when I was in my mid 20's, I looked back and realized that every single job I ever had except one I had gotten through someone I knew (or someone that someone I know knew)
We all learn it, and it's a somber revelation. :\that life is all about who you know, not what you know?
I've had the opposite experience, every job I've had I have gotten without anyone on the inside. I'm still early 20's though. :hmm:
that life is all about who you know, not what you know?
When I left college, got a job, and learned that most of the people who got promoted didn't get their promotions based on skill or how well they did their previous job, but by who they knew and how well they rubbed elbows with those in power.
I used to be naive and think your skills, knowledge, and work ethic would always get you somewhere. I used to laugh at my mom when she told me that to get anywhere, you had to socialize with those in power (aka, suck up). I can admit it now -- I was wrong, she was right.
...but I prefer it this way.
when I was in my mid 20's, I looked back and realized that every single job I ever had except one I had gotten through someone I knew (or someone that someone I know knew)
It's not who you know, it's who you blow.
that life is all about who you know, not what you know?
Not being a fatty probably helped as well.
Being a tall, fit male does help get jobs... I think it's one of those subliminal psychological things.
When I left college, got a job, and learned that most of the people who got promoted didn't get their promotions based on skill or how well they did their previous job, but by who they knew and how well they rubbed elbows with those in power.
I used to be naive and think your skills, knowledge, and work ethic would always get you somewhere. I used to laugh at my mom when she told me that to get anywhere, you had to socialize with those in power (aka, suck up). I can admit it now -- I was wrong, she was right.