I also take this opportunity to hope that if you need any help, please try to let me know and I will help. For not letting people down in the group chat, because I have not guarded my career before. However, I still can't help writing a little bit about what I experienced after graduation for everyone to see.
Strictly speaking, I don't have the right to comment on the two words "guarding one's career". But website construction in Fuzhou is also a form of guarding one's career. It was because at that time it was popular to play KartRider. Let me start with 2007 when I first came into contact with Taobao. I registered on Taobao just to buy equipment online and got in touch with the sources from a friend, then smoothly upgraded to a diamond level. However, as the anti-addiction system for KartRider was introduced and the price of equipment dropped, my Taobao seller journey began. In the following one or two months, the profit disappeared, I was worried about having no job placement, even no business, and had to prepare for the final exams. Naturally, the Taobao store closed. Then I went into my third year of university. During the six months of the third year, there was no prospect of future, not even a direction. A semester passed, maybe heaven didn't want to interrupt my smooth life so far. My cousin's boyfriend helped me find a job in a company, an electronics factory. This job was tailor-made for me, completely matching my major - R&D technician. However, I muddled through for more than half a year, gained weight, and gradually felt bored. Suddenly, I realized that the Internet is my true love. Whether relatives, friends, or classmates, none of them supported my decision to switch careers. The company leaders also tried to retain me. Everyone couldn't understand why I would give up a job that others would struggle to find and switch careers. Finally, the company allowed me to submit my resignation application and left in November, right when the financial crisis erupted.
Then I started my first real interview, which was for a network company whose main business was building websites, selling domain names, and advertisements. I interviewed for a Business Representative position and passed. I formally bought a suit and a briefcase. Unexpectedly, I quit after only two days, giving myself an excuse. A person like me with such thin skin can't do a job where I'm scolded over the phone every day. Then I returned to the place where I graduated, Xinyu - a shelter from the storm. It's a countryside I've always been reluctant to leave, along with the people I can't let go of. Many classmates worked there, including those in Fuzhou website construction, and thus I was "kept" there. I resumed being a Taobao seller by reselling products online. I took a gamble and placed my first batch of goods, but the money earned wasn't enough for me to live on, so I gave myself another excuse - the profit margin from reselling was too low, and I needed to source my own goods. Friends also wanted to leave, so we calculated together and boarded a train to Guangzhou. We all thought we could pick up gold in Guangzhou. After borrowing several thousand yuan to come to Guangzhou to buy clothes to sell, we spent months working daily until our eyes turned panda-like, eating only one or two meals a day. Gradually, I became thinner, and my vision blurred whenever I stepped out. The borrowed money was almost gone, and the clothes were unsold. Now, I was anxious again. My friend found a job that could only sustain his living. Internally, I struggled constantly, saving quite a bit. Should I continue or should I give up? At this time, I met a nearby female Taobao seller, and her words, along with Jack Ma's famous saying, inspired me to persist for a few more months.
Finally, I returned home and entered a national public institution, returning to the era of solitary battle. Even though my heart could still hold on, my body couldn't bear it anymore. I finally gave up. Then began a month-long job-hunting journey, submitting resumes every day, attending recruitment fairs weekly, giving me hope repeatedly, and then making me disappointed repeatedly. Slowly, I lowered my posture and requirements. Thanks to my efforts, I eventually met a "talent-recognizing" HR manager. Although I could tell they had a good impression of me, I still didn't dare to raise my requirements because I feared missing this opportunity again. I couldn't endure the repeated hopes and disappointments, the repeated blows, so I compromised. With six to seven thousand yuan of debt, I started my "first formal job," sending the remaining clothes back home for a friend who runs a clothing store to consign.
Although the position title was Planner, the company wasn't a network company but a shoe brand company, mainly focusing on online promotion work. I discovered that I really liked this job; it was the feeling I wanted. Even during off-hours, I continued my online wanderings. Initially, it was because I needed a large number of blog accounts, so I created a QQ group and hired some people to register for me. When I no longer needed their services, I couldn't bear seeing the hopeful looks in the group, so I continued hiring them for some time. Later, I thought of selling blog accounts. Since the business was small, I had little time due to work, so I found some comment-related tasks to keep them busy. Although I barely made any money, I felt great. Only then did I realize that for a "boss," money isn't the most important thing; responsibility to employees and customers is. If I brought them in, I couldn't let them be idle, even if the money earned was negligible. I believed that the bigger the cause, the greater the responsibility, and money was just an add-on. Naturally, Fuzhou network companies also had a huge market.