{"id":709,"date":"2006-06-27T05:11:25","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T09:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/career_success_"},"modified":"2006-06-27T05:11:25","modified_gmt":"2006-06-27T09:11:25","slug":"career_success_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Career success in a nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone asked me recently if I could sum up my latest career in a single sentence. <\/p>\n

\n

I am finally in a position where my responsibilities align with what I enjoy doing most, enabling creative people to do better in life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It has been a long journey with many detours before I finally arrived at a point where I was ready for this position.<\/p>\n

I started my career with the viewpoint that technology could save the world. I began my career designing computer systems which were supposed to improve the quality of life for everyone on the planet. <\/p>\n

This lofty goal was shattered when I first saw one of my early computer systems in an electronic salvage yard. I began to realize that my designs might not leave a trace, let alone be a legacy for the future.<\/p>\n

A later minicomputer<\/a>
\ndesign I worked on was used as the first experimental nodes on ArpaNet,
\nbut by then I was off in Florida working at a series of start-ups. I
\ndecided if technology wasn’t the answer, maybe becoming wealthy at an
\nearly age was still possible.<\/p>\n

This part of my life made great fodder for my first book<\/a>,
\nbut didn’t get me any closer to gaining peace of mind. Hitting the wall
\na few times finally got me thinking about the more spiritual aspects of
\nlife as opposed to finding Nirvana through technology.<\/p>\n

A long voyage of self-discovery led me to the realization that there
\nwas more to life than working for growth-oriented corporations, and
\nthat helping others was what I enjoyed most.<\/p>\n

However, I could not seem to find gainful employment which would
\nallow me to help others, so I continued working in increasingly insane
\nhigh technology companies until they got tired of my attitude and
\njettisoned me into a new career as a self-employed writer\/business
\nconsultant, and blogger.<\/p>\n

Blogging helped me to look at what was important to me and I found
\nthat my interest in helping others needed to be the driving factor in
\ndetermining my choice of a post-corporate career.<\/p>\n

Helping others to succeed is more challenging than launching a
\ncompany because it requires many of the same skills, but you have to
\ninspire others to acquire the necessary disciplines instead of
\nenforcing your ideas on them.<\/p>\n

In the case of helping artists achieve viable businesses, it means
\ndiscovering what will work to increase their economic growth without
\naltering their creative processes and impulses.<\/p>\n

Some artists are happy dealing with customers. Others are very
\nprivate people who may do best with intermediaries handling the
\nhurly-burly of commerce. Finding a solution that works is an art that I
\nwish to develop. The payoff will come when artists routinely begin to
\nflourish and this begins to affect the regional economy in a meaningful
\nway.<\/p>\n

I feel this is the best of all possible games that I could be
\nplaying at this stage of my life. It is a game where everybody wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Someone asked me recently if I could sum up my latest career in a single sentence. <\/p>\n

\n

I am finally in a position where my responsibilities align with what I enjoy doing most, enabling creative people to do better in life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It has been a long journey with many detours before I finally arrived at a point where I was ready for this position.<\/p>\n

I started my career with the viewpoint that technology could save the world. I began my career designing computer systems which were supposed to improve the quality of life for everyone on the planet. <\/p>\n

This lofty goal was shattered when I first saw one of my early computer systems in an electronic salvage yard. I began to realize that my designs might not leave a trace, let alone be a legacy for the future.<\/p>\n

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