What Are You Doing Right Now? (177 Viewers)

[swag]

Told you once that your revolution reminded me of ours thirty-something years ago. It's great to see people fighting for freedom but when the infrastructures (cultural, educational, economical) are far from heading in the right direction, we always end up with wrong people jumping on the movement which had started by sincere and genuine intentions tainting it with selling their bigotry to the people who are still dazed and confused. Instead of coming to streets to ask for Mubarak's execution, I wished your people had their priorities somewhere else, not because Mubarak deserved to be given another chance but because he was gone and an unknown future was ahead of Egyptians which Mubarak, dead or alive, had nothing to do with it. Same goes with Syrians today, I'm not optimistic at all.

After 34 years, having gone through a religious revolution and an 8 year war, we Iranians are still not ready to welcome democracy: Instead of trying to make things better gradually and step by step, our people still think that the only way to get rid of the current situation is either another revolution or the US attacking Iran and most of them are supportive of either.

Oh, man, Hoori. I totally remember when you called this last year.

I know you find no satisfaction in this, but this is a little like you calling the Juve scudetto when we just hired Conte.

Well done.

 

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[Sheik Yerbouti]

JUVE PER SEMPRE SARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

[Kate]

JUVE PER SEMPRE SARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Kasaki on Facebook: "Italian soccer is the worst!!! Del piero was a horrible player"

 

[Kate]

Kasaki on Facebook: "Italian soccer is the worst!!! Del piero was a horrible player"

I enjoyed "Dick in my mouth. Yum!"

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Indeed.

 

[swag]

I enjoyed "Dick in my mouth. Yum!"

Tuz non-sequitur of the day!

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Tuz non-sequitur of the day!

your reply is the non sequitur of the day

 

[Fred]

Has any Management student ever had to read "Images of Organizations" by Gareth Morgan?

I swear, it is probably the most boring book i've ever had the displeasure of reading/studying.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I was never a management student.

Speaking of which, what are your opinions on an MBA course? (Open question to all here).

 

[Fred]

I was never a management student.

Speaking of which, what are your opinions on an MBA course? (Open question to all here).

It really depends on what you want to do, most good MBA programs are quite expensive if you do not have a scholarship, so i would only recommend you do an MBA only if you're absolutely sure you want to do it and know why you're doing it. The main distinction between an MBA and an MA in other business concentrations, is the fact that you graduate as a cross trained business person and have a solid background in various business fields, as opposed to being a specialist in Finance, HR, Marketing or any of those other Business fields.

If you aspire to working in some sort of managerial position, or do management consulting or that sort of career, an MBA would definitely be very beneficial.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Thanks Fred. That gives me enough info not to pursue it.

 

[Fred]

Thanks Fred. That gives me enough info not to pursue it.

Not sure if thats a good or bad thing

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Btw, i hate to sound like a career counselor or something, but you look like a person who might like a career in Academia, perhaps that is something you ought to think of pursuing?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Not sure if thats a good or bad thing

---------- Post added 15.05.2012 at 22:21 ----------

Btw, i hate to sound like a career counselor or something, but you look like a person who might like a career in Academia, perhaps that is something you ought to think of pursuing?

It's a good thing. I want very interested in it, and was curious why so many people do it.

Academia, you say? Gimme more info.

 

[Kate]

It's a good thing. I want very interested in it, and was curious why so many people do it.

Academia, you say? Gimme more info.

It's what Sam and I do

 

[Fred]

It's a good thing. I want very interested in it, and was curious why so many people do it.

Academia, you say? Gimme more info.

Ok, now you really are making me sound like a career counselor (which mind you isn't so far off from the formal job that i do)

I mean if you're sure that you are interested enough in theology/philosophy to pursue them as long time interests, you should really think about doing a masters in that field, and try and get a scholarship to do a Phd in that field. If you're interested enough, i'm sure you'd enjoy researching and teaching the subject as a full time job.

Plus a career in academia offers more job security, less working hours, more personal and professional fulfillment(though that depends on the person's personality and what he considers personally and profesionally fulfilling), you'd also avoid the more dynamic, cut throat, high stress, long working hours of corporate life.

 

[IrishZebra]

In Ireland you are unfireable in any real sense and can earn upwards of $80,000 a year teaching for 30hrs a week...

 

[Fred]

In Ireland you are unfireable in any real sense and can earn upwards of $80,000 a year teaching for 30hrs a week...

Talk about fvcking job security.

 

[Kate]

Ok, now you really are making me sound like a career counselor (which mind you isn't so far off from the formal job that i do)

I mean if you're sure that you are interested enough in theology/philosophy to pursue them as long time interests, you should really think about doing a masters in that field, and try and get a scholarship to do a Phd in that field. If you're interested enough, i'm sure you'd enjoy researching and teaching the subject as a full time job.

Plus a career in academia offers more job security, less working hours, more personal and professional fulfillment(though that depends on the person's personality and what he considers personally and profesionally fulfilling), you'd also avoid the more dynamic, cut throat, high stress, long working hours of corporate life.

The only caveat I would offer is that the job market is bad, and getting worse. You are only unfireable, as IZ says, if you get tenure, and unfortunately in the humanities these days tenure-track positions are becoming more difficult to come by. The majority of the folks I work with are on limited-term contracts (some of as low as 10 months, where they are never guaranteed their job at the end), and that seems to be the growing trend in North America.

BUT, if you're good at what you do, and persistent, then your chances are naturally higher. You just need to publish, publish, publish

 

[Martin]

The only caveat I would offer is that the job market bad, and getting worse. You are only unfireable, as IZ says, if you get tenure, and unfortunately in the humanities these days tenure-track positions are becoming more difficult to come by. The majority of the folks I work with are on limited-term contracts (some of as low as 10 months, where they are never guaranteed their job at the end), and that seems to be the growing trend in North America.

BUT, if you're good at what you do, and persistent, then your chances are naturally higher. You just need to publish, publish, publish

Print out your posting history on Juventuz and attach it to the papers