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| Game Designer | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! Well. To address some of the questions, the ones that I can answer. Quote:
Also this encroaches into the terrorty of altruism, trust and a few other interesting areas of inquiry. I am interested to know if people are how people think they are. Quote:
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I plan on dressing as I would to go to school and bringing study materials, and othersuch. An interesting facet of this, is that I dress rather eccentricly, so I can vary my wardrobe and check the difference it makes. I am going to keep the information clear, concise, and understandable. I am limiting it to one sandwhich board sign. I might have a card table. I am going to bring books, paper, pens, pencils, erasers, and time cards, to time my day. Quote:
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Though I do realize the potential subversive message that I could be sending out with this. As for duration of the experiment, well I need to meet bills at least once a month, so I will probably continue this experiment from setup date till I get a job, or otherwise make a form of income. That is one of the aims of this, is that I need to make subsistance, but I am not willing to sacrifice my future to do so. Hence I need a job that allows me the free time to study, and work on my projects, with the hope that my projects will net me wealth in the near (1-5 years) future. Thanks and keep the input coming. ---------------- "Anymore I am only interested in pets whom can make me coffee." -My Mom Hyper Physics Hyper Math Wikipedia Member of: IGDA YouTube MySpace Wikipedia:KickAssClown The Forge | ||||||||
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| Creating | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! Good points about needing to narrow the focus or add experiments to get certain results. I like the option of different locations. As a matter of fact, I would suggest one roadside spot, and one one or just outside the school grounds. ---------------- "Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. (Ancient Indian Proverb)" 1874 engraving of Mount Hood and the Columbia River by R. Henshel Wood | |
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| Slaying Bad Memes | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! Quote:
Sell the sandwich board and use the money to buy a nice shirt. Practice asking people what they want in front of a mirror until you can do it with grace and appropriateness. Get a job waiting tables at a nice restaurant. Don't piss the customers off. Use the money to take classes at a local community college. Learn to pass the courses with grace and appropriateness. Don't piss the teachers off. Use your college status and your work experience to get a job at a nicer restaurant. Use the increased wages to take more or better quality courses. Repeat several times, until you have an associate degree and a respectable income. Appeal to a quality college for entrance and a scholarship, based on your associate degree and your obvious ability to achieve what you set your mind on. Your track record and bulldog determination will be your best friends. And good luck! I'm on your side. Don't forget that. I am on your side. ---------------- Hypography Forums Moderator -- - - - - - What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. Epictetus, Greek Philosopher The map is NOT the territory. Korzybski, Polish-American Philosopher Last edited by Pyrotex; 12-18-2006 at 08:49 AM. | ||
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| Game Designer | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! I have thought about that route Pyrotex. Really I have. Not only have I thought about it but I have tried it and it doesn't fit my plans. I understand that such things fit the majority's plans, however as I have been told I am at least 3-4 sigmas from the norm. I refuse to do food service, so instead I did construction. I have been attending community college since I was 16 and I am now 20, so far I have only a track record of failure. I can accept failure as it is not a set back but a step in the direction that I am pursuing, serving to teach me what I don't know. The school system and the various people who pay for my education can not accept failure as a natural part of learning. It would seem that they feel it is a waste of their time, effort, and money. Hence my idea. Also my idea isn't to the exculsion of attending college, in fact quite the opposite. Now, this is not excuse but explination, I know I CAN take the popular path and it would ultimately work out, serving the objective that the popular path leads to but for me that is not good enough. The popular path will not lead to where I need to go. Hence my unconventional nature. In chico, CA we have a community college 10-20 miles outside of town, and a CSU in town. A large percent of the permanent population of Chico are either undergraduates with an Associate's or graduates with a Bachelors. When competing for a job at a fast food resturant, I am competing often enough with some one who would be seen to be far more qualified than I am. On top of that Out of towners from the larger city have been buying up Chico property and developing because of the housing market. So the population is quickly outstripping the job market. Once again I would like to take a moment to say this is simply what it is. It's not an excuse but an explination of the situation so that you all can better understand my position and why I have chosen the path that I have. I make no apologies for my life strategy. I know where I am going, and how I am going to get there, it just takes time and some people around me are less than patient. Many people are of course looking for the "get rich quick" route to fame and wealth. I am not looking for such things. I still plan on doing this experiement. However I realize I need time to plan out the specifics of it so I have it planned for the beginning of next year. Slow and steady wins the race. ---------------- "Anymore I am only interested in pets whom can make me coffee." -My Mom Hyper Physics Hyper Math Wikipedia Member of: IGDA YouTube MySpace Wikipedia:KickAssClown The Forge | |
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| Resident Slayer | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! Quote:
I know personally that I tend to perefer to hire people who have tried many things and have not succeeded for exactly the reason you seem to have: its a real learning experience. People who have had nothing but success tend to be the ones who have succeeded by being lucky enough to ride someone's coattails or simply be in on the rising tide that raises all ships. Its the answer they give me when I ask them why they failed that tells me everything. Failure is in the eyes of the beholder, Buffy ---------------- "If you do not agree with anything I say, I'll not only retract it, but deny under oath that I ever said it!" __________________________________________________ ______________-- Tom Lehrer "The shrinks diagnosed me a sociopath with paranoid delusions. But they’re just out to get me cause I threatened to kill them." Forum Administrator Hypography Science Forums - Science for Boys and Girls! Its not for nothing that we hang out here. | ||
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| Game Designer | Re: Entrepreneurial Bum Seeks Advice! I fail for a number of reasons. One of the most prevalent is that I feel no urgency of the situation. Most Students get themselves whipped up into a frantic frenzy, where they must do everything now, now, now. I myself refuse to take time out of my sleep and personal care (feeding, socializing, education) to accomplish things which I know I will accomplish on my own anyway, irregardless of whether I do so while in that school sememster or not. By fail I mean I get c's d's or f's. I realized recently that is because what I have assumed to be 40 hours of work turns out to be 60 hours of work. 12 units is 60 hours of work per week or more. This next spring semester I plan on taking 6 units of classes with an expected commitment time of 30 hours a week, leaving me 30 hours a week to work on my personal projects. I don't do things which do not serve my purposes. What serves my purpose is wide but none the less certain things like Fast Food work do not serve my purpose, they serve only to hinder my progression towards my objectives and therefore are to avoided whenever and where ever possible. I value my time greatly, it's one of the only things I truly have which is truly limited. So failure in class is but only a step towards success. Teaches me either way what I don't know but need to know more about. My standards (and tolerances) of success and failure differ greatly from that of much of the society. I feel personally that my standards are much higher than that of the majority, but then again I could be wrong hence my constant awareness and evaluation of my life plan, standards, and tolerances. ---------------- "Anymore I am only interested in pets whom can make me coffee." -My Mom Hyper Physics Hyper Math Wikipedia Member of: IGDA YouTube MySpace Wikipedia:KickAssClown The Forge | |
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