Why Rochester isnt the way to go

I was born and raised in Rochester NY. When I graduated high school from Gates-Chili High School (the second largest one in Rochester) I moved away to Long Island. All through high school I would always tell my friends and family that growing up in Rochester was going to become a dead end road for many of the kids who haven’t already established themselves with a career. Rochester is and expanding city of sorts in the means of population but not in businesses and companies. There are 3 big companies that have there head quarters in Rochester. Kodak, Xerox and Baushom & Lomb are all located in Rochester. This might sound nice to see these 3 companies in Rochester but they are laying off thousands of employees each year. So to try to find a job at one of these locations is truly not the right decision. Moving out of Rochester opened up many doors for me in the future. I have met numerous people that I will become very close friends with and those people will also help me in the future. I don’t think I would have received this opportunity back up in Rochester. Don’t get me wrong Rochester is where my family is so I love going back; I just don’t think that trying to establish a career there is the best way to go when you have so many more opportunities to go elsewhere and do better. I’m not saying go to New York City I’m just saying go to a different part of the country and establish something there. Rochester is a very nice city, if you haven’t already established a career there then I think it’s a lost cause.

Finding a Job

After graduation I’m hoping to land a job in the real estate field. I have always been mesmerized by real estate and development of real estate. In this time the financial market isn’t what it use to be so finding a job of anybodies liking is going to hard. There are jobs out there, and people are going to have to start from the bottom and work there way up instead of trying to find a dream job right away. I’m looking for jobs and for the last couple of weeks I have been brushing off the fact that jobs are hard to come by in today’s world. Now I know first hand that they weren’t lie when they said this to me. Coming right out of school now isn’t the prime time but it is what it is and I’m going to have to live with it. I have many people I have met during my time here at Manhattanville and hopefully I can use them as references to help in this troubled time. As for me trying to get into real estate right away after college, if it happens it happens, if not then I’m ok with that and I will work toward something in that field down the road. It’s not always going to go that way that I want so rolling with the punches in this time of financial crisis is fine with me. I have always been the one who works the hardest for what I have so working hard to get to the top isn’t going to be anything different for me. So I am just going to keep my head up and not get discouraged when I can’t find a job right away because I know one is out there for me.

Final Days of My Career

As the season went on I realized my hockey career was soon over. I didn’t know exactly what it would feel like but realistically it hasn’t hit me yet. As the final day of the season came closer we were preparing to take on Hobart in a 2 game series to decide who would finish 2nd and who would finish 3rd. Both games were close and both games ended in a tie. Those ties were the deciding factor of the team finishing 1 point ahead of them in the standings and getting a home game in the playoffs. So Hobart was going to come back for the first round of playoffs the very next weekend. This is the game that really mattered. As a team we prepared like never before. If we didn’t win this game our season was in jeopardy. This game was going to be a dog fight to the bitter end. Eventually we ended up losing this game and now our hope of getting into the NCAA tournament was in limbo. Our fate was in the hands of the NCAA committee. So the next week we had to practice as if we were playing a game but in reality had no idea even if we were going to get it. This was a tough situation knowing that you might be practicing for nothing. So the pairing came out and our name wasn’t called. This put some sort of a pit in my stomach because after every year in my life since I was three I was always able to get’em next year. But now it’s a different situation because there is no next year. I could go a play somewhere and make $300 a week playing the game I grew up loving but do I really want to prolong my life even further after graduating at the age of 25. So I have just kind of excepting the fact that my career is over and to look for the positive in it all. I have made numerous friends and learned countless lessons playing this game that I will take with me where ever I go, so I’m taking away from hockey many memories and lessons that will get me through the next phase of my life. In the end sports don’t last forever but they sure were fun in the process.