People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Here I am, a not over-good business man, a second-rate engineer. I can make poor mechanical drawings. I play the piano after a fashion. In fact, I am one of those proverbial Jack-of-all-trades who are usually failures. Why I am not, I can't tell you.
It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.
I realized a career is built as much on what you don't do as what you do do.
I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.
I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing.
I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.
You have to take control of your own career.