Tuesday, October 19, 2004
|
PATH LEADS TO PATH
When something is on my mind, that's generally where my conversation wanders unless someone directs it elsewhere. I've been thinking about career choices lately. About how people make a choice of what course of study to follow, and then how they go about pursuing a career in that field of study.
Conversations about this have led me to conclude that more often than not, chance is a big factor. Even people who have a clear idea from an early age of what they want to do (which seems to be uncommon) often end up taking a path that leads them to something quite different from what they imagined.
Had a chat with a nice middle-aged man at the bar last night. He works for one of the upper upscale chains that you find (so I'm told) on Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Drive. It seems the local shop (shoppe?) had a computer malfunction and Bill was dispatched from HQ in New York to fix it. Since March, he's made trips to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and St. Bart's.
Doesn't sound like a bad job to me. We had an interesting discussion about the series of connections that got him there.
When something is on my mind, that's generally where my conversation wanders unless someone directs it elsewhere. I've been thinking about career choices lately. About how people make a choice of what course of study to follow, and then how they go about pursuing a career in that field of study.
Conversations about this have led me to conclude that more often than not, chance is a big factor. Even people who have a clear idea from an early age of what they want to do (which seems to be uncommon) often end up taking a path that leads them to something quite different from what they imagined.
Had a chat with a nice middle-aged man at the bar last night. He works for one of the upper upscale chains that you find (so I'm told) on Fifth Avenue and Rodeo Drive. It seems the local shop (shoppe?) had a computer malfunction and Bill was dispatched from HQ in New York to fix it. Since March, he's made trips to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and St. Bart's.
Doesn't sound like a bad job to me. We had an interesting discussion about the series of connections that got him there.
Comments:
Post a Comment
