Comments on: Career Planning Advice

By: Tim Berry

Tim Berry — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:27:31 +0000

However, sometimes time of life and life goals matter. What’s good for an ambitious single person in his or her 20s isn’t going to be necessarily good for people with families 10 years later. Also, there are a lot of advantages to smaller places, not just for life outside of the career, but in some cases you can get further in an outpost than in the capital. I was a night editor at UPI at 23 years old and writing for Business Week at 25 in part because I was doing it from Mexico City, not in New York. And although I don’t agree with your sentiment here, you’ve said it very well and it’s a very valuable discussion. You framed Marc’s post very well. Thanks, Tim

By: The Original

The Original — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:37:32 +0000

You write of life’s goals, not just career goals. As am older person, I have learned that my life’s goals have changed by circumstances occurring in my life. getting married, having children, caring for a dying parent, divorce, gaining and losing a job and God’s interventions. Don’t put all of your eggs into the career basket. The philosophy you cite is just that and yours will change (even if only slightly) with each life’s experience.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:52:03 +0000

Career Planning is an evolving process that must be updated like a good business plan in order to be effective. I like the advise given because it emphasized the fact that you must be pro-active in your plan and have it evolve as your career evolves – Take ACTION! We encourage our students to devise a Career Advancement Strategy if they want to succeed.

-Carol
http:// UBTowsonMBA.com

By: David Finch

David Finch — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:35:20 +0000

I'm sure there is an argument to support both views. Here is a video clip that supports the strength in geographical cultures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRugBmnvYQ

By: Lord

Lord — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:53:41 +0000

Unless, of course, your goal is to create the industry.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:32:55 +0000

Funny if you think about it: the Internet was supposed to destroy geographic hubs like NY, Silicon Valley, et cetera. If anything, it has strengthend them.

There is some truth to the “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” line of thought.

That being said, I still don’t like the idea of career planning. It suggests that we have a better grasp of what is going to happen than we do. More importantly, planning out serendipity makes life dull.