That was not my intention, but the gentleman I spoke of was one of the top 10 most interesting people I ever met. Like I said he was able to accomplish what he did because his parent told him you can, can't was not in your vocabulary.
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That was not my intention, but the gentleman I spoke of was one of the top 10 most interesting people I ever met. Like I said he was able to accomplish what he did because his parent told him you can, can't was not in your vocabulary.
Delegating is a sign of weakness; let someone else do it.
Reminds me of a friend who used to say "I'm an Anarchist, but only because the Government told me to."
Can confirm. Been through some cyclones (hurricanes). The vast amounts of debris flying around at high speed is what does the real damage.
Discretion is the better part of indiscretion.
Truth is the first casualty of war.
One death is a tragedy. One million deaths is a statistic.
One death is a tragedy. One million deaths is a statistic.
A sales rep that I was working with got fired. He would call other reps and customers complaining that he was unfairly let go. This went on for weeks and everyone was at loss on what to do.
A customer finally told him: Look this sucks but it’s like stepping in dog crap. You can wipe your feet off and move on or track it around and smell it forever. Get over it, take this as a learning experience.
A customer finally told him: Look this sucks but it’s like stepping in dog crap. You can wipe your feet off and move on or track it around and smell it forever. Get over it, take this as a learning experience.
play stupid games, win stupid prizes
I used to say "Good night, Plumb Bob." when The Waltons was a popular TV show. <eg>
I passed that saying from my Dad to our sons. Our oldest is a computer programmer.... He got fired from his first 3 jobs I think... because he'd been hired to analyze and fix problems the companies were having.... He got frustrated with the owner in each 3 cases and told them off.
The "sad" part? He got much better paying jobs after each time he got fired for speaking the truth in a very untactful way (according to him).
That sort of shot down that theory. We joke about it because he did remember what I'd taught him. He's had his current job for a few years now. He's a digital nomad now. He and his wife are living in various European countries at the moment.
Both my sons are in tech and it’s a different world. One was potentially going to Singapore then Covid changed that. The other one is in charge of releases. They work crazy hours at times and it seems like they always have opportunities with other companies.
I guess the words of wisdom is tech lets you write your own ticket if you are in the right position.
I think that is frequently, "good news, bad news, who is to say!"
When I was programmer,
that was typically what engineers did instead of getting raises.
Not so much getting fired,
but changing jobs was the most common way to get more money.
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From a neighbor that was a newscaster: There are two types of people in radio and television. Those who have been fired and those who will be fired. It’s a tough business.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but doing so is still on my list!
Clarke's Three Laws.
The laws are:
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
The laws are:
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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