The winters aren't THAT bad
They're bad enough to dictate the way you live, when and where you can travel by road, the cold overcast blocks the sun for days at a time which affects your psych, and there is a relatively astronomical amount of accidents during the commute hours when any significant ice or snowfall is occurring.
Yes, I love Minnesota, it is my second home. But only a few months out of the year, in which it is perfect. Winter is not one of those times. Don't BS this guy and try to tell give him MN winters are "no big deal" to someone from a sunshine state like Florida, California. We don't live in a place where months of the year you more or less have to plan most of your waking hours for getting to/from work due to the conditions and can't go out and do anything. It is a huge lifestyle change, and not one that would make most people happier. A job is a job. I don't care what you're doing, you have to be happy. People put way too much damn emphasis on what they do for a living and not what they DO. Who they are. A job is a position someone opens because they need a task preformed to make them money, is it not? Does that define who you are anywhere but on a payroll? Why on earth should someone put up with 16 hours of a crappy miserable QOL where they can't live the way their happiness dictates just so 8 hours per day they can say "Well at least this is a step in my career...for however long...I'm here...".
So MSP isn't for him. Don't get all rabid. While I respect anyone who can endure whatever suck they must with a smile on their face to advance their careers, we're not all that person. Everyone needs to accept the fact that not every job is the right start for every person. I don't know about you, but I don't want miserable coworkers who don't want to be there.
To the OP, if you don't want to work in MSP, don't work in MSP. Find a job to tide you over that you enjoy, live your life, and apply to every opportunity you actually want. Life isn't a race, homies.
