Re:Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition (2013)
by 4nof on Thursday April 23, 2015 @12:47PM
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I had a Chinese Algorithms/Computer Graphics professor tell me something that has stuck with me for awhile. He said, "lower your expectations, and you will be happier" I have been ambitious for a long time , and this makes sense. Like saya-jin stated,
>>" For them, life is never-ending race, at the finish line of one goal run for next one already begun"
Life's short, ambition is a tiring habit.
I'm 24, B.S. comp sci degree, cg enthusiast, musician, and Jack of all trades - I'm headed out to SF California for a few weeks. I'm mostly doing it because I've wanted to see if I can look for VR development or at least see how they do it out there. What stories do I want to tell my kids and grandkids? What am I building for their generations? If I focus on always building and never investing in relationships, I won't see grandkids due to putting off life until the job gets done. If I focus on relationships and communities , there's a chance that I might never build anything "great" (or expensive/popular) for the world. There's a balance. I'm realizing now that if there was a black and white choice, I'd much rather have grandkids in a supportive community and build a love of computer graphics & community wherever I'm at.
>>" For them, life is never-ending race, at the finish line of one goal run for next one already begun"
Life's short, ambition is a tiring habit.
I'm 24, B.S. comp sci degree, cg enthusiast, musician, and Jack of all trades - I'm headed out to SF California for a few weeks. I'm mostly doing it because I've wanted to see if I can look for VR development or at least see how they do it out there. What stories do I want to tell my kids and grandkids? What am I building for their generations? If I focus on always building and never investing in relationships, I won't see grandkids due to putting off life until the job gets done. If I focus on relationships and communities , there's a chance that I might never build anything "great" (or expensive/popular) for the world. There's a balance. I'm realizing now that if there was a black and white choice, I'd much rather have grandkids in a supportive community and build a love of computer graphics & community wherever I'm at.