History is full of successes from those that ignored tradition, correctness, and the petty rules of a conditioned society.
Henry Ford and the Wright Brothers never finished school.
Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Steve Jobs never finished their university courses/degrees.
Sergey Brin of Google same.
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook - same.
Be warned that the world is changing exponentially due to the internet and mobile communications, and the industry you work in today that can afford to buy consultants at $1500 to $2500 per day will be looking hard for ways to cut those costs and the Gen Y'ers will be some of the forward thinkers that come up with a solution that suddenly could put you on the job scrapheap.
Reporting to a board might make you feel important, and thats the game they play, however they will cut you off at the socks in an instant to save costs and report a better result for shareholders.
If you don't own the company, you are a passenger on a bus being driven by someone else. You do not know the mindset of the driver of your bus and you are not in charge of your destiny at all, so its best to keep a lot of options open, and remember the
"bright" ones, regardless of how they spell words!
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve McKKK
does anyone else remember steve mc hypocrite getting on his high horse about people using different logins and hiding behind internet names?
.....how many usernames have you used in these forums steve?
Isnt this what DJ's do???? Hide behind an alias
Im sure your real name isnt dojo,and I bet the music you play isnt performed by you,
just played on a record then the DJ claims it as if he was talented or something
Ban DJ's and pokies from pubs,bring back live aussie rock.
Absolutely perfect !!
Alex is your normal 18yr old with great attitude to life/work and that will help him through life.All the guys at Triple K have been/are hard workers whether it be blue collar or corporate I consider them to be very good mates(female or male) but we are all equal when we are on the water or standing around barefooted waiting for the wind.It doesn't concern me when standing around chatting or ripping around the bay if the guy that brings my board can spell or if he earns $1000 a day or nothing at all or is a cocky 18yr old or in his 50's. It's all about the mateship and keeping everybody safe while enjoying a great sport.
Love peace and mung beans
GreatGonzo
All assumptions aside regarding the individual involved ...I make the following comments ...... Being nelly 18 and unable to correctly spell the word "nearly" is a blight on our countries education system and or the individual. English and spelling are taught from day one at school until you finish.
To claim that these are the times and that the new gen y are going to somehow change the English language is utter crap. 90% of job applications with spelling mistakes are discounted instantly..... $hit if you can't even be bothered to check the spelling how serious can you be about the job. It's about taking pride in youself your work and producing the best you can anything less is simply laziness ( something we as Australians seem to be quite good at.... not all , but plenty ) there are plenty of gen y'ers that do not abreviate and can spell correctly these will be the ones running things etc..... Can you honestly picture a westfarmers or bluescope annual report being sent out with spelling mistakes or text abbreviations included?
If you think kids don't need to know how to spell think again !! Why teach them to write with pen and paper in this age ? Why teach addition subtraction and multiplication when they can use a calculator ?
As for bill gates, Steve jobs, Michael Dell etc.... Sure they may never have completed a university degree ( add Richard Branson , Winston Churchill ) but I bet they all can spell the word " nearly " correctly.
Now back to young Alex.... Maybe he can spell correctly, maybe it was a typo, maybe he has not been as fortunate as some in being the recipient of a decent education or maybe he simply didn't listen in class or spent more time wagging and smoking at the corner shop .... Only those who know him can really be the judge of his particular situation. But when talking about gen y as a whole, unfortunately many of the above comments are correct... Alex's post merely reinforces many of the points made.
That brings us to Nimbin.... Having been to nimbin about 5 times over the past 13 years... The place has most definately changed it is no longer a place of happy hippies but seems to be full of meth heads. Unemployment and crime are obvious ( just drive into the place with interstate plates and you won't even get out if your car before you are offered any sort of drug you could want) , which is fine if that's what you are after ... But do you really want to live there?
There are so many beautiful places to live on the north coast many with a simar hinterland setting as nimbin without the issues.
I would strongly strongly urge you check the place out or make sure your folks do before making any commitment to move there.
Or maybe it sounds just perfect each to there own I guess
Even though I'm a stickler on good writing skills... ^^^
this is the internet and hence international.
Sometimes English is not the poster's native language.
Carry on.
still no reply from steve mc no alias' aka happy1... hmmmm. I think you got him stamp. hahaha. own up stevie we're an understanding bunch..
come on steve, this topic is not going to go away if you ignore it. we will just keep bumping the thread until we hear from one of your aliases.