That said, in this crappy job market, it really seemed like you needed a graduate degree to find a decent job, especially in technical fields. Undergraduates were worse off than dogs.
From that perspective, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with Xue Tao's choice. He did need to work hard to improve himself. Then again, there was never anything wrong with striving to better yourself.
The only question was whether he actually had what it took to do projects... Based on Su Bai's usual observations, the guy had no talent for coding. To put it more harshly, he did not even seem particularly gifted at using a computer...
After chatting with Su Bai, Xue Tao felt capable again.
How should he put it? He had found a direction.
Although he had failed this exam, failure was only temporary, and he had found a new direction to work toward.
Su Bai did not think much of it. He loafed around in the class group chat and the Anime Club chat for a while, played some games, went to sleep, and got up early to exercise, all in one smooth sequence.
That said, the shorter sleep time made Su Bai feel as though his life had been stretched out. It was like a college student who had spent ages slacking off and staying up late suddenly adopting an old person's schedule—going to bed at ten and getting up at five. All at once, the amount of productive time in a day seemed to skyrocket.
After all, if he went to bed at two or three in the morning, he would wake up at noon feeling groggy. He might not have time in the afternoon either, so the time when he truly had the energy to do serious work really only began