Way OT: What was the best career advice you ever got?

When someone asks in an interview what you see yourself doing in five years, don't say "doing your wife".

The Big Lebowski: Are you employed, sir? The Dude: Employed? The Big Lebowski: You don't go out looking for a job dressed like that? On a weekday? The Dude: Is this a... what day is this? The Big Lebowski: Well, I do work sir, so if you don't mind... The Dude: I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man. The Big Lebowski: Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski? [the Dude walks out and shuts the door] The Big Lebowski: The bums will always lose! Brandt: How was your meeting, Mr. Lebowski? The Dude: Okay. The old man told me to take any rug in the house.

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Don't use your work computer for personal matters like blogging. 

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Don't take advice from internet posters.

"Keep your family and your business completely separated.", Notorious B.I.G.

On a serious note, and this may have been mentioned above already, but my parents ALWAYS stressed....

"Never work hard to please other people, that won't last, work hard to please yourself."  

I'm 4 years into my career and that advice has gone a long ways.  If you expect more of yourself than anyone you work for/with then you'll never have anything to worry about and you'll always deliver.

Shit in one hand and dream in the other and see which one fills up first.

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