Career advice koan
I just got some exceptionally wise advice about my career prospects. Instead of merely repeating it, though, I'll deliver it in Zen koan form--because this is how it seemed to me:
Once, as the Master visited the Imperial Capital, he happened upon a group of poor law students, who welcomed him and threw a small banquet in his honor. The students, being poor, could afford nothing but a few fruits. As they sat down, one of the students asked the Master:
"'Master, what should I do? I spent 1L and half of 2L pursuing a practice area that seems to have evaporated in this economy. No one will hire me in my field. But I need a job for this summer!"
The Master, snatching a berry from the student's plate answered him:
" 'You are hungry. Eat!'"
And when they heard this, they were enlightened.
Once, as the Master visited the Imperial Capital, he happened upon a group of poor law students, who welcomed him and threw a small banquet in his honor. The students, being poor, could afford nothing but a few fruits. As they sat down, one of the students asked the Master:
"'Master, what should I do? I spent 1L and half of 2L pursuing a practice area that seems to have evaporated in this economy. No one will hire me in my field. But I need a job for this summer!"
The Master, snatching a berry from the student's plate answered him:
" 'You are hungry. Eat!'"
And when they heard this, they were enlightened.