I think I like being at uni for the moment, it is safe, can easily be passed off as doing something important, not everyone does it, it is also considered to many to be a noble goal (although some would say uni is not worth doing at all).
Getting a job is not like this at all, sure everyone wishes you well at the start, congratulate you on getting a job, joining the workforce or the "real world" like so many people like to comment. But after you have a job for a while then what? You are just like anyone else, no one congratulates you for having a job, it is just what you "have to do". You don't get safe, easily definable goals and a detailed framework on how to achieve them. You don't get pieces of paper and a ceremony every few years where you dress up and get a pat on the back from all your friends and peers. All you get is uptight 30 to 50 somethings that are desperate to keep you in your place (ie. below them on the "corporate ladder"), constant unwanted critque of your work/performance, having to deal with unreasonable demands from people, at least 55 hours a week of your personal time dedicated to "being at work" (think about it, the 40+ hours actually at work, then the 1 or 2 hours per day travelling to/from work and the time it takes to "prepare" yourself for work, insane). What do we get out of this? Money, yeah that's good I guess, but is it enough money? Sure it is enough to live off, maybe even get yourself a decent car and house before you die, but never enough to satisfy you wild (or even moderate) personal desires, well unless you have money already coming to you from another source, or you want to put away even more of your personal time into working so you can get a better job which pays more.

Working sucks.

I really should stop putting off doing my grad position applications, otherwise I turn into a boring, moronic git that writes posts like these.