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**traiffhetl** · 06-17-2012, 08:26 PM

OK... a sci-fi hypothetical for you:

Let's speculate that it becomes possible for you to send a message back in time, to yourself, 15 years into the past. You CANNOT send back any historic information (stock/metal prices, 9/11 events, sports or election results, etc.). You can ONLY send back general advice that is meant to guide your younger self without revealing future events and info you know about. You are limited to 100 words or less. What would you say?

in 1980, i had already accepted a job offer from a microwave radio company, when Apple made me a job offer.

i thought that i was supposed to 'keep my word', and declined Apple's job offer.

i needed someone to tell me that the US business world is dishonest and that it's OK to "go for the money" and to break my word in such a situation.

it was an expensive bit of honesty. not the biggest "mistake" i've ever made (i don't know that it was a mistake, though engineers who signed on with Apple in 1980 tended to receive some major stock options), but, darn, i needed a career coach.

06-17-2012, 08:26 PM	#37
traiffhetl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	OK... a sci-fi hypothetical for you: Let's speculate that it becomes possible for you to send a message back in time, to yourself, 15 years into the past. You CANNOT send back any historic information (stock/metal prices, 9/11 events, sports or election results, etc.). You can ONLY send back general advice that is meant to guide your younger self without revealing future events and info you know about. You are limited to 100 words or less. What would you say? in 1980, i had already accepted a job offer from a microwave radio company, when Apple made me a job offer. i thought that i was supposed to 'keep my word', and declined Apple's job offer. i needed someone to tell me that the US business world is dishonest and that it's OK to "go for the money" and to break my word in such a situation. it was an expensive bit of honesty. not the biggest "mistake" i've ever made (i don't know that it was a mistake, though engineers who signed on with Apple in 1980 tended to receive some major stock options), but, darn, i needed a career coach.
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