The Stories We Tell and the Failures We've Lived
Corey Quinn
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The Stories We Tell and the Failures We've Lived
Corey Quinn
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Failure 1: College
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What do I want to major in?
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"Not a Lot of People Come Here on Purpose"
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College is a BLAST
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College is a BLAST...when you don't go to
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tl;dr: My resume doesn't have an Education section
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Just for a minute to try to empathize with me.
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Failure 2: The Elon Musk Circumstance
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"You don't have a degree?" "No, but I've heard you've got an
awesome training program!"
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"You weren't a fit." *
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Just for a minute to try to empathize with someone in this situation.
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"Huh. Y'know, that happened to me before..."
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You'll be okay.
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Failure 3: Large Numbers
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Empathize with people who may be in this position.
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1. Failing out of college 2. Getting fired
3. Being in deep debt
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Remember the Human
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You Are Literally Full Of Shit*Corey Quinn@QuinnyPig
*Sadly, not an actual talk.
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The Stories We Tell and the Failures We've Lived
Corey Quinn
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