_Hi]

Eletrical Engineer

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: cheesycake1710
i'm a third year pre-med, and i'm trying to understand why i wanna do medicine. seems "i like helping people" is insufficient in interviews.

what about you? what do you do, and why do you do it?

I wanna do ME. Why?

(in a retarded voice like Rainman or something) I like carrrss. Defi, defin, definitely caaaarrrsss. I like math too. Defi, definitely math. Ooh, cars go faaassst.

 

[Goosemaster]

I am a second year EE student who is fascinated with philosophy and yet dismayed at how it gets nothing done in the immediate future.
I love thinking and over analyzing. I love reading. I love writing. I love talking. I love playing the violin.

I do it because as a kid, my Dad was everything I wish I wouldn't become, and I learned everything I could so that I could teach him of success.

Alas, I have hit a milestone, whereby my father no longer listens to me, and I must choose whether I will remain stagnant, and have my impending obsolescance fester, or give up on him and make myself a sucess.


There. I said it.


Beyond that, I speak and think as unbiasedly as I can, wishing not to miss any of the beauty of this world because of arrogance and selfishness.

As for EE, I study Engineering becauseI feel that based on what I know, Engineering is the best base that I can have to becoming a well rounded person. Being able to weild morality in conxtext with the analytical is my key to doing something good and honorable for the world.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Turn on, tune in and drop out, it worked for the previous generation.

previous generation of what.... bus drivers? garbage men? retail clerks?

Wanna know what WORKED for the previous generation? Listen to the song "Fortunate Son" by Credence Clearwater Revival. To get anywhere, it seems that you had to know somebody.

Or is that now that I'm thinking of? All these rich white people around me in college are able to do well because they have time to devote to homework instead of working 40+ hours a week to cover rent, tuition, car payments, etc. When I want an A, I have to BUST a few things below my belt....

Some input? Talk about how you want to work. It's crazy, but you have to convince them that you'd do it for free if you didn't have to pay bills. (If you're not really willing, you're in the wrong line of work.) People who love what they do are MUCH more likely to excel, take their job seriously, show up on time, stay with the company, grow in their skills, do outside research, etc. etc. You're motivated and enthusiastic.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Beyond that, I speak and think as unbiasedly as I can, wishing not to miss any of the beauty of this world because of arrogance and selfishness.

As for EE, I study Engineering becauseI feel that based on what I know, Engineering is the best base that I can have to becoming a well rounded person. Being able to weild morality in conxtext with the analytical is my key to doing something good and honorable for the world.

Did I have a twin lost at birth or something?

 

[FoBoT]

make large $$$ ?

isn't that good enough reason to do any job?

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: Hi
Eletrical Engineer

electrical engineer cannot spell electrical correctly :roll:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Beyond that, I speak and think as unbiasedly as I can, wishing not to miss any of the beauty of this world because of arrogance and selfishness.

As for EE, I study Engineering becauseI feel that based on what I know, Engineering is the best base that I can have to becoming a well rounded person. Being able to weild morality in conxtext with the analytical is my key to doing something good and honorable for the world.

Did I have a twin lost at birth or something?

Engineering so beautiful....words cannot describe the respect I have for it

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman

Originally posted by: Hi
Eletrical Engineer

electrical engineer cannot spell electrical correctly :roll:

Ain't it the truth...

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: cheesycake1710
what do you do, and why do you do it?

Today I'm a masked, knife-wielding psychopathic killer. Mostly I appear out of the shadows and kill people, but I can be flexible. If you've got special needs, I can work with them.

Why do I do it? I think it's got something to do with that "psychopathic" part, but this particular job isn't one with a lot of time for introspection.


Tomorrow I'm helping a sick friend move to a new place. I'm doing that hecause I'm his friend and I can lift heavy things (and he can't).


Sunday, it's back to the knife-wielding psychopathic killer bit. I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing on Monday.

 

[troglodytis]

i fly helicopters.

cause it's a blast!

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
make large $$$ ?

isn't that good enough reason to do any job?

no. if you can't be happy without money, you can't be happy with money.

 

[ribbon13]

Read this arcticle.

Unless you become a doctor like Dr. Mercola or Dr. Schnitzer you'll never have my respect. In general doctors cause more death than they prevent.

 

[troglodytis]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

Originally posted by: FoBoT
make large $$$ ?

isn't that good enough reason to do any job?

no. if you can't be happy without money, you can't be happy with money.

but if you can be happy without money, you may very well be happier with money.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Read this arcticle.

Unless you become a doctor like Dr. Mercola or Dr. Schnitzer you'll never have my respect. In general doctors cause more death than they prevent.

It is not about garnering respect from others. Many people underestimate how difficult it truly is to gain respect from themselves.

I have yet to reach that level.

 

[FoBoT]

i thought the question was what to tell during an interview

 

[HardcoreRobot]

living as easily and stressfree as i can until i die