I used to teach a little on the side and one of my former students, M., called and asked if I'd have lunch with a student she's now mentoring. Time flies.
"Me?" I asked. "Do you think that's a good idea?"
"Why not?" asked M.
"Remember the time one of your classmates asked about careers and I almost started crying?"
"Everybody remembers that. It was one of the highlights of grad school. You like the job you have now, though."
"The last student I mentored dropped out and moved away," I reminded her.
"It could happen to anyone," she said.
"That's not what the dean said."
"You'll be fine," she told me.
So her mentoree got in touch and I offered to buy lunch.
"How about this deli near your school?" I suggested in my email. "I can stock up on chopped liver for the weekend that way."
After a noticeable delay she replied. "Whether you were joking or not, you are the first person I've ever had tell me they were going to stock up on chopped liver for the weekend."
So tomorrow we'll have lunch and I'll tell her what I know about careers. Which is this.
Work with people you like. Better yet, people you like and respect. Try to have fun. Find a job that doesn't embarrass you. Leave time for friends and family. Don't work too hard to buy expensive things to help you forget you're working too hard.
We'll see what the dean thinks this time.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
What Am I?
Posted by Snag at 10:46 PM
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I suppose that's more uplifting than "you're trying to find a job now? Good Luck, HAH!"
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Work with people you like. Better yet, people you like and respect. Try to have fun. Find a job that doesn't embarrassed you. Leave time for friends and family. Don't work too hard to buy expensive things to help you forget you're working too hard.
Why do you hate America?
Also: If you find yourself working in a place that announces the incorporation of "Morale-Building Retreats", immediately kick the bearer of the news in the Yarbles, announce loudly "NOW I feel GREAT!" and march your butt down to the street because the only thing further you can accomplish in that place is to reduce your soul to a shriveled husk.
I said something similar to someone yesterday.
It's so important to like what you do and have enough in your pocket from doing it. It all falls into place in between.
so, I'm batting 50%
It'd get me into Cooperstown.
Find a job that doesn't embarrassed you.
Also one that is light on the typings.
I shudder to think what a nadrol might be.
Shudder to Think is, however, a pretty good band.
They are unpophi.
The line between a job you love and a job you don't can be very very fine.
Oh, and on posting that, the captcha that came up upon refresh is "idiate".
Great advice - something I have to learn over and over again.
And where is one to find people to *like*?
On the Intertons, silly.
Ex-French T-Shirt in the ....not in the CD player. Will dig out when boxes arrive.
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