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"Flunked out of college...twice. Enlisted in the Air Force
..
I went back to school
..
Left the service and got a job as an Analyst/Programmer
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Eventually went back to school and got 2 English Literature degrees
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Went back to the company
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Left there and went freelance. Did consulting tech writing. Finally
landed
my current job."
Which confirms my suspicions that most successful contractors have ADD (and
maybe the real noisy ones are ADHD) (g).
-Blaine (contractor and self-diagnosed ADD "victim" himself)
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For the egoist has so far the advantage over every other species of
devotee, that his idol is ever present. --Catherine Gore
