Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhat's the best advice you've ever received?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down15
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the best advice you've ever received?Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-squareCyberDine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·7 months ago'C’s get degrees. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. You can teach the job, you can’t teach personality. If the world is going to shit, and you can’t or won’t do anything about it, why worry about it.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt’s both really. Knowing people when you know nothing doesn’t do much for ya. But when you’re known as a skilled person by people with opportunities, then that’s a good position to be in.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIt’s not what you know, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
'C’s get degrees.
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
You can teach the job, you can’t teach personality.
If the world is going to shit, and you can’t or won’t do anything about it, why worry about it.
It’s both really. Knowing people when you know nothing doesn’t do much for ya. But when you’re known as a skilled person by people with opportunities, then that’s a good position to be in.
It’s not what you know, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.