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RE: Youth vs. Creativity (was transition from contract to full-ti me)
Subject:RE: Youth vs. Creativity (was transition from contract to full-ti me) From:lpeet -at- fimat -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:58:39 -0600
Hello Michele and Everyone,
(My comment is at the bottom, if you want to just scroll down)
Michele Davis wrote:
<snip>
Since we're young though, we're also creative, and can come up with many
different ways to make money, just in case the whole technology market goes
down the
toilet.
<snip>
Susan Shields vented thusly:
<snip>
Gosh, does youth=creativity? Another thing I didn't know. Even old folks
can
come up with ways to make a living in an unstable market, though...although
experience may be as important as creativity in that endeavor.
<snip>
and Maartha Rogers added:
Yep, Susan. Experience counts for a lot. If not, many of us could be in
big trouble if the "whole technology market" imploded: too old to figure
out
other ways of earning our keep and too young for Social Security.
to which John Gilger added:
I guess if "the whole technology market" goes in the sewer, I can always go
back to working as a plumber/pipefitter. ;)
You don't have to be creative or young to snake a drain or fix a leaky
pipe,
but experience helps.
My 2¢ in this discussion:
I think that Mark Twain (or someone) once said that there was nothing wrong
with youth that a little time wouldn't cure. You will, I hope, discover
that creativity and youth are not inversely related
Leslie Peet
Documentation Specialist
Fimat Facilities Management, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois USA
lpeet -at- fimat -dot- com
312-578-5102
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