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re: Effort vs Potential in Life
Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:20 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:20 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
I work for a military contractor.
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Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:23 pm to volod
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Trust me, you dont want those.
You fricking let us be the judge of that.
Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:24 pm to volod
volod Thread
Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:27 pm to volod
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The point is that she had alot of potentia
None of us reach our potential, but we would literally be robots in order to do that.
Maybe her potential is spiritual, philosophical, inner peace instead of something material
Posted on 11/21/18 at 7:30 pm to volod
Book smart and common sense are two different things.
Posted on 11/21/18 at 8:10 pm to volod
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I work for a military contractor.
you were offered a job you already have?
Posted on 11/21/18 at 8:22 pm to Tester1216
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common sense
I'm lacking in this department.
Posted on 11/21/18 at 8:43 pm to volod
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I figured she'd become some type of medical doctor or professor, etc.
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In the end, she is only a public high school teacher ( and not a high ranking one).
We need intelligent school teachers, if that is the career she chose good for her. The last thing the world needs is another doctor that really didn't want to be one. We need intelligent people in all occupations, to pigeonhole people into certain fields based on intelligence is not going to work out very well for society.
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Is the amount of effort and hard work a more direct correlation to career success? Or is it natural potential?
What are you calling career success, from your post it seems that you may consider becoming a physician or professor more successful than becoming a school teacher?
This post was edited on 11/21/18 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 11/21/18 at 9:21 pm to volod
I am an odd motherfricker, I admit it, degreed & licensed engineer who realized that I can't enjoy a living that I don't make with my own hands.
I've had it both ways and nothing satisfies me like the solemn pride of physical, hard work.
I am an outside dog and I know that about myself. Don't bring me inside, I'll eat the sofa and shite on the floor and look at you like "you're the one who brought me in, this is your fault."
I've had it both ways and nothing satisfies me like the solemn pride of physical, hard work.
I am an outside dog and I know that about myself. Don't bring me inside, I'll eat the sofa and shite on the floor and look at you like "you're the one who brought me in, this is your fault."
Posted on 11/21/18 at 9:27 pm to reverendotis
I know Several guys with impressive educational attainment who are content fishing commercially.
Posted on 11/21/18 at 9:51 pm to EA6B
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We need intelligent school teachers, if that is the career she chose good for her. The last thing the world needs is another doctor that really didn't want to be one. We need intelligent people in all occupations, to pigeonhole people into certain fields based on intelligence is not going to work out very well for society.
I completely agree with this. That's why I looked for different opportunities after my first degree. I knew by college senior year I didnt like the direction my life was headed.
This post was edited on 11/21/18 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 11/21/18 at 9:56 pm to reverendotis
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odd motherfricker, I admit it, degreed & licensed engineer who realized that I can't enjoy a living that I don't make with my own hands.
I've had it both ways and nothing satisfies me like the solemn pride of physical, hard work.
I am an outside dog and I know that about myself. Don't bring me inside, I'll eat the sofa and shite on the floor and look at you like "you're the one who brought me in, this is your fault.
Real talk, until I met people further South Louisiana (around Geismar) I didnt know what a plant operator was.
I always say that if I knew in college what I know now, I'd go to the best Process Technology program I could find. If I'm paid well I dont mind blue collar work.
By the way, are you a civil engineer? Most EE that I know dont have a PE. I read that only if you work in construction or utilities is a PE required.
Posted on 11/21/18 at 10:03 pm to EA6B
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What are you calling career success, from your post it seems that you may consider becoming a physician or professor more successful than becoming a school teacher?
The calibur of her high school suggests that students from it are the "best of the best". So I assume the students their would naturally migrate in high paying medical and technical fields.
I could have easily became a teacher if I wanted. It's not a difficult profession to enter ( I know enough people to say that is a fact).
Posted on 11/21/18 at 10:14 pm to volod
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Agreed. Some places get so assured of themselves they drive off their veteran talent. Then they get mad when they cant find someone to replace them.
Yeah. Worse is when a PE acquires your company, and needs to turn you back around. Lots of tribal knowledge out the door. PEs definitely do wonders...
Posted on 11/21/18 at 10:49 pm to TOSOV
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Worse is when a PE acquires your company, and needs to turn you back around. Lots of tribal knowledge out the door. PEs definitely do wonders
By "turm around" do you mean go take the PE. I never really saw the point unless you have to sign off on designs (like civil engineers).
Posted on 11/21/18 at 11:01 pm to volod
What is being successful in life? Also, do you realize that to some people, money isn't what life is about?
Posted on 11/21/18 at 11:07 pm to dawgsjlw
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What is being successful in life? Also, do you realize that to some people, money isn't what life is about?
I agree that $ is not the only thing.
That said, I find irony in defying expectations.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 2:15 am to volod
You’re looking at success in terms of status and money.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 4:39 am to volod
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So I assume the students their would naturally migrate in high paying medical and technical fields.
Well, you've been programmed into this kind of thinking.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:08 am to volod
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I just cant comprehend why someone that smart would have relatively simplistic goals. Do you know anyone like this? Do you know what their reasons are?
The greatest successes in your life are the ones that go in the ground with you one day, and money ain’t one. Let her be happy doing what she loves and making the world a better place while you sit around trying to comprehend things beyond your pay grade.
This post was edited on 11/22/18 at 7:10 am
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