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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

'C's get degrees.

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

You can teach the job, you can't teach personality.

If the world is going to shit, and you can't or won't do anything about it, why worry about it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's both really. Knowing people when you know nothing doesn't do much for ya. But when you're known as a skilled person by people with opportunities, then that's a good position to be in.