r/SipsTea • • 21h ago

SMH The advice didn't age well.

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u/Adorable_Echo_4317 21h ago

Just walk into a skyscraper, hand out your resume in person and become CEO in 2 weeks.. what's so hard to understand? You're all just lazy.

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u/ecovironfuturist 20h ago

You want to go to grad school to do what?? Just go sweep up around the office someone will give you some work to do.

And it literally worked that way for them. It was codified as apprenticeships or interns or pages or copy boys...

I know one person who made the transition from sweeping up to six figure career. He's a great guy and totally deserving, everybody loved him and he's smart and hard working, but I'm also 100% sure the people who gave him the shot felt great about themselves for doing it - and they should! But times have changed and people are looking for diamonds in the rough, or if they are the "rough" is the ivy league.

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u/BrianNowhere 20h ago

Someone should make a civ video-game where you can try to make it in different eras with the same character. The 50's would be easier in many ways but probably harder in others. Would be interesting to explore.

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u/jallisy 10h ago

I'd buy that in a heartbeat.