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I went to a big party college, and I cold called small businesses until I got my first paid internship. That turned in to a full time offer which turned in to

I went to a big party college, and I cold called small businesses until I got my first paid internship. That turned in to a full time offer which turned in to business school (massive student debt, worth every penny), which turned in to multiple offers from excellent finance companies. I am neither wealthy or connected (orignally). Now I'm on my way to being both. People want to do the easy stuff, the hard stuff is putting yourself out there and picking up a phone. You can always find 10,000 people that want an easy to get opportunity.

pessimizer 14y ago
You did what you had to do, and any success you have is hard earned. It is also not scalable and an enormous waste of productivity.
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- krschultz 14y ago
  Not scalable? That's what most people are doing for salaried jobs. There is a tiny sliver of people that found their jobs on Monster.com, there is also a tiny sliver of people with 'connections' (they're not the 1% for nothing). Everyone else muddled through job fairs, online listings, and cold calls to get their jobs. My work history and how I got the job, pumping gas (family), McDonalds (cold called), ski shop (cold called), engineering internship (cold called), startup internship (cold called), fortune 500 company (college job fair), startup (cold called). Cold called = email, showing up in person, or picking up the phone. But it means 'the job was never listed anywhere'. My girlfriend has had many more positions, but the main ones were temp (temp agency), 1st internship (cold called), better internship (bosses at both internships were married, when husband at first internship could no longer pay her, the wife hired her elsewhere), temp job (temp agency), crappy job (listed online), awesome startup job (cold called).
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  - pessimizer 14y ago
    Not scalable as in everyone who wants an apprenticeship or salaried job can't do it, or else it will cease to be effective. You achieved whatever you have achieved by doing more than others. If everybody else did as much as you did, what you did would have gotten you nothing. Solutions for individuals are not the same as solutions for systems.
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unimpressive 14y ago
>People want to do the easy stuff, the hard stuff is putting yourself out there and picking up a phone. "Most people don't get those experiences because they never ask." - Steve Jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTf0LmDqKI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTf0LmDqKI

pessimizer 14y ago

You did what you had to do, and any success you have is hard earned. It is also not scalable and an enormous waste of productivity.

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krschultz 14y ago
Not scalable? That's what most people are doing for salaried jobs. There is a tiny sliver of people that found their jobs on Monster.com, there is also a tiny sliver of people with 'connections' (they're not the 1% for nothing). Everyone else muddled through job fairs, online listings, and cold calls to get their jobs. My work history and how I got the job, pumping gas (family), McDonalds (cold called), ski shop (cold called), engineering internship (cold called), startup internship (cold called), fortune 500 company (college job fair), startup (cold called). Cold called = email, showing up in person, or picking up the phone. But it means 'the job was never listed anywhere'. My girlfriend has had many more positions, but the main ones were temp (temp agency), 1st internship (cold called), better internship (bosses at both internships were married, when husband at first internship could no longer pay her, the wife hired her elsewhere), temp job (temp agency), crappy job (listed online), awesome startup job (cold called).
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- pessimizer 14y ago
  Not scalable as in everyone who wants an apprenticeship or salaried job can't do it, or else it will cease to be effective. You achieved whatever you have achieved by doing more than others. If everybody else did as much as you did, what you did would have gotten you nothing. Solutions for individuals are not the same as solutions for systems.
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unimpressive 14y ago

>People want to do the easy stuff, the hard stuff is putting yourself out there and picking up a phone. "Most people don't get those experiences because they never ask." - Steve Jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTf0LmDqKI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTf0LmDqKI