[geeks] Yuppie Hell

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 01:51:11AM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:

> > All I know is I don't want to be an admin.  I don't want to write test
> > reporting software, shipment tracking software, insurance reporting and
> > analysis software, web sites, sales, and sort of reporting, etc, for the
> > rest of my life.  A little here and there is fine, but day in and out 
> > forever... Shudder.
> 
>   Not going to grad school doesn't guarantee low-level work.  By the
> same token, going to grad school doesn't guarantee high-level work!

Yeah, I know, I know.
 
> > If not doing that means grad school, so be it.  If it means going into debt
> > to buy the gear to open a production studio and focus on growing that business
> > to the size of supporting custom programming, that could work also.
> 
>   Yes but...and I'll admit that I'm speaking from limited experience
> here...but everyone I've ever known who's gone to grad school has
> wound up leaving school with an impressive pile of paperwork, but
> they're old, burnt-out, and in debt.  Do you really want to spend HALF
> OF YOUR LIFE in school?

We'll see.  I don't know what I'm doing yet.

>   If this conversation irritates you, I apologize...but think of it this
> way...If you weren't such a great and capable guy, nobody would care. ;)

No, no.  Say what you want.
 
> > Or, maybe I'll luck out and actually find a cool job.  I have one lead...
> 
>   We've all got our fingers crossed for you...

Thanks.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd