GNU socialhttps://nu.federati.net/api/statusnet/conversation/2412599.atomConversation2024-03-28T08:42:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:noticeId=3178329:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/users/guizzy" class="h-card mention">guizzy</a> I agree. I think chasing "passion jobs" keeps people from doing the jobs that will pay the bills. Get a job that is available and sufficient. Pursue your passions off the clock.3178329http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-11-07T23:15:01+00:002019-11-07T23:15:01+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:objectType=thread:nonce=b3195d84aa78b339tag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:noticeId=3178322:objectType=notelnxw48a1 repeated a notice by guizzyRT @<a href="https://social.guizzyordi.info/user/2" class="h-card mention" title="The federation's favorite uncle">guizzy</a> @coolboymew @<a href="https://cybre.space/users/vantablack" class="h-card mention" title="🌱🌲🌿🌃 🌧⚫byronic stoner⚫🌧 🌃🌿🌲🌱">vantablack</a> The important factor is to become good at something people need, not at what you like to do. In my case, I had studied Desktop Publishing in college, thinking I'd become a graphist. I fucking sucked as a graphic designer, but by chance, it taught me how to be an expert with Microsoft Office. Being a Microsoft Office expert is not glamorous at all, most everyone in IT probably scoffs at the thought of it. But it's an in-demand skill; turns out high-powered administrative assistants, legal secretaries and the like need to be able to refer to someone when their own MS Office skills fail them. This skill I picked up accidentally not only got me into real IT jobs faster than the people who finished college, but also allowed me to bypass what is often people's miserable first job in the domain: call centers.I think this video lays the case for what I'm saying very well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8oIf I chased my passion, I'd be a miserable, unsuccesful graphic designer. If I even managed to get a job in that industry, I'd be making less money than the actually talented people, and would have to work twice as hard to compensate. Instead I went for something that was in-demand and which I'm good at, building a succesful career on it. And having a succesful career is what gives me the time and ressources so that I can mess around and suck at Photoshop, making music, playing with old electronics equipment on my own time.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share2019-11-07T23:09:44+00:002019-11-07T23:09:44+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/activityhttps://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/objects/a6688b13-8023-47a5-a71f-f1010ad39abd<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://shitposter.club/users/coolboymew">@<span>coolboymew</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://cybre.space/@vantablack">@<span>vantablack</span></a></span> The important factor is to become good at something people need, not at what you like to do. In my case, I had studied Desktop Publishing in college, thinking I'd become a graphist. I fucking sucked as a graphic designer, but by chance, it taught me how to be an expert with Microsoft Office. Being a Microsoft Office expert is not glamorous at all, most everyone in IT probably scoffs at the thought of it. But it's an in-demand skill; turns out high-powered administrative assistants, legal secretaries and the like need to be able to refer to someone when their own MS Office skills fail them. This skill I picked up accidentally not only got me into real IT jobs faster than the people who finished college, but also allowed me to bypass what is often people's miserable first job in the domain: call centers.<br /><br />I think this video lays the case for what I'm saying very well:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o</a><br /><br />If I chased my passion, I'd be a miserable, unsuccesful graphic designer. If I even managed to get a job in that industry, I'd be making less money than the actually talented people, and would have to work twice as hard to compensate. Instead I went for something that was in-demand and which I'm good at, building a succesful career on it. And having a succesful career is what gives me the time and ressources so that I can mess around and suck at Photoshop, making music, playing with old electronics equipment on my own time.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-11-07T22:24:16+00:002019-11-07T22:24:16+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/users/guizzyguizzyBear<br><br>Wife: <span class='h-card'><a data-user='9mgqq1TGHhaOkc4jS4' class='u-url mention' href='https://shitposter.club/users/Mitsu'>@<span>Mitsu@shitposter.club</span></a></span>guizzyjust an actual husbearBear<br><br>Wife: <span class='h-card'><a data-user='9mgqq1TGHhaOkc4jS4' class='u-url mention' href='https://shitposter.club/users/Mitsu'>@<span>Mitsu@shitposter.club</span></a></span>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/objects/a6688b13-8023-47a5-a71f-f1010ad39abdNew note by guizzy<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://shitposter.club/users/coolboymew">@<span>coolboymew</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://cybre.space/@vantablack">@<span>vantablack</span></a></span> The important factor is to become good at something people need, not at what you like to do. In my case, I had studied Desktop Publishing in college, thinking I'd become a graphist. I fucking sucked as a graphic designer, but by chance, it taught me how to be an expert with Microsoft Office. Being a Microsoft Office expert is not glamorous at all, most everyone in IT probably scoffs at the thought of it. But it's an in-demand skill; turns out high-powered administrative assistants, legal secretaries and the like need to be able to refer to someone when their own MS Office skills fail them. This skill I picked up accidentally not only got me into real IT jobs faster than the people who finished college, but also allowed me to bypass what is often people's miserable first job in the domain: call centers.<br /><br />I think this video lays the case for what I'm saying very well:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o</a><br /><br />If I chased my passion, I'd be a miserable, unsuccesful graphic designer. If I even managed to get a job in that industry, I'd be making less money than the actually talented people, and would have to work twice as hard to compensate. Instead I went for something that was in-demand and which I'm good at, building a succesful career on it. And having a succesful career is what gives me the time and ressources so that I can mess around and suck at Photoshop, making music, playing with old electronics equipment on my own time.3178303tag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:objectType=thread:nonce=b3195d84aa78b339tag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:objectType=thread:nonce=b3195d84aa78b339http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/objects/a6688b13-8023-47a5-a71f-f1010ad39abdNew note by guizzy<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://shitposter.club/users/coolboymew">@<span>coolboymew</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://cybre.space/@vantablack">@<span>vantablack</span></a></span> The important factor is to become good at something people need, not at what you like to do. In my case, I had studied Desktop Publishing in college, thinking I'd become a graphist. I fucking sucked as a graphic designer, but by chance, it taught me how to be an expert with Microsoft Office. Being a Microsoft Office expert is not glamorous at all, most everyone in IT probably scoffs at the thought of it. But it's an in-demand skill; turns out high-powered administrative assistants, legal secretaries and the like need to be able to refer to someone when their own MS Office skills fail them. This skill I picked up accidentally not only got me into real IT jobs faster than the people who finished college, but also allowed me to bypass what is often people's miserable first job in the domain: call centers.<br /><br />I think this video lays the case for what I'm saying very well:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o</a><br /><br />If I chased my passion, I'd be a miserable, unsuccesful graphic designer. If I even managed to get a job in that industry, I'd be making less money than the actually talented people, and would have to work twice as hard to compensate. Instead I went for something that was in-demand and which I'm good at, building a succesful career on it. And having a succesful career is what gives me the time and ressources so that I can mess around and suck at Photoshop, making music, playing with old electronics equipment on my own time.3178303http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-11-07T22:24:16+00:002019-11-07T22:24:16+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/users/guizzyguizzyBear<br><br>Wife: <span class='h-card'><a data-user='9mgqq1TGHhaOkc4jS4' class='u-url mention' href='https://shitposter.club/users/Mitsu'>@<span>Mitsu@shitposter.club</span></a></span>guizzyjust an actual husbearBear<br><br>Wife: <span class='h-card'><a data-user='9mgqq1TGHhaOkc4jS4' class='u-url mention' href='https://shitposter.club/users/Mitsu'>@<span>Mitsu@shitposter.club</span></a></span>tag:nu.federati.net,2019-11-07:objectType=thread:nonce=b3195d84aa78b339