What do most Internet people do when they reach 30 years old?

I know this question well. I ran from Beijing to Chongqing with my cat.

Roadside barbecue stall at 10 p.m.

After completing my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in a second-tier city, I was naive and ignorant, harboring fantasies about a utopia in Beijing, and working in a job with a monthly salary of less than 10,000 yuan. The school recruitment offer came to Beijing to report. Born in the lower working class, no one ever told me what kind of life I should live. When graduation comes, what could be more interesting than seeing the bustling and prosperous world?

In addition to the internship time, I stayed in Beijing No. 1 for two years. My job was as a media reporter, which was my dream career. The reality didn’t disappoint me either. I had free working hours, my colleagues were excellent and kind-hearted, the company had a good platform, I could interview top entrepreneurs in the Internet industry, and occasionally I could meet some celebrities on trending searches, and I tried many programs for free. Five-star hotels, traveling to many cities on business but only writing articles and ordering takeout in the room.

Perhaps because I have just entered the industry, or because I have just graduated and am energetic. During the probationary period before becoming a skilled codeword migrant worker, the work of a body-sensing reporter is objectively not that tiring. Every week After reporting the work once, I can move freely. I often stay up late to write articles, and occasionally I am called up in the middle of the night to follow up on breaking news. I don’t feel tired at all when making meaningful topic selections.

But as a newcomer in the workplace, the psychological pressure is always great. This kind of pressure usually appears after media activities. When you see the working status of colleagues in different media, you will worry about whether you can evolve into a "senior reporter" in three years, and worry that when you are 30 years old, you will still be the same person who only collects travel expenses and cannot write. I am worried that I will be lonely if I stay in Beijing alone, that I have been unable to improve the speed and quality of my writing, and that there are no suitable positions for me in the second-tier cities I want to return to. ?

Later, I finally admitted that the school recruited the ambitious person during the interview, which seemed to be just an emergency drill. When I stumbled into this company and moved into this shared house, I didn’t have the opportunity to settle in Beijing or have financial freedom. I was just a mediocre person. ?

In the past, I always felt that leaving a city because of dry climate, unsuitable diet, etc. were all hypocritical reasons. It wasn’t until nine out of ten times when I ordered takeout that I went wrong, when I had skin problems that I went to the dermatology department to see a chapped doctor, and there was never a roadside stall where people drank beer, that I really realized that I didn’t like this city. It’s not that it’s not good, it’s that its prosperity and fun have nothing to do with me as a wage earner.

By chance, I came to Chongqing to take the public examination. My salary was cut in half, but my life was quite comfortable. From nine to six, there were no life-threatening calls. I didn’t look at my phone after work. I went downstairs to buy something after taking a shower. barbecue.

When we arrived at the Chongqing community, there were people playing mahjong everywhere

The ice powder stall under the sunset

Chongqing Colors

Although, Beijing is still a place that brings me many memories and harvests. I was lucky enough to go to a good company. In this company I met very, very good colleagues and leaders. My first overseas trip was a department team building. The leader gave me a lot of room for self-growth and even secretly sent me text messages. bonus. My leaving felt a bit disappointing to him to a certain extent. Because when he was interviewing me, he probably thought I was the kind of person who was ambitious enough to enter the world.

However, in Beijing I did a lot of socially significant click-choice questions and met many ordinary people who moved people and gave them strength, as well as very outstanding entrepreneurs. What I have learned over the past two years is that I am not only a content producer who can convey ideas, but also a coding screw that companies and enterprises can replace at any time.

Interview with Lao Luo before bringing the goods

Some brick-moving scenes

Witnessed the party before Jack Ma faded out of Alibaba

Get it to Chongqing After receiving the job offer, I was still eager to interview at a large factory in Houchang Village. Later, I got an offer, but it was much more tiring than my first job. I didn’t go for it and just quit and came to Chongqing.

In the more than a year since I came to Chongqing, there was no peer pressure at work from the beginning, but gradually I have more tasks and new goals. But I also have a lot of time to study cooking skills, travel to surrounding areas, take cats out to play, and take photos of cats.

Although there are many interesting places in Beijing, the anxious me could never experience the city with my heart like a tourist. Most of what I felt was the cars and dust rushing by on the Fourth Ring Road, and the rustling between partitions. cockroaches, and a canteen where even the spicy hotpot has sesame sauce.

The favorite Hunan restaurant in Beijing

Some homemade food

I feel like life has slowed down in Chongqing, and I often regretted it when I first resigned. , after a period of time, I felt that it was right to leave. But my experience in the city of Beijing and my first job were my precious treasures, which allowed me, a child born in a lower-class family, to truly see the prosperity and cruelty of the outside world.

There are also many "Beijing drifter" friends around me. They firmly choose to take root and integrate into this super city. Their efforts for this choice are also very dazzling, and they themselves are also working hard. I have always admired him and his emotional intelligence. Occasionally when I hear news about their promotion, marriage, or buying a house, I still lament that hard work will eventually pay off.

In addition, before coming to Chongqing, I saved enough for the down payment of a small house, and I can buy a house after one year of social security. It is really not recommended to resign if you have no money.

In addition, there may be many young friends who came to big cities by mistake, and some of them are as hesitant as me. This is a worthwhile journey, and young people always have to endure some hardships. In short, I don’t regret drifting to Beijing, nor do I regret leaving. All choices will have regrets, so go ahead firmly.