Postgraduation

Often the goal is to create a nest egg to cover college or postgraduation expenses, like the down payment on a house, seed money for a start-up company or a subsidy for a low-paying first job.

He canceled his postgraduation plan to teach English in Japan to remain near her.

As a recent Harvard graduate about to start a job at a top consulting firm in Boston, I have to say that the notion that one’s career is determined by one’s immediate postgraduation employment is ridiculous.

Starting with his job interview at Underwood Samson, a small firm that appraises businesses around the world, and a postgraduation trip to Greece with friends from Princeton, Changez maintains an outsider’s double perspective.