This is the new normal, but is it fair? Should twenty year olds be forced to work sixty hours at financial firms to pay off student debt and afford New York City summer housing? Or broadly speaking, should students be forced to dive into their future careers at such young ages? Conversely, this means college becomes about post-employment opportunities, and summers become auditions for our future careers. First, in an incredibly uncertain post-graduation job market, competition for top jobs is higher than ever. Seeing flocks of my “corporate ready” colleagues triggered two profound realizations within me. Dressed in a Kansas City Royals t-shirt and jeans, I was awe-struck. At a quarter past seven, these twenty and twenty-one year olds were returning home from long days at their summer internships. Women rushed through the turnstiles in elegant dresses and blazers.Īs I watched these students, I asked myself: What were they all doing? Initially, I figured these students must have been coming from a formal event, maybe at the Met. Men were dressed in suit shirts and pants as they carried their dry cleaning.
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However, to my surprise, droves of students were dressed in full business formal attire. Many were dressed in typical summer wear, wearing shorts, sports jerseys and tank tops. On a humid July evening, fellow millennials rushed through the door, often speaking with friends and on the phone. I arrived on Tuesday evening, and as I waited in the dorm lobby for my friend, something peculiar struck me about the students entering the building. However, this article is not about my sightseeing activities, but rather, what I learned about my generation and our future professions this summer. As usual, it was exciting and scenic (and expensive).
This week I was back in New York, returning to one of my favorite cities to reconnect with friends from NYU.
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