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"I'm not against public service. I just think I can do more damage in the private sector."
"Eagle Scout is not enough, son - you've got to learn a trade."
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boy scout, boy scouts, scout, scouts, scouting movement, scouting movements, career, careers, career path, career paths, career advancement, career advancements, learning a trade, trade, immature, immaturity, growing up, pushy parent, pushy parents, underachiever, underachievers, disappointment, disappointments, professional, professionals"He retired as an executive, returned as a contractor, became a consultant and now he's a brooding presence."
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divorce, divorces, excuse, excuses, calling, calling, career, careerist, careerism, career advancement, advance your career, advancing your career, menial job, menial jobs, menial task, menial tasks, leave home, leaves home, leaving home, accountant, accountants, accounting, accounting firms, midlife crisis, midlife crises, excuse, excuses, deadbeat, deadbeats, deadbeat dad, deadbeat dads, irresponsible, gaugin, paul gaugin, artist, artists, great artist, great artists, tahiti, numbers guy, numbers guys"We've been thinking a lot about what we want to do with your life."
"Don't be fooled. This community is very insular and toxic."
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balloon maker, balloon makers, balloon making, community, career path, career paths, career advances, career advancement, career advancements, insular community, insular communities, toxic environment, toxic workplace, toxic workplaces, toxic environments, children's entertainer, children's entertainers, performer, performers, clown, clowns, competitive environment, competitive environments"I think we're wasting your talents in accounting."
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super hero, super heroes, superhero, superheroes, super, supers, hero, heroes, super power, super powers, accounting, accountancy, accountant, accountants, talented, talents, wasted talent, wasted talents, promotion, promotions, career ladder, the career ladder, career advancement, bring job, boring jobs"You are lazy and try to get others to do your work. You have a great future in management."
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manager, managers, management, managements, lazy, laziness, delegate, delegating, delegation, delegations, workload, workloads, career path, career paths, career advancement, career advancements, appraisal, appraisals, job review, job reviews, performance review, performance reviews, job interview, job interviews, hr, personnel"And this next one - is this the kind of racism that advances my career or ends it?"
"Where do you see yourself getting drunk in five years?"
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career, careers, career path, career paths, career advancement, career advancements, drunk, drunks, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, unambitious, career-path, career-paths, five year plan, five year plans, five-year-plan, five-year-plans, local pub, local pubs, watering hole, watering holes"Sad but true - my career ladder turned out to be a career footstool."
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ladders, ladder, footstool, footstools, climb, climbing, career, careers, profession, professions, climb the ladder, climbing the ladder, promotion, promotions, career advancement, bar, bars, pub, pubs, drink, drinks, drinking, alcohol, cocktail, cocktails, office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives'Dear, we're concerned with your college curriculum. How will you pay off your student debt with a liberal arts degree?'
"This is where you end up when you had a humanities major in college....I should have gone with poli-sci!"
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college degree, college degrees, humanities degree, humanities degrees, career path, career paths, career, careers, career advancement, career advancements, uni, unis, university, universities, humanities, major, tacos, end up, humor, political-science, majors, political science, political sciences"Opportunity came knocking once, but I missed it. I was expecting a tweet."
"Then I made the leap from skilled labor to unskilled management."
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skilled labor, skilled labour, skilled worker, skilled workers, manager, managers, management, managements, promotion, promotions, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, managerial skill, managerial skills, unskilled worker, unskilled workers, unskilled labour, unskilled labor, career, careers, career advancement, career path, career paths"And this next one – is this the kind of racism that advances my career or ends it?"
"Leave your personality and hope for the future next door and collect your ID from reception."
"So where do you see yourself in five months?"
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career, careers, career path, career paths, career choice, career choices, snowmen, snowman, snow figure, snow figures, thaw, thaws, spring, springtime, spring-time, spring time, careers advisor, careers advisors, careers adviser, career advisers, career advisor, career advisors, career adviser, career advisers, winter, winters, wintertime, winter-time, career advancement, career advancements, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, limitation, limitations"When I grow up, I want to be a computer-generated image like Max Headroom."
"It's hard to strike just the right balance. I didn't have enough fire in the belly for politics, but I seem to have too much for market research."
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career path, career paths, career advancement, career advancements, career, careers, political career, political careers, market research, market researcher, market researchers, career advancement, career advancements, fire in the belly, career adviser, career advisers, careers adviser, careers advisers, career advisor, career advisors, careers advisor, careers advisors"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I chose the one that said, 'Mergers, acquisitions, incredible bonuses.'"
"Have you given any thought at all about where you might like to accrue your student loan debt?"
"Perkins, I didn't get where I am today without taking a few risks."