随想丨看到北航的某位本科生自杀的信息,以及留子们的普遍困境
最近,看到北航的一个优秀本科生,因为本科毕业前,被导师要求延毕,取消保研,而自杀的事情,真的好痛心呀。
看到NYU的一个学生的这个帖子,我也觉得很真实。
I thought finishing would feel like a victory lap, but it’s more like standing at the edge of a cliff.
我以为毕业会像一次胜利的游行,但感觉更像是站在悬崖边上。
上次,和好朋友说过好几次,不喜欢看到一切和NYU毕业典礼相关的信息,因为就觉得很割裂。我知道自己对NYU很缺乏身份认同感,甚至从来没有在社交媒体上,透露自己在NYU读研。是的!会认知失调,会觉得项目昂贵,自己在学校眼中,只是创收来源。而且,实际就读体验,和NYU的实际情况,落差太大太大。而且,身边同学普遍的,找不到工作的焦虑和绝望,继而是无法获得美国合法签证的焦虑和绝望。
一方面,可能是泛计算机专业,面对的结构性困境:AI的普及,造成工作岗位供给减少;失业率的增加,导致有大量的存量人才供给。而国际学生,因为OPT只有3年,导致公司不愿意培养,也因此不愿意录用为实习和正职。
另一方面,也有国际学生的难以完全融入,也因此更缺乏本地的生活支持系统。(虽然说,纽约是文化熔炉,但实际上,我感觉更像是原子化的,每个人是独立的个体,并且很难找到好朋友,跟我在武汉的经历完全不同。)
下面是Reddit全文,因为担心原连接很可能失效
Graduation done… now what? 毕业了,接下来该做什么?
So, that’s it. Graduated last week, program officially over.
所以,就这样吧。上周毕业了,项目正式结束了。Ceremony was nice, my parents watched the livestream from MY, I wore the purple robe, took pics near the arch, all that. But now that the buzz has died down, I’m just sitting here in my room wondering… what next?
仪式很棒,我的父母从马来西亚观看了直播,我穿了紫袍,在拱门附近拍照,所有这些。但现在喧嚣声平息了,我就坐在我的房间里,想知道……接下来该做什么?I thought finishing would feel like a victory lap, but it’s more like standing at the edge of a cliff. I’m waiting for my OPT to process, still applying like mad (some interviews, mostly rejections), and trying not to spiral when I check LinkedIn too much. Rent’s still due. My part-time GA job just ended. And every day that passes, I feel like I’m running out of time.
我以为完成会感觉像一次胜利的游行,但它更像站在悬崖边。我在等待我的 OPT 处理,仍然疯狂地申请(一些面试,大多是拒绝),并且尽量避免在 LinkedIn 上查看时陷入螺旋。租金仍然到期。我的兼职 GA 工作刚刚结束。而且每一天过去,我都感觉时间不多了。Honestly, it’s scary. I miss home, but I also want to stay and make it work here even for a year. Everyone keeps saying “enjoy the moment,” but it’s hard when your future feels like one big question mark and you have bills to pay (the worst)
说实话,这很可怕。我怀念家,但我也想留下来在这里努力工作一年。每个人都说“享受当下”,但当你的未来感觉像一个巨大的问号,而且你还有账单要付(最糟糕的)时,这很难。Anyone else in this post-grad limbo? How do you deal with the wait? Would love to hear from others in the same boat, or maybe a reminder that I’m not completely screwing this up. Am I cooked?
还有其他人也处于毕业后这种迷茫期吗?你们是如何应对等待的?很乐意听到和其他人在同一条船上的话,或者也许是一个提醒,我没有完全搞砸这一切。我完蛋了吗?