Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 gamma 3/27/83; site cbosg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbosg!dir From: dir@cbosg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: the real world Message-ID: <2890@cbosg.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jun-83 09:12:53 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosg.2890 Posted: Wed Jun 8 09:12:53 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jun-83 19:14:04 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 15 Mr. Killey asks: How many of you out there are in high-profile positions [and are] aggressive, highly motivated and the like? Is the real world really like that? I am in a cloistered, womb-like university setting where we don't have the profit motive to worry about ... Yes, the real world really is like the ads. Or at least the ads describe some of the qualities that are usually necessary to get high-powered jobs in the high-tech arena. When profit and competition mix, stress becomes the order of the day. Some people thrive on this sort of stress, others don't. Why do you think that business execs die younger than university profs? D. Radin - BTL Columbus