tobenow




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go dancing
My Plan 4 years ago

Dancing makes me feel alive, feel like my body is mine, and like the world is mine. I’d like to go dancing every other weekend.

Inhibitors:
  • Husband
  • Babysitting
  • Cost of Babysitting
  • Cost of Going Out

I think I can knock them down, one by one, until I am there.



get my husband's attention
This string is what brought me to 43 Things 4 years ago

I am fairly certain that no one wants to hear about Other People’s marital Problems. (An aside, would that be called OPP still?)

I actually typed this in on Google hoping that my husband would look over (from his computer…he’s a programmer) and feel opportunity/guilt/saddened and that the end result would be attention for me. As you may have guessed it failed.

When I drew his attention to this site (and how I got here) he logged in too and comments on how much he likes the site. Good for 43 things, not so good for me:)

I think I will try male p_r_ next. I don’t like it that much, but I am trying to elicit a response. Besides it is better than a poke to the eye!



fly up the corporate ladder, skipping steps (read all 2 entries…)
The Corporate Ladder - East vs West & PhD glass ceiling 4 years ago

Since I have moved from the East coast to the West I believe that you don’t have to:
1. just put in your time and gain ‘seniority’
2. be white
3. be male

I have always believed that one’s value to a company is just that VALUE. One should be paid and paid attention to based on creative ideas, logical implimentation, realistic goal-setting, and achievement.

It seems that the West Coasters are more comfortable with a 30-year-old CEO and women VPs, which were nearly unheard of in Richmond, VA.

I have not yet found how to show my value to a company…how to get them to see my potential and help me reach it for mutual benefit.

I am looking for some advice. I have been employed by a Biotech for nearly 5 years and have only have one promotion (sort-of, via an addition of job levels company wide). I have a BS and have 7-8 years experience. I’ve shown I’ve got hands (can do lab experiments), that I can analyze data, write reports, plan experiments, and plan whole projects. I have even supervised, well officially co-supervised, a summer intern.

While these are important tasks to have done for the company. I think I have a lot more to bring to the table, but cannot find an opportunity to show it.




 

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