The Nerd's Guide to Real Life
Tuesday, 1. December 2009, 08:41:50
When Bill Gates stepped down from the day to day running of Microsoft he gave a speech to a group of pupils at an American high school. Irrespective of your views of Bill Gates or Microsoft, his 11 rules are worth noting.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get use to it.
Rule 2: The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
Rule 4: If you think your teachers are tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - Opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it is not your parents fault, so don't whine about your mistakes - learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills and listening to your talk about how cool you are.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into terms. You don't get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you "find yourself". You do that in your own time.
Rule 10: TV is not real life. In real life, people have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds, chances are you'll end up working for one.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get use to it.
Rule 2: The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
Rule 4: If you think your teachers are tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - Opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it is not your parents fault, so don't whine about your mistakes - learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills and listening to your talk about how cool you are.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into terms. You don't get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you "find yourself". You do that in your own time.
Rule 10: TV is not real life. In real life, people have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds, chances are you'll end up working for one.
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