To continue with Commencement week, we're going to hear from someone who didn't even graduate from college: Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. In 2005 Jobs spoke to the graduating class of Stanford University. While Jobs did not graduate he discusses how his experiences while he was at Reed College shaped the decisions he made with his career and looking back, what advice he has to offer new workers.
You can't connect the dots looking forwards, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something; your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road gives you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leaves you off the well worn path. And that will make all the difference.
On to The Links ...
Lane Wallace at The Atlantic Defends:
The Liberal Arts Education. And nails it: "In a flash, I grasped the true value of a college degree. It didn't matter what I majored in. It didn't even matter all that much what my grades were. What mattered was that I got that rectangular piece of paper that said, 'Lane Wallace never has to work in a corrugated cardboard factory again.'"
The Washington Examiner Reports:
All you new grads are flocking to the District. DC is tops on a number of best city for jobs lists, which has kept it's unemployment at the relatively stable 6%. So if you are heading here, expect competition. And no, you cannot sleep on my couch.
Cheezhead Reviews:
A new Facebook App to help with your career search. Inside Job hooks up FB users with other users who have interviewed or worked at different companies to help users get an insider view of that specific company. I think it sounds good in theory, but how willing will users be to mix professional and personal lives over Facebook? This sounds like a service better served by LinkedIn.
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