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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<title>DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember</title>
<dc:creator>Michael Ho</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Maybe you remember your graduation. Maybe you don't. If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do. You had a job all lined up, and when asked about your plans, you could avoid <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098258/quotes">saying anything</a> along the lines of:
<blockquote><i>I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.</i></blockquote>
Here are just a few more pithy words for recent graduates. (PS. Congratulations!) 

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<li> <a title="http://web.archive.org/web/20120120030107/http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cglimpsed.html" href="http://bit.ly/19WEbU7">Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin &#038; Hobbes, spoke publicly at his alma mater for graduation.</a> "The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It's a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you'll probably take a few." [<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120120030107/http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cglimpsed.html">url</a>]</li>

<li> <a title="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/09/182403459/i-know-im-supposed-to-follow-my-passion-but-what-if-i-dont-have-a-passion" href="http://n.pr/10QFPCD">Everyone should pursue their passion, right? But what if you don't know what your passion is?</a> Economist Tyler Cowen tried to respond to this question, but Cowen admitted <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/04/max-wants-to-know-what-to-do.html">he was stumped</a> on how to pick a particular career path.  [<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/09/182403459/i-know-im-supposed-to-follow-my-passion-but-what-if-i-dont-have-a-passion">url</a>]</li>

<li> <a title="https://davidengler.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/the-worlds-first-commencement-address-delivered-by-twitter/" href="http://bit.ly/19WE4I9">The world's first commencement speech via Twitter was just 20 tweets long.</a> If you thought that a 140 character limit might deliver more profound or sage advice, tweet #12 is "Never tweet pictures of yourself in underwear..." nuff said? [<a href="https://davidengler.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/the-worlds-first-commencement-address-delivered-by-twitter/">url</a>]</li>

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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
<title>DailyDirt: Graduation Advice</title>
<dc:creator>Michael Ho</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Graduation season is just about here, and lots of students are going to put on some black robes and accept a very expensive piece of paper and a hand shake. And along with those newly-minted degrees, plenty of older and more experienced folks will try to offer some advice. Here are just a few interesting words of wisdom for young grads.

<ul>
<li> <a title="http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html" href="http://bit.ly/IGAtpk">Paul Graham has an excellent blog post that goes beyond the usual "do what you love" advice and explains why it's so hard to actually follow through on finding enjoyable work.</a> Graham boils it down to two paths: (1) organically finding what you love to do, or (2) working one job to support yourself while you develop other vocational interests. [<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html">url</a>]</li>

<li> <a title="http://www.quickanded.com/2011/06/quick-hits-best-of-the-graduation-speeches-3.html" href="http://bit.ly/Jb3Ihp">Conan O'Brien gave a commencement speech to Dartmouth College students in 2011.</a> Towards the end of his talk, Conan refers back to a speech he gave to Harvard graduates in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFY0-IFcwc">2000</a> on failure. [<a href="http://www.quickanded.com/2011/06/quick-hits-best-of-the-graduation-speeches-3.html">url</a>]</li>

<li> <a title="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577366332400453796.html" href="http://on.wsj.com/IU4Cma">Commencement speeches aren't always written by successful people with years of experience.</a> Here are ten pearls of wisdom that you won't hear on graduation day, and as with all advice, take it with a grain of salt. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577366332400453796.html">url</a>]</li>

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