* Agrees ith the 'Weeker *
My year at school was one of those freakishly talented ones. Everyone was exected to go onto great things. Very few have.

Some are happy with this situation, but there's a general pervasive feeling of frittered potential. Like TheDirtyWeeker, many of those who were considered lower potential had well paying trade or industrial jobs and are out-earning the high potential graduates (typically with 2 or more degrees). The only high potential ones who are happy are the ones who've ended up doing the stuff they love (usually with no relationship to their degrees).

While I was towards the middle of the range in achievements, my natural guilt at not working hard and trying to do the best i can (don't I make you sick?) mean that I've probably been one of the most (financially) successful of the ones I know of from my year.

However, like (what seems like) most people here, I'm extremely frustrated with my job as it veers between too much boring travel (althought I did get a free holiday in Hong Kong out of Mr Marriott), or utter boredom with no way to influence things.

So, while I've got no right to complain about my lot, I worry that my indifference is starting to show through and what it'll take for me to get the elbow at some stage. Whether that's a good or bad thing, I don't yet know. For the time being, I'll milk the corporate cow, and start planning my escape to... whatever I actually want to do - whenever I figure that out.

*EDIT* Paris is still crap, and it looks like it's going to rain. The gym in the hotel's crap, and I still don't like france. *pouts*

*EDITAGAIN* BCom (Hons) 2:1 (1996), MBA (2005)
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 11:18, Reply)