Blabber

As you begin a career, notice how time becomes even scarcer. Sometimes, employer asks of you personal contribution of time. It is expected. The reason why "real-world" is quite different than the one we face in college is mainly due to how uncertain things can be. Not only don't we know how things are going to turn out, sometimes it's pretty difficult to identify the steps to begin with. Many of the factors are beyond our control. To survive, we have to make many decisions based on limited information and also other constraints (things are not going as planned, last minute setbacks, unforeseen circumstances (weather, traffic jam, etc.), incompetency/lack of knowledge-experience)

Career is without a doubt, a loop to make us exchange time for money. That's what most people would do anyway. Since we don't have much capital to begin with, (capitalism is accelerating on this building block), almost everyone starts with sacrificing their time. Skill level only differentiates the income level but it doesn't take away the fact that time is still dominantly allocated to work. So, the only compensation any person can get is the love and belief for great work or personal contribution to others.

Excuse my blabbering.