From your experience, what advice would you give to a University graduate going out into the working world?

(As it pertains to Engineering)From your experience, what advice would you give to a University graduate going out into the working world?
Now that you have your degree, the best thing you can do right now is temporarily drop everything you learned in college and travel the world. (if that's practical)


Worldly knowledge and experience of other cultures is something that will forever be in your memory. Do it while you're young, because you can return to college at a later date if you want to undertake any post graduate studies. I would suggest a max of 3-5 years. Education in life is what you learn AFTER you complete formal schooling.From your experience, what advice would you give to a University graduate going out into the working world?
The fundamental difference between university and the real world is as follows. At university, problem sets/exams etc. either have the correct amount of information or just a bit less than required. In the real world, you will have too much information. The skill is being able to winnow out the irrelevant and concentrate on what you need.
To not take **** from managers who have no engineering background! They act like God divinely chose them for the project they're on (they get punched a lot, the nasty ones that is).