When we volunteered, we all thought that by choosing the right profession, we could have a secure life with a look at it。
At that time, the most decent work of the family's elders, except for the doctor's teacher, was the “pent” for writing articles in the office。
Sichuan was so hot in the summer of 2019。
I was sweating in front of an old computer at the county cyber bar, staring at the wheel on the screen。
My father, who had just arrived from the construction site, was wearing a white-washed blue dress with some mud on his legs。
The screen finally pops out."Sichuan university"a few words, my father's rough hands were on his thigh and he said three times in a row, "good, good, good."。
At that timeJournalismIn the eyes of the people of the county, it is a gold sign with a halo。
It is “the king without a crown”, it is a reserve for “iron jobs”, it is a “dignity road” that allows access to television stations, newspapers and even institutions to write。
Who would have thought that, in a few years' time, those four words would become what everyone would call a “spit”。
But i never felt the choice was wrong。
With the family's savings and the expectations of my parents, i dragged my suitcase into the university。
The wind by the river is blowing, and the long bridge is full of young faces。
The vast majority of the 42 members of our class, like me, come from ordinary wage-earners or county families。
There's light in everyone's eyes, and it's like you're gonna have a bowl of hot food in the future if you practice your pencils, you learn your cameras。
Even now, in the 2026 graduation season, we stand at the crossroads of finding work, and we have never thought of complaining about ourselves。
It's just this way, more concrete, more solid and more chewy。
Yoo min, the most impeccable “do something”。
Her family lived in a small town in kawadong, where her parents sold halogen on the market, raised up early and made a hundred thousand dollars a year and left her to go to school。
When she was in school, she was already eating in the library with a book of specialization。
Journalism in general, communication in curricula, history of journalism in the middle and out of the world, and the boring theoretical classes, each of which she's turned over。
In that year, in order to save her work, she ran behind her camera into the surrounding three counties and took pictures of the country's education。
In order to save money, she stayed in a small hotel for a few dozen dollars, ate half a month of buns and came back with a thin circle, but her eyes were particularly bright。
The group was later awarded a provincial student award, making it one of the toughest knocks on her resume。
In the autumn of 2025, when everyone was anxious to wait for the cv, she had been given an information post at chengdu's head state company。
Although it was not the king without a crown that was originally conceived, the job was stable and well-being, and it served her well in terms of words。
At the beginning of the job, there was a lot of work in writing, in public spaces and in building a culture of enterprise。
She has also been confused as to how the “moral of shoulder” she has learned has become an internal bulletin。
Soon, however, she had adjusted her mind to use every bulletin as a press release, with clear logic and clear data。
She now enjoys a comfortable combined income in chengdu as a result of her good work in that country, her monthly wages plus the public fund and subsidies。
She told me that it was the first time she was paid to buy two new clothes for her parents, which was the moment she felt she had grown up。
She often said that there was no white-school profession, that words were learned and that there was core competitiveness。
Zhang ho, a typical “planning” player in our class, is the “perfect template” that many parents see。
His family is located in chengdu city and his parents are employed in the business sector. They have a strong family and a natural interest in the system。
But he's not the kind of guy who can only go to school, he's so stable, he's so organized。
Four years at the university, his report card was always at the top of the fifth grade, but he was “soft power”。
He was aware that journalism was a cross-cutting subject, and that the second year had begun to be supplemented by administrative courses and self-analysis of new media data。
And then we were mad at cardon for editing software, and he was already skilled in python's analysis。
His goal was clear: to take a test and to play a professional role on a larger platform。
During the six months of his examination, he kept himself in the rental house next to the school, and was unable to brush his head and back。
There are actually a lot of candidates in journalism, but there is a lot of competition, and that's when the real army crosses the bridge。
For the first time, because of his tension, he was not discouraged, replaying, searching for a set of simulation exercises, and grinding interview techniques to the ground。
In the spring of 2025, he finally landed in a core department of his home province。
Upon admission to his post, he discovered that there were just people in the office who could write and understand the new media, and he became the backbone。
He was pleased to be able to do so, although he often worked late and sometimes had to change the wording a dozen times。
At a meeting earlier, he said that he could now understand in particular the sense of “a thousand pounds” and that the job had enabled him to find a sense of professional detour。
For him, the academic degree of kawasa was a knock-on brick, but it was the discipline and accumulation of four years。
Chen sun, our class's most "deep" and thoughtful classmate。
His home is located in a third-line coastal city, where he does business and is particularly sensitive to commercial smell from an early age。
He chose journalism, and he started off on content entrepreneurship。
A few years in college, when we were writing thesis, he was studying short video algorithms
When we're back on the dissemination theory, he's running a live water test。
He often said that journalism taught him not how to write news, but how to visualize humanity and how to capture traffic codes。
During the third summer, he did not go to practice in the traditional media, but went to hangzhou, where he worked as an operating assistant at an electrician mcn agency。
It was a really rough time, and every day, the data was rehearsed, and when the voice was mute, it continued with a piece of larynx。
But he felt particularly rich because he saw the real path to content realization。
After graduating in 2026, he did not find a full-time job, as was the case for most people, but chose to join an internet company that was in a rising phase for brand planning。
While it has been said that large internet factories are “de-efficient”, the number of people with real capacity for content remains scarce。
He was not paid less for entry on duty than those who entered large factories, and his programmes were always written because he knew how to communicate and understood users。
Of course, the pressure is enormous, and it's common to stay up all night to keep up with the project。
One time, when he left work at 3:00 a. M. And stood by the side of the road waiting for a car, looking at the shadow under the lamp, he sent me a message:
“as tired as it is, it's really good to see its own planned activities painted.”
He had never felt that the profession was slowing him down, but felt that it was the profession that gave him a sharp tentacle to find his place in this rapidly changing business world。
Let's end with my own story。
I come from an ordinary paid family, with parents who are ordinary workers, and who have taught me from an early age that i “have no skills”。
It's really cool to pick out the news for the first time because you like it and think you can write the times。
But these four years have come, frankly, with anxiety and self-doubt。
In particular, at the beginning of the fall of 2025, i cast dozens of cvs, with few interviews。
At that time, all the students who were studying computers and electrical were getting high payoffers。
I was wondering, was it really wrong
Isn't that a school halo
It wasn't until i came back in peace that i realized it wasn't professional. I didn't learn it。
I recouped my collection and carefully sharpened every article published in the school newspaper and the public journal。
I no longer pitch, but target the physical enterprises that need content to operate。
Finally, i took up the job of a large manufacturing enterprise in the yangtze, which promotes corporate culture。
Although the location is not in chengdu nucleus, the company provides a single-person dormitories, an excellent canteen, and a good salary plus an end-of-year award, which is of great quality。
More importantly, there is no overcrowding and anxiety in the big cities, and i have plenty of time to study and settle。
Last week, an in-depth business report that i was responsible for was published in the industry media, and the leadership was specifically meant to commend me at the general assembly。
At that moment, i looked at the link to the article on the phone screen, and the stone in my heart finally landed。
It turns out that journalism really works, and it makes me, in any industry, the person who can express and understand logic。
Of the 42 of our class, no one has survived the so-called “failers”。
You're just living a hot life on different tracks, with different rhythms。
In the six months of graduation, my greatest feeling was that the ring was not a gold medal, it was just a ticket。
What really keeps you away is your ability to keep and grow while you're facing difficulties。
Journalism is also good, as are other professions, and there has never been a so-called “sunhole”。
Only those who have not found a way to do so, and those who have not yet been tapped。
Industry is shifting from broad-based expansion to high-quality development, and markets are now more friendly to people with real productive capacity for content。
Whether you're pros or pros, if you've got a job and a heart, you've got a good career。
May every student who is on his way to find a job lay down his anxiety and walk out of his own path in his own time zone。
