Agreed. What I've learned on the business (and academic) front was hard won. It would have been nice to have a little more of that instruction in class (I did get some of it outside of class, hint to all students, talk with your professors outside of class, I'll say that over 50% of my education happened that way).
And I tend to be a dick about it with both my nieces and nephews. But as I tell them, once you step out of class, it isn't a nice world. If you don't have your shit wired tight, the rest of the world will eat you alive.
Had to explain the mechanics of job searches to a nephew recently when he announced he wanted to be a "forest manager." After all, it pays pretty well. He never thought about the level of competition for such a job, that it required years of experience in other jobs that don't pay nearly as well, and that there only are so many positions out there and they only come available when someone 1) retires or 2) dies.
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Date: Monday, 15 November 2010 16:06 (UTC)And I tend to be a dick about it with both my nieces and nephews. But as I tell them, once you step out of class, it isn't a nice world. If you don't have your shit wired tight, the rest of the world will eat you alive.
Had to explain the mechanics of job searches to a nephew recently when he announced he wanted to be a "forest manager." After all, it pays pretty well. He never thought about the level of competition for such a job, that it required years of experience in other jobs that don't pay nearly as well, and that there only are so many positions out there and they only come available when someone 1) retires or 2) dies.