Comments on: Opportunities and Success

By: kartooner.com » Turning the Tide

kartooner.com » Turning the Tide — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:15:59 +0000

[…] 4 years of writing, off and on, about a variety of things such as odd thoughts, close calls, success (and failure) and other things now relegated to the archives, it’s time to switch directions […]

By: Max

Max — Fri, 21 May 2004 00:07:19 +0000

Nice post. It really is who you know, and it will suck when you get right out of school. However, sticking with it will get you attention eventually in your chosen profession. I’m getting introduced into another professional sphere slowly but surely, and getting established for a second time I can say it is from doing the work as best I can. People notice eventually and they become contacts, and contacts really do want to help you succeed. Basic human nature.

I know it sounds lame and it is frustrating, but patience is a virtue in this case.

By: beto

beto — Mon, 17 May 2004 21:45:34 +0000

Last post should say “wrong” and “blame but yourself” respectively.

I cant spel corectly when I am void of my evning cofee.

By: beto

beto — Mon, 17 May 2004 21:43:32 +0000

Some words of truth in here. I’ve always said “It’s not about what you know, but who you know”, and year after year of hard-learned lessons through life experience have solidified this statement. I finished my master’s degree at college only to find out that, outside the Government and academic circles, college degrees aren’t worth shit - luckily I had a lot of work experience already before leaving college.

I think about the “menace of the youngest” situation from time to time - about the only way you can get around this IMHO is to save up and start rolling your own business, so no one is going to fire you when you are 40… of course, the catch is that when things go worng, you have no one else to blame for yourself.

But it is pretty much worth it. I’m looking forward to it.