Nyu Grad: I work unpaid internships and my father supports me financially

I graduated from New York University twice. The first time, it was when I obtained my baccalaureate in 2023; The second was when I finished my master the following year.

I registered in Nyu because I thought that making a prestigious institution would guarantee me a job or would give me a step ahead in the job application process. I couldn’t have been wrong.

As a writer, I always find it difficult to find a full -time job who pays the invoices. In the meantime, I count on my father for financial support.

The job search caused me a lot of stress

After obtaining our diploma with our baccalaureate, many of my friends plunged into the job market; However, I was determined to obtain a master to add an additional pizazz to my curriculum vitae. I wanted to obtain an additional qualification in the hope that if I was waiting for an interview, I could Negotiate a higher salary due to the additional degree. But that didn’t help.

I have spent time on a rigorous program and I still do not have a stable independent or salary position. It flows and begins to weigh me mentally. My anxiety starts to punctuate the corridors from top to bottom in my head. I can’t help but judge me.

I look at my friends who have great things in their careers, and I feel left behind. I have the emerging feeling that I am not good enough and that I lack an important part of emerging adult.

While I am extremely proud of my friends and I will encourage them forever, my child inner Map, “and me?”

Fortunately, my father helps me financially

Although I persist in my career search, my father supports me financially – a fact of which I am eternally grateful and quite embarrassed. He pays my New York City RentWhich is not a small price.

When I tell people: “I am a writer”, there are some answers generated. While individuals find this remarkable, the question of “how can you live in Manhattan then?” Finally arises.

It is embarrassing to say that my father supports me when I am almost in mid-Vings, but I prefer to be embarrassed and continue the career that I want to be miserable in a work that I hate.

My father raised me to be a passionate reader and to appreciate the arts. He became my champion when I expressed my dream of being a successful writer. Fortunately, he has not abandoned me even if I have not yet understood the “success” part.

Internships will not pay my invoices

Since I received my master’s degree, I have carried out seven unpaid courses in well -known fashion and culture magazines, dedicating hours to present meetings, editorial staff, publishing and creating articles that live on their websites. These Bylines were a fantastic feat to accomplish.

However, the compromise, which seems a bit tight, is also troubled. I am not paid. While I understand that Unpaid courses are the standard in the editorial and fashion industry, I cannot claim that this does not rush my feathers. Yes, I get something, but the morality of asking someone to work for free is complicated.

Fortunately, I am able to do this because of my generational wealth. However, my financial reality is not the norm.

For the moment, I will continue to continue my dreams of being a writer and, hopefully, I will be able to support myself soon.