Finance Degree? or Art Degree? Play it safe? or Shoot for the Moon? What’s the right order? When Sculptor, Caretaker, Job seeker, Dreamer, Debbie Vu of Alief, Houston reached out to me on *LinkedIn, a 30 min conversation turned into an episode on why being (only) good at school can leave you (really) lost when it comes to real life.
Meanwhile, CALLING ALL HOUSTON VIETNAMESE FINE ARTISTS – Connect to Debbie (IG: @art_dtv) to create a community of artists that understand and represent you!
Disclaimer: I am not a professional coach, therapist, (anything, really) – My opinions in this episode are purely from my own experience and observations working across corporate, small business, consulting, and nonprofit organizations for 16+ years. Listen at your own risk!
Note 1: Editing this episode made me realize where I got “useless potato” from (last episode, recorded after this one). So, thanks Debbie. To us, celebrating potato-ship. Potato-ness?
Note 2: Talking to Debbie made me realize why I call everyone “girllll or dude” indiscriminately – it’s an Alief thing? I need to update it to be “huumann…” or maybe.. “BeinG”
*LinkedIn = an American job hunting / networking website. They are not paying me to mention them. They should.
Recorded: 1/4/2023, the day after my cousin and I were harassed/chased in NY at a subway station by a man asking if we were from China.
Takeaways:
- Spending 90% of your time applying for jobs isn’t efficient or effective.
- Aiming for jobs lower than your skill set is actually hurting you.
- Your resume should reflect where you want to be, not just where you were.
- Rejections should not define you.
- You NEED to know your worth. In everything.
- You NEED a passion project outside of your job.