tinsnip:

“[O]ne of the things about school is that you’re supposed to be good at everything. You’re supposed to strive for As in English, history, biology, algebra, all of it. And then you get out into the work world and you’re supposed to specialize, to find out what you’re really good at and what suits you and focus on that. It can be a hard transition, especially if you were in fact good at pulling in those As. You can feel like a failure if you’re not excelling at everything about being an employee. But the great thing is, you don’t HAVE to excel at all of it anymore, and you’re not likely to do so. It’s okay if you’re (say) me and you you’d be terrible at sales to just…not sell things. And not be sad when somebody says you’re not a good salesperson because yep, you’re not. You’re good at other things.”

— why didn’t I get a full-time offer after my internship? — Ask a Manager