Very short post:
As I'm completing my scholarship application I run head to head with my Dad. Part of the application requires a recommender to say stuff about me. I think of a guy that I've known for a long time - he's nice, he's cool, and he has had an ok position under Microsoft. My dad says the most important part of the application is the recommender's status in business - you know, if he's a ceo, project manager, some high position like that.
I might be naive or maybe I'm just a different breed, but I just disagree with the notion that I should appeal to people with more power so that I can get favors. This is just what business life is and right now, I have 0 tolerance for people who work in corporate businesses. Everything is a lie and talent gets squished under this massive hierarchy of people who have the smart mouth and the sly personality to get what they want.
But I guess as I enter college and the entire world looms before me, I need to put myself out there. I need to believe that I'm living hard, that what I'm doing is right, or at least justified. Otherwise, I'm going to get nowhere - not even just financially, but any other way possible.
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