How to not fail at life

[Salty]

I have to admit, this is sort of useful to me right now.

[Cramulus]

It makes me think we should take some of the free thinking but still rational attitudes of PD,
sum them up in about 6-10 pithy bullet points
and illustrate them using MS Paint

[LMNO]

There you go...

[Jenne]

I liked this.  Got a good chuckle out of it too.

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Wow, humor AND content from b-tards.

I am impressed.

[Requia ☣]

Call centers are just "experience" to put on paper, if someone wants to get into actual IT they need to also get some certifications. They are easy to obtain and not terribly expensive. A+ certification would be an OK start, and they should also get certifications in whatever they want to work in (Cisco for networking, Microsoft stuff for most business offices, etc.).

It helps if their call center job is at least tangentially related to what sort of tech work they want to do. At the end of the day, anyone can work at a call center (especially the low level stuff) as long as they're literate and can speak whatever language they're supposed to be supporting. A lot of IT jobs require a certain amount of experience, and call centers can actually work as a doorway in that respect.

You need the certs just to get call center jobs in IT here.  Even that isn't enough anymore.

[Nast]

I thought this would be of some use, as I am a firm believer in the fake-it-til-you-make-it school of thought*.









*Which helps with most things, except being out of toilet paper.

[Iason Ouabache]

Also, I have never one time in my whole life, had a guy buy me an expensive gift before we were officially dating. Does that really happen?

Have you ever been the object of affection from an ubergeek?
I saw that as an initial strategy a few times from my HS circle.  generally doesn't work that great from what i saw....

The "random expensive gift" strategy is about as subtle as a caveman club to the head. The best way to attract a woman is good communication skills and covert (not overt) displays of wealth and dominance.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

It has some good advice but it's tailored to hopeless shut-ins.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also, I have never one time in my whole life, had a guy buy me an expensive gift before we were officially dating. Does that really happen?

Have you ever been the object of affection from an ubergeek?
I saw that as an initial strategy a few times from my HS circle.  generally doesn't work that great from what i saw....

The "random expensive gift" strategy is about as subtle as a caveman club to the head. The best way to attract a woman is good communication skills and covert (not overt) displays of wealth and dominance.

Or competence and confidence, which I will take over wealth and dominance any day.

[Doktor Howl]

Also, I have never one time in my whole life, had a guy buy me an expensive gift before we were officially dating. Does that really happen?

Have you ever been the object of affection from an ubergeek?
I saw that as an initial strategy a few times from my HS circle.  generally doesn't work that great from what i saw....

The "random expensive gift" strategy is about as subtle as a caveman club to the head. The best way to attract a woman is good communication skills and covert (not overt) displays of wealth and dominance.

Or competence and confidence, which I will take over wealth and dominance any day.

Dominance is for sissies.  An SO is supposed to be a partner, not a servant.

[Iason Ouabache]

Also, I have never one time in my whole life, had a guy buy me an expensive gift before we were officially dating. Does that really happen?

Have you ever been the object of affection from an ubergeek?
I saw that as an initial strategy a few times from my HS circle.  generally doesn't work that great from what i saw....

The "random expensive gift" strategy is about as subtle as a caveman club to the head. The best way to attract a woman is good communication skills and covert (not overt) displays of wealth and dominance.

Or competence and confidence, which I will take over wealth and dominance any day.

Dominance is for sissies.  An SO is supposed to be a partner, not a servant.

I didn't mean dominance in the male chauvanist/wife abuser sense. I meant it as the ability to climb the social ladder.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Still, even in that sense, I am less interested in dominance than confidence and competence.

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It has some good advice but it's tailored to hopeless shut-ins.

If it was originally posted on /b/ it was a bullseye, AMIRITE?

[Elder Iptuous]

what's an assburger supposed to do in order to build social skills and confidence?
mebbe a gift will at least give the lady pause long enough that they can engage in conversation and level up a bit?