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That's interesting. Has your dad ever tried partnering with some sort of agent/hustler (I don't know the right term) to do business deals? A confident front-man
by AngryParsley 14y ago
That's interesting. Has your dad ever tried partnering with some sort of agent/hustler (I don't know the right term) to do business deals? A confident front-man might be able to sell your dad's expertise to businesses for a pretty penny.
- missechokit 14y agoIt's too bad he can't be his own frontman. I guess that's impostor syndrome for ya?
- jacques_chester 14y agoOh, my mother tried. In her prime she was a formidable people-person, a savvy deal broker. And she pushed Dad very hard to charge more, but he really does have crippling modesty. Another anecdote. He applied to work in Antarctica, a lifelong dream of his, for ANARE (now the Australian Antarctic Division). His CV listed at that point nearly 40 years of experience working on every major class of communication known to man -- radio, microwave, telephone, fibre optic -- and throughout South East Asia and Russia. So which position did he apply for? The junior communications officer.
- AngryParsley 14y agoI'm sorry, I'm confused. If she was the deal-broker, why didn't she dictate the prices?
- jacques_chester 14y agoSometimes you can't get someone to do something they don't want to do. One of the things about my father that I most admire is his inviolable integrity. He felt that he couldn't morally charge for a lot of what he did and no force on earth, even my mother, could change his decision. He was wrong, in my opinion. But that's how it was.