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Yeah, I totally get where you're coming from. I'd say I'm young and figuring out what I want. After trying lots of things and learning tons, I've got a better idea of what I want. I'd like to believe that gives me advantage over other folks who took jobs as a matter of course. Mine is a choice, not a default.

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that may be true but now you're acknowledging that you are likely a bad hire because you're still figuring out what you want to do and are therefore a high flight risk.

Figure out what you want to do on your own dime, prove it, and then you'll be marketable.

> After trying lots of things and learning tons, I've got a better idea of what I want. ^ that.

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