career
A career is a culmination of someone’s life experiences, education and work. It is a profession that is chosen by an individual that elects to share his or her talents with the rest of society.
4 FaversShare1 FaverShareViewed: 6 TimesQuoted: The 20s are for getting some expertise. The 30s are for building a reputation. The 40s are where a VC peaks. The 50s are where you start managing the firm, handling relations with the investors, and the 60s are when you retire.
Sounds more like a marriage! LOL
1 FaverShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: Career articles, job advice, and career research on Yahoo! HotJobs.
It's been two years since this startup job-fair event at RedFin. Has it been repeated? I sure recall it as being super popular.
We could host one here are StartPad if there is demand for it.
1 FaverShareViewed: 8 Times1 FaverShareViewed: 12 TimesQuoted: The vast majority — 80% — either started their own business or worked for a small company that saw explosive growth. And almost all of them made their fortune in a big lump sum after many years of effort.
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Quoted: Consultant Joel Kurtzman, who evaluated 350 startups for his book Startups That Work, found that successful outlets usually have a team of two or three founders who share a common vision; the success rate for this model was a remarkable 50%. The odds for solo founders were more like the oft-quoted one in 10, in part because they often found themselves working at cross-purposes with hired guns who see things differently.
Interesting list, with some surprises.
2 FaversShareViewed: 55 TimesQuoted: 4) Orthodontists
For a 35-hour workweek, orthodontists earn a median $350,000 a year, according to the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics. General dentists, meanwhile, earn about half as much working 39 hours a week on average, in a much dirtier job.
I always thought the secret was to have very low standards and then you'll ALWAYS be employed (at something).
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this is disgusting - and just goes to show that the attacks on van jones are one part of a larger racist campaign (and a campaign against green jobs). the crazies will not stop at tearing down van jones...
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2 FaversViewed: 13 TimesQuoted: I have a picture in my head of what the average entrepreneur is like. I’d guess pretty young (think Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.) living the red beans and rice lifestyle and working 80+ hours a week and sleeping under their desk. On some parts, I’m probably right — but on many, I’m flat-out wrong.
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