How many jobs have you applied for? If/when you are not hired, have you bothered to call back and ask what it was that prevented them from hiring you? It will never look good on a resume under educational experience for you to write - "reading, the internet and message boards".
Have you really thought about what you want to do with your life? It sounds like you are at that point where you need to find yourself and find out what happiness means to you. Unfortunately I am 30 and just starting this process.
You already know what will satisfy your desires to be successful - hard work and dedication. It won't come easily, it will take time. However, with the sadness of your tone, it is your mindset and approach which can make the quick adjustment. I offer three solutions. Research them and understand them and you will be the unstopable force. The Original Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto Lafcadio Hearn For the advanced Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water. Curtis Hidden Page For the novice A lonely pond in age-old stillness sleeps . . . Apart, unstirred by sound or motion . . . till Suddenly into it a lithe frog leaps.
You know Sam, beating me by one minute to the punch, I think you have just composed the next great Zen poem.
Or as we say in Latvia: You need to dip the wick, bro In Michigan, we call the SlumpBusters. You can find one at your nearest watering hole.
Valid points, but I think you must run kinda slow. Even if you woke up at 4:30AM to run, three miles should take about 30 minutes at most even if you are jogging lightly. So that would mean you would be back at your home at 5AM. I would suggest running a bit faster. In regards to luck. I think you become luckier the harder you work. Things start falling your way, when you have established a good work ethic.
"Who makes all these?" "I do. So when I find a pirate, I can kill it." "You need to find yourself a girl, mate." btw-there are still nice people at church's not interested in brainwashing you. God doesn't want robots anyway. Get out and find a good young adult fellowship or something similar like a college and career group. Make small goals first. Attainable objectives build confidence. Get out of the crib and meet some people. Decide on God, or not, as an aside to trying to have a life outside of the internet. You'll be surprised at what happens, and how quickly it will.
That's exactly what I was thinking, guy may have a world or knowledge, according to himself and since I assume he's young - We all thought we were smarter than we were when we were younger, but on a resume there is no way to show that to an employer.
well.. it really depends which field you are in and which message board you read. IT people reading programming discussion on the message board is a big plus. Designers being invovled in creative discussion on the graphic related message board is also a big plus. IT people indicating that he spends hours on Clutch Fans BBS
I'm not saying he can aquire knowledge from various boards, I know I've gotten bits of knowledge here and there, but I doubt that'd be the kind of thing you will win over an employer with, just my opinion
I never went to college and even began to contemplate dropping out because "there are no more courses I'm interested in". If that is truly how you approach college, then that may indeed be a waste of time. My approach to school is it was always a necessary evil to get to the next level in life. I didn't go around saying "I don't want to take this course or courses because their not interesting". I took them because I needed them for my major and to graduate...regardless of how interested I was. It's more important to be interested in what you are majoring in. I also believe that taking time off after high school and before college is a mistake (for those that do that). High school was a cakewalk as it was...what the hell does anyone need time off for after that? lol I went into college with the mindset that I have to take a series of core courses regardless of my major. I will do that at San Jacinto and get those out of the way with the understanding that these class credits will transfer to other colleges. If the class credit for a course wouldn't transfer, then I would save that course for my destination university. I also knew I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do so my major wasn't completely decided early on. However, I soon figured out what my major would be and stuck with it. That way...I'm not taking courses I don't need due to not knowing what I want to major in or flip flopping majors...like happens to a lot of students. The sooner you can decide on a major...the better off you will be. If you go through college not having a direction, then that usually is a problem. I guess the worse that can happen is you graduate with a degree but don't want a job in the field you majored in...which happens all the time but makes life a lot harder IMO. Get with the program and stop feeling sorry for yourself. You seem to be lost because you have chosen to fall into the mindset of being lost. You appear to have made some bad decisions that haven't helped. Get some direction and get back in college. If you knew what you wanted to major in and do career-wise, then you wouldn't be dropping out of college due to "uninteresting courses". I never wasted time on a single course in college that wasn't applicable toward my degree. It's hard to ride the road toward a career goal if you don't know which fork in the road to take.
That would be the kind of thing that will seperate one from another when everythings equal, that what I meant. It's hard to keep up with today's technology without interacting with others in the same field, and msg board is probably the best way to get the latest tech info, etc. One can also gain pretty good reputation through msg board as well.
I'm sure it can be but you are talking about 1 specific field, which the thread starter never mentioned being in.
look dude, the Rockets were down 0-2 going to Phoenix, they were labeled CHOKE CITY by their own newspaper media. They blew two large leads to the Suns at home. What did they do? they turned it around and believed in one another and won the City of Houston a Championship. This is CLUTCHFANS. take what Rudy T and gang did and incorporate in your life. You are down 0-2, when you are backed in the corner, the tough guy must come out swinging. (May 13-15, 1994) Two hours after blowing the biggest lead in NBA playoff history, the Rockets flew out of Choke City down 0-2 to the Phoenix Suns. Four days later, the Rockets flew into Clutch City with the series tied 2-2. In Game 1 of the 1994 Western Conference Semifinals, Houston built an 18-point lead but lost. In Game 2, they had a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter but lost in overtime. "I'll never forget getting on the charter flight after Game 2," Rockets television commentator Bill Worrell said. "It was like a morgue." The Rockets didn't rise from the dead until the second half of Game 3 when they found themselves behind 49-41 at halftime. Then Vernon Maxwell got hot, scoring 31 points in the second half as the Rockets won 118-102. Houston finished "Desert Sweep" by winning Game 4, 107-96, to even the series.
nothing at all wrong with community college. however, university's offer more than just the possibility of a better and more varied curriculum. college is fun, plain and simple. i did my undergrad at UT and had a blast. but, you know what, you may not be ready. since you live with your parents, you could get a job, save some cash, and do some traveling. i think education is the foundation for your life's trajectory, and traveling is extemely educational.
how about taking your core subjects in another country? i did some of my courses in my home country malaysia, before applying to a few universities in canada and the US. its cheap and you get a chance to travel and put yourself out of your comfort zone. theres no thrill better than having to depend on yourself for everything.
