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Similar thing happened to me in 1999. I realized Google was way cooler than alta vista and better at finding unknown things rather than Yahoo's directory. Trul

by sown 16y ago

Similar thing happened to me in 1999. I realized Google was way cooler than alta vista and better at finding unknown things rather than Yahoo's directory. Truly the future, I thought. I sent in a resume to do some kind of work not development related; data center & sys admin stuff. They called me twice but I convinced myself that they would not have hired me anyways so I never called back. I was probably right, though, given how their interviewing process is (or was).

coryl 16y ago
Come on now, at least let THEM reject you.
- sown 16y ago
  My whole life is pock-marked with failure and rejection. I can't imagine they would have been any different.
  - lrm242 16y ago
    Whose life isn't?
- DevX101 16y ago
  Reminds me of a timeless quote from @shitmydadsays: "That woman was sexy...Out of your league? Son. Let women figure out why they won't screw you, don't do it for them."
chriskelley 16y ago
"The only thing stopping you from getting what you want, is the excuse you keep telling yourself about why you can't have it." - Tony Robbins
- sown 16y ago
  I don't know what to say to that. It seems like uplifting but empty advice, the kind of stuff you'd expect from Tony Robins. Not everyone grows up to be an astronaut.
  - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
    My father-in-law was an astronaut. He's a smart guy, but he grew up in some podunk town in Virginia, his family was decidedly middle class, and he went to a public high school. But he worked hard, got accepted to the Air Force Academy, and eventually became an astronaut. Then the Challenger blew up and NASA and the Air Force parted ways, so he was no longer an astronaut. Instead, he's spent the last 25 years reaching his current position: 3-star general who will most likely be promoted to 4-star and end up running Air Force Space Command or something similar. The trait that I've observed most in him since I met him ten years ago is his unshakeable belief in his ability to get the job done. He's probably the most quietly confident person I know.
    - burningion 16y ago
      Agreed. Sometimes being borderline delusional about your ability to accomplish complex things is crucial to actually getting them done.
      - spiffworks 16y ago
        Agreed. Self-doubt has gotten me nowhere.
    - sown 16y ago
      Well...not everyone can grow up to be a 3 or 4 star general, either.
      - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
        I think you're missing my point. He didn't "grow up to be" anything in a passive sense. He worked his ass off and earned it. And yes, not everyone can do what he did (as there's not room for n generals in a world of n people). But can anyone do what he did? How do you know that anyone can't be an astronaut or a 4-star general or a fortune 500 CEO or a Senator, or whatever? Or is this some bizarre form of pessimistic trolling?
travisjeffery 16y ago
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” - Gretzky In my experience all it takes is just one success to turn it all around and get a on roll. But that's not going to happen if you never shoot for something.
- sown 16y ago
  Quitters never win and winners never quit, but we're not all born with Gretzky's talent and also: if you never win and never quit what does that say about you?
  - travisjeffery 16y ago
    Gretzky wasn't born with that amount of talent, his talent grew out of doing nothing but spending as much time as he did practicing on the rink his father made him, day in and day out. Practice, practice, practice. Get the idea out of your head that people are on the outset better than you. You're always going to lose with this kind of attitude you have, though. Even if you won I don't even think you'd know it.
    - sown 16y ago
      That's nice, but you're ignoring the rest of my post. What if Gretzky never got better? What if no matter how much pushing and training and practice he never scored a goal? I'm sure there are many people out there like that. I happen to be one of them.
      - rick888 16y ago
        "What if Gretzky never got better? What if no matter how much pushing and training and practice he never scored a goal? I'm sure there are many people out there like that. I happen to be one of them." Then he's doing something wrong. If you spend hours upon hours doing something, you will get better at it.
        sown 16y ago

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coryl 16y ago

Come on now, at least let THEM reject you.

sown 16y ago
My whole life is pock-marked with failure and rejection. I can't imagine they would have been any different.
- lrm242 16y ago
  Whose life isn't?
DevX101 16y ago
Reminds me of a timeless quote from @shitmydadsays: "That woman was sexy...Out of your league? Son. Let women figure out why they won't screw you, don't do it for them."

chriskelley 16y ago

"The only thing stopping you from getting what you want, is the excuse you keep telling yourself about why you can't have it." - Tony Robbins

sown 16y ago
I don't know what to say to that. It seems like uplifting but empty advice, the kind of stuff you'd expect from Tony Robins. Not everyone grows up to be an astronaut.
- ryanwaggoner 16y ago
  My father-in-law was an astronaut. He's a smart guy, but he grew up in some podunk town in Virginia, his family was decidedly middle class, and he went to a public high school. But he worked hard, got accepted to the Air Force Academy, and eventually became an astronaut. Then the Challenger blew up and NASA and the Air Force parted ways, so he was no longer an astronaut. Instead, he's spent the last 25 years reaching his current position: 3-star general who will most likely be promoted to 4-star and end up running Air Force Space Command or something similar. The trait that I've observed most in him since I met him ten years ago is his unshakeable belief in his ability to get the job done. He's probably the most quietly confident person I know.
  - burningion 16y ago
    Agreed. Sometimes being borderline delusional about your ability to accomplish complex things is crucial to actually getting them done.
    - spiffworks 16y ago
      Agreed. Self-doubt has gotten me nowhere.
  - sown 16y ago
    Well...not everyone can grow up to be a 3 or 4 star general, either.
    - ryanwaggoner 16y ago
      I think you're missing my point. He didn't "grow up to be" anything in a passive sense. He worked his ass off and earned it. And yes, not everyone can do what he did (as there's not room for n generals in a world of n people). But can anyone do what he did? How do you know that anyone can't be an astronaut or a 4-star general or a fortune 500 CEO or a Senator, or whatever? Or is this some bizarre form of pessimistic trolling?

travisjeffery 16y ago

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” - Gretzky In my experience all it takes is just one success to turn it all around and get a on roll. But that's not going to happen if you never shoot for something.

sown 16y ago
Quitters never win and winners never quit, but we're not all born with Gretzky's talent and also: if you never win and never quit what does that say about you?
- travisjeffery 16y ago
  Gretzky wasn't born with that amount of talent, his talent grew out of doing nothing but spending as much time as he did practicing on the rink his father made him, day in and day out. Practice, practice, practice. Get the idea out of your head that people are on the outset better than you. You're always going to lose with this kind of attitude you have, though. Even if you won I don't even think you'd know it.
  - sown 16y ago
    That's nice, but you're ignoring the rest of my post. What if Gretzky never got better? What if no matter how much pushing and training and practice he never scored a goal? I'm sure there are many people out there like that. I happen to be one of them.
    - rick888 16y ago
      "What if Gretzky never got better? What if no matter how much pushing and training and practice he never scored a goal? I'm sure there are many people out there like that. I happen to be one of them." Then he's doing something wrong. If you spend hours upon hours doing something, you will get better at it.
      - sown 16y ago