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College is a couple of decades ago for me. I don't keep up with most of the people I met. The biggest significance it has on me at this point is the qualifications and skills I gained.
The people I've met since then have a much bigger impact on my life.
Lean in for the next chapter.
I have the exact opposite experience. It has been a decade and a half for me since I went to college. I went for 4 years, but eventually didn't get a degree, because it wasn't the right career for me. I do still keep in touch with the friends I made.
Now I'm doing a retry in college (2 years so far), completely different line of work and this time over I'm making friends, but the gained skills are definitely the most significant.
The difference is that this time, I don't meet up with peoole outside of school (I have a wife and kids), which keeps the focus on school and away from long term friendships, because friendships are build on shared experiences.
I'm pretty bad at keeping up with people. I enjoy seeing old acquaintances and friends, but I never contact them. So it rarely happens.
Me too. I have a handful of longtime friends, but we see each other maybe once or twice per year. We do keep in touch via whatsapp a lot where we watch soccer games and star trek togehter-ish. I don't like soccer, but it's a good excuse to keep in touch with my friends. I feel that it's hard to make new friends once you're working fulltime, so I try to hang on to the once I have.