非常好的職業建議,來自Scott Adams
從一個非常喜歡的人的blog看到的,這個人是Tomcat的作者,現在是Apple的Object C開發者,兼重要的RoR作者,兼資深攝影師,兼Mac大fans,他叫James Duncan Davidson(http://duncandavidson.com/)。
在一篇Blog講到,Scott Adams說:
Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort. In my case, I can draw better than most people, but I’m hardly an artist. And I’m not any funnier than the average standup comedian who never makes it big, but I’m funnier than most people. The magic is that few people can draw well and write jokes. It’s the combination of the two that makes what I do so rare. And when you add in my business background, suddenly I had a topic that few cartoonists could hope to understand without living it.
翻譯一下就是說:
每個人都可以找到通過一些努力就可以躋身前25%的行業。例如我,我可以比大多數人畫的好,但是我還夠不上藝術家的水平。我也沒有達到喜劇演員那種好笑的水平,但是我比大多數人好笑。魔法在于沒什么人即畫得好又會寫笑話。所以混合一下我就很稀有了。加上我的商業知識背景,我突然發現我比其它的動畫人更能理解它(商務)。
思考一下,其實就是當下流行的mush up。你混合一下你的長處,也許你就找到了你真正的長處,你的職業。
同時James又推薦了Stay Hungry,Stay Foolish,他說他37歲了依然覺得那是篇很好的文章。我很早之前也推薦過這篇文章,大家繼續看看。