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So I won a fellowship recently, the Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundations Vada and Barney Oldfield National Security Reporting Fellowship. I'm excited I just like having my work seen and critiqued. Winning money and trips to Vegas are good perks too. Everyone at work says I should use things like this to help me get a job when I leave the Army next summer. The big thing is I really don't know how...
I have friends who will make their money by being a good networker. They will simply talk their way into six figure jobs. And honestly the ones I'm talking about are not ass kissers, they are just good people. The kind of people you want around you on a daily basis. For laughter and perspective and spilling the beans to.
I'm not one of those people... on first impressions anyways.
I'm socially awkward and have no idea how to entertain. I can imagine the first impressions I've given over the years:
What the hell is this guy saying? That he has a third nipple?
This is the most foul-mouthed Filipino I've ever met, why is he sweating so much?
Are you going to let me talk?
If I hear, 'this one time in Iraq.' one more fucking time...
Why won't he look me in the eyes, he keeps staring off into space.
Yeah, that story about the drunk screaming at the girls behind their backs at the deaf school's happy hour- totally not funny.
Please stop with the ca ca stories.
I don't remember bringing up nipples.
That's probably the one thing that scares me the most out of being a future small business owner: I have to sell myself and I'm not really sure how. I've always enjoyed the Tao part of the Army. If you choose to you can just be. If you want to kiss ass you can kiss ass. If you don't want to you don't have to. You can work hard or you can just sort of attend. Either way you know exactly how much your getting paid and you know you have a job.
How the hell do I take advantage of winning this thing...
I have friends who will make their money by being a good networker. They will simply talk their way into six figure jobs. And honestly the ones I'm talking about are not ass kissers, they are just good people. The kind of people you want around you on a daily basis. For laughter and perspective and spilling the beans to.
I'm not one of those people... on first impressions anyways.
I'm socially awkward and have no idea how to entertain. I can imagine the first impressions I've given over the years:
What the hell is this guy saying? That he has a third nipple?
This is the most foul-mouthed Filipino I've ever met, why is he sweating so much?
Are you going to let me talk?
If I hear, 'this one time in Iraq.' one more fucking time...
Why won't he look me in the eyes, he keeps staring off into space.
Yeah, that story about the drunk screaming at the girls behind their backs at the deaf school's happy hour- totally not funny.
Please stop with the ca ca stories.
I don't remember bringing up nipples.
That's probably the one thing that scares me the most out of being a future small business owner: I have to sell myself and I'm not really sure how. I've always enjoyed the Tao part of the Army. If you choose to you can just be. If you want to kiss ass you can kiss ass. If you don't want to you don't have to. You can work hard or you can just sort of attend. Either way you know exactly how much your getting paid and you know you have a job.
How the hell do I take advantage of winning this thing...