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Jun 1, 2020
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bythenumbers

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Last login: Apr 20, 2024
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What is your best piece of career advice?

TPcoug

6/1/20 12:06pm

Get rich as quickly as possible so you can exit the rat race.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/1/20 12:08pm

Learn emotional intelligence - work nice with others and let them receive and/or

hadmonster

6/1/20 12:10pm

Beware of life/work balance shifts in the wrong direction. Beware of unneeded

6/1/20 12:12pm

Green grass is sometimes spray painted. If you have a good thing with good

JONBOY

6/1/20 12:13pm

I like this green grass comment!

grandpacoug

6/1/20 1:05pm

Being great at one skill is more valuable than being good at a bunch of things

TarCoug

6/1/20 12:14pm

Find a passion...then find, or create, work with that passion..then work will be

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

6/1/20 12:14pm

I’d add that you make sure you are good at your passion.

Traveshamockery

6/1/20 12:28pm

True..however, a wannabe singer could focus on the recording side of music..a

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

6/1/20 12:31pm

Make sure you spell check everything you write. After that, make sure that you

BYU I Bleed Blue

6/1/20 12:15pm

Money is overrated. Don't sacrifice family for it.

CopperLix

6/1/20 12:17pm

Second this, but also do something you enjoy so your family deals w/ a better u

homegrown

6/1/20 12:35pm

Find a field or area that will pay enough for you to be comfortable and enable your wife to stay at home if that's what

Zenoch

6/1/20 12:23pm

Having a degree matters. Sometimes you have to move companies to further your

Negative Equity

6/1/20 12:25pm

Long commutes are terrible for some people's mental health.

SLC-Warrior

6/1/20 12:25pm

Amen. Have done a 1.5 hour commute for 6 years. Working from home the past few

BigEasyCougar

6/1/20 12:37pm

My brother-in-law lives a 10 minute walk from his office in LA. Before they moved, he was a 45-60min commute from home.

specsauce

6/1/20 1:35pm

yeah different strokes for different folks.

SLC-Warrior

6/1/20 1:41pm

yes indeed. Traffic bugs me more than the length of the commute. With that said, about 20 -30 minutes was just about

specsauce

6/1/20 1:57pm

Don't limit yourself geographically. Follow the opportunity wherever it is.

bythenumbers

6/1/20 12:29pm

This is so important. Especially when you're young and your kids are young. Go see places and grow your career.

saltair

6/1/20 1:11pm

Major in Journalism

Sea Chicken

6/1/20 12:29pm

RE: What is you best piece of career advice?

KingDave

6/1/20 12:50pm

Don't work at a place where they use to word "passionate" to mean "work 65+

6/1/20 1:00pm

RE: What is you best piece of career advice?

roseyscenario

6/1/20 1:07pm

Don't go to the University of Utah.

O Gaucho

6/1/20 1:28pm

Don't be lazy when interviewing:run numbers if available, calculate cost of

cdr88

6/1/20 1:56pm

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