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Everything You Wanted to Know About Careers But Were Afraid to Ask

Started by matt_winn · 8 months ago

How cool!  Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post called “Letter to a Young(er) Professional” which covered core recommendations for folks early on the career path.  I hit off with the following:
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  • Naomi Dunford

    1 year ago

    That is incredible! Then my brother could have known he would have worked at an outdoor barbecue right after he got his MA in English Literature and my husband would have had a heads-up about his six years as a bank peon with his Sociology degree.

    In all seriousness, though, that is a completely brilliant idea. College and university students generally only have the institution's promotional literature to go by, and of course THEY say you're going to be wildly successful. I wish that had been around when I was in college. All two months of it. :)
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  • matt_winn

    1 year ago

    Nice! I recall hearing of a commencement address in which the speaker told graduates (of a prestigious school I believe) that they had sacrificed much chance of being truly rich by getting their degrees. After all, he noted, look at Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and many others in the top wealth tier that never graduated college. There's real value in alternative learning methodologies that I think will be better acknowledged in future. Actually, I think democratized media (e.g. blogs) is helping pave the way.

    Best,
    Matt
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  • Naomi Dunford

    1 year ago

    I'm a little slow on the uptake here. I put the notification of your comment in my "Needs feedback" file. Well, I thought I did. Turns out I drag-and-dropped it to the one next to it - "Mom Whining". No joke. And no wonder I didn't go back and look! :)

    i agree with your point about democratized media. Now that most of the world has access to the voices of people who are not The Powers That Be, I think many will be able to make much more informed decisions. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing some things the way we've always done them (i.e. college). I think there's a lot wrong with doing things BECAUSE that's the way we've always done them.

    Have a great weekend,

    Naomi
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  • matt_winn

    1 year ago

    Indeed. Thanks for coming back.

    Best,
    Matt
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