>> Batch 8519: I would say be, be okay
with not knowing exactly what you want to do when you graduate.
I had no idea that path I would take post-graduation and then
that made me really nervous at the time and so it did feel like for a couple of years
after I graduated college that I was just jumping from one thing to another,
so I think it's important to just focus on the next step and not worry so much about the 5
or 10 year plan unless you're doing something like being a doctor or a lawyer,
but if you're on a more nontraditional path which I feel like most people
in the nonprofit sector going into government are going to be on I think it's okay
to just follow your passions and focus on networking with people
and by networking I don't mean going to like cocktails or like mixers,
I just mean using the alumni network and just taking advantage of people that you know
or people that you're friends know just to get coffee, go on informational interviews just
to talk about different careers that already out there.
I think that's the best way to decide what you want and get really good advice
of like the particular pathway that you could take to have the kind of job you want, so again,
not knowing what want is fine, just do something and be smart
about the connections that you do have.