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Maru ([personal profile] yakalskovich) wrote2011-10-06 03:28 pm
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Something to remind myself of...

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement address delivered on June 12, 2005.
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[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed but can you imagine being the person who makes the photocopies for the academics???
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[personal profile] yakalskovich 2011-10-06 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope -- which is why I am the person to tame the databases far away from anything I studied.-

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes and that is why I train horses and children and left Academia.

But my point about being baffled by my friend's choices stands. It can't be fun for her placating those egos.
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[personal profile] yakalskovich 2011-10-06 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
No, the placating egos part is something I regularly despair of, too. In my case, it's mostly explaining to suits that only think themselves tech-savvy what will and will not work.

On the other hand, as I said before, this has involved into something of a core competency.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It's weird. I have never had to have my ego placated. When I don't understand something, I just want someone who does! In translation, this means I find myself very frustrated with people who need to have their egos stroked. I feel like they need to take a pill or some such so that we can dispense with the bullshit and get down to work.

Which is why I love animals and small children. :D

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
okay, so adorable!

Little putty tat got on the table with big feral tom cat and curled up beside him to sleep!

I haven't the faintest idea how he managed to get up on the table. He's way too little.
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[personal profile] yakalskovich 2011-10-06 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The things that cats get up on and up to know no bounds. They are cats!

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I discovered my aged cat (he's 17) likes cream! I poured some into a bowl this morning whilst preparing my own coffee and he drank it all.

Five years ago, he wouldn't touch the stuff.
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[personal profile] yakalskovich 2011-10-07 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Cats are entitled to randomly change their minds whenever they want. That's what they are like.-
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