Aaron J. Snow '93 might be starting his post-college life as a computer programmer next year, but his job has nothing to do with his future career aspirations.

Snow, a computer science concentrator, says he will work for a small publishing company in Boston, although he eventually hopes to become a musician.

Snow sang, composed and played guitar for a band for the past two and a half years. He says he lacks the passion for computers that he feels for music, but he is excited for next year. "I'll have more time and energy [to work on music]," he says. "This place is exhausting."

Like Snow, many seniors say their first official jobs or activities next year will not necessarily relate to their eventual career goals. They just want to experiment for awhile, gain financial stability, or spend some time thinking about what they want to do with their lives.

Though the Office of Career Services (OCS) has yet to compile statistics on what members of the Class of 1993 plan to do next year, OCS officials say last year's tally should provide close estimates for this year's senior class.

After graduation last year, employment and professional or graduate school were the most popular immediate post-college choices for the Class of 1992, at 56.1 percent and 28.4 percent, respectively. While 4.6 percent had decided to travel and 2.7 percent planned to volunteer, 3.2 percent still had "indefinite" plans. Five percent had "other" plans.

One change this year is that seniors were more successful in acquiring business jobs than in recent years, according to OCS Assistant Director Marc Cosentino.

"This year's probably the best year since the Class of '89," Cosentino says. "We used to say that one in four would take a job through [campus] recruiting... This year it was closer to one in three."

But Cosentino adds that these numbers reflect both the state of the job market and the amount of effort individual students put into their searches.

Many seniors, he says, are pleased with their jobs for next year because--fearing the continuing effects of the recession--they looked beyond recruiting to find jobs.

Laura A. Clavadetscher '93, who landed a position through recruiting with a consulting firm in San Francisco, says she has not yet decided upon a career.

"I wanted to be self-supporting," she said, adding that no matter what, the job will be a good experience.

In fact, Clavadetscher, an English concentrator, says she hasn't decided on her long-range plans.

She got the job by accident, tagging along with her roommates to a meeting for consulting recruiting. There, she met the recruiter for the job she was offered.

OCS Assistant Director Catherine E. Hutchison says the Class of 1993 teaching hopefuls have thus far been less successful in the job hunt than last year's.