"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
That sounds great! Aaron always seems to be moving somewhere. James, have you heard something official from him yet? Later.
"If at first you don't succeed,
redefine sucess."
- Sowden
www.nineteenthstar.cjb.net
www.sowden.cjb.net
redefine sucess."
- Sowden
www.nineteenthstar.cjb.net
www.sowden.cjb.net
The last word I got from him was that he had been, understandably, occupied with finding a new job. He sounded confident, though, that it wouldn't pose much of a problem. In the meantime, he's going to be at E3 this week, and then will be back in touch sometime after that.Sowden wrote:That sounds great! Aaron always seems to be moving somewhere. James, have you heard something official from him yet? Later.
Hey James; now that Indie Built has been shut down, do you know who owns the rights to TM? Please don't tell me it's Take Two...
Bests, Rockefeller
Bests, Rockefeller
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
It's not on any sort of pre-ordained regular basis.
That's a class I'd love to take. It's good to see Aaron's name out there with everything else that's going on.
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Mike
Old SanFrancisco
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/tex
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/mike
Mike
Old SanFrancisco
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/tex
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/mike
I would like to expound a little bit, regarding the quote in the first post:
Of course, it never happens. You go to graduate school and work on your advisor's project. You graduate and do your post-doc work for some other guy. You get a 'real' job - again, working to realize someone else's dreams. You even start your own company, only to find that people will only pay you for reasearch *they* are interested in.
Now, I'm already nearly as old as JTOG. I don't want my last thoughts to be "Why didn't I ever work on *my* stuff?" So I finally said "Screw it." And for the last year and a half, I've rejected all work (ok, I've taken a couple of small projects here and there - a guy has to eat, you know.) But I've essentially been without income and living off savings for almost two years. just so that I can work on *my* projects. Hopefully, they will pay off in the end. There are no guarantees, and few people will take this kind of risk. But I'm proud of what I'm doing and I'm having a blast. Succeed or fail, at least I gave it a shot.
So I say to Aaron: Pursue you dream. Screw security.
DrPaul
I have taken this philosophy to heart in the last couple of years. Way back (30 years ago) when I was an undergraduate, I had to put many of my ideas aside because I was too busy doing school work. I looked forward to finishing school so that I could finally work on *my* stuff."Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"-Unless you're talking about cigarettes, booze, and loose women"
Of course, it never happens. You go to graduate school and work on your advisor's project. You graduate and do your post-doc work for some other guy. You get a 'real' job - again, working to realize someone else's dreams. You even start your own company, only to find that people will only pay you for reasearch *they* are interested in.
Now, I'm already nearly as old as JTOG. I don't want my last thoughts to be "Why didn't I ever work on *my* stuff?" So I finally said "Screw it." And for the last year and a half, I've rejected all work (ok, I've taken a couple of small projects here and there - a guy has to eat, you know.) But I've essentially been without income and living off savings for almost two years. just so that I can work on *my* projects. Hopefully, they will pay off in the end. There are no guarantees, and few people will take this kind of risk. But I'm proud of what I'm doing and I'm having a blast. Succeed or fail, at least I gave it a shot.
So I say to Aaron: Pursue you dream. Screw security.
DrPaul
Well, DrPaul, You just got a full whistling, cheering, standing ovation from me. You have my heartiest wishes for success. Don't spend the end of your life with regrets and what if's. And if you don't reach the full measure of success you wanted, at least you can say you tried. That takes courage.
Kait
Kait
You've got my support, DrPaul, 100%. I just graduated and I'm about to enter graduate school...I've been so afraid of ending up in that vicious cycle you just described, but I'm trying my best not to....just never give up on your dream, keep envisioning it - and try to imagine the steps that will bring you to that dream, follow them - and one day you won't have to envision your dream anymore...
Best of Luck to you and Aaron!
Bests, Rockefeller
P.S. -How old exactly is Jim the Old Guy?
Best of Luck to you and Aaron!
Bests, Rockefeller
P.S. -How old exactly is Jim the Old Guy?
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
Thou shouldst not ask such questions. The ancient one's birth is shrouded in the mists of time... and geritol... For we all give thanks and praise to the glue of our secret little brotherhood, for telling us to 'keep the faith', and to stick with it (a glue pun, get it?)... So DARE not BLASPHEME him with questions of...
Wait. It's WOMEN who you're supposed to never ask their age of!
Oh...
He's 59.
-Fred
Wait. It's WOMEN who you're supposed to never ask their age of!
Oh...
He's 59.
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!