[today’ s run: 3.4]
In my work with the radio station project I had someone send me an invitation to join the LinkedIn website
I had avoided that site in the past, mostly because I already have enough internet time wasters with facebook and blogs. But now I have added Twitter. And I joined LinkedIn.
I put myself down as “Executive Director of Classic Book Radio”. Which is true. That’s not a money-paying job, but it is more high-faluting than my real job.
Since I joined that, I have added in “connections” to some of the people I know. A lot of them are from the Dead Runner’s Society. Some are from my past: school days, etc.
The thing that impresses me at the moment is that a lot of these people have really impressive resumes. They’ve got MBA’s or Phd’s and they are VP of this or Director of that.
I guess that comes with the territory if you get to be in your 50’s. The GoGetters in your realm of acquaintance will be millionaires by then, or it probably isn’t going to happen.
Which means that I’m probably not one of those. Law school is out. Captain of Industry – nope. Some days I’m doing good to just keep my hands off and not break anything.
I assuaged my depression at being just a “computer guy” by looking at the cash flow through my billing system. It is about $20M per month. Now, that’s just on paper. The real product is delivered by other means and the money comes back by other means. But my system makes sure the right people get credit.
I guess I should put that on my LinkedIn profile.