web02.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:23:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Not There Yet - Episodes Tagged with “Career Advice” https://www.ntyessays.com/tags/career%20advice Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:00:00 -0600 The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. en-us episodic Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century. Terence C. Gannon The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. no Terence C. Gannon ntyessays@intellog.com The Third Third https://www.ntyessays.com/028-the-third-third 353015bb-7849-4bcd-b76b-43b29b2bf0c8 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:00:00 -0600 Terence C. Gannon full Terence C. Gannon A conversation over breakfast about long-lived parents triggers some thoughts on a new life plan. 16:00 no <h3>Notes from a life well underway but nowhere near over. I had breakfast with a friend of mine not too long ago and our conversation turned to, as it often does with those hovering around the 60 year mark, to the subject of retirement. That started with a passing comment about my father who had recently entered his 90th year, as he fondly and often tells us. “I sometimes wonder,” I said, “if my parents had known they were going to live this long if they would have organized their lives any differently.” My grandparents were... <div>*     *     *</div> Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on <a href="https://medium.com/@TerenceCGannon">Medium</a> where it was <a href="https://medium.com/@TerenceCGannon/the-third-third-f283c164adb">published</a> contemporaneously. (photo: “On The Beach at Newport, Looking West” by Michelle Klement) </h3>

Notes from a life well underway but nowhere near over.

I had breakfast with a friend of mine not too long ago and our conversation turned to, as it often does with those hovering around the 60 year mark, to the subject of retirement. That started with a passing comment about my father who had recently entered his 90th year, as he fondly and often tells us. “I sometimes wonder,” I said, “if my parents had known they were going to live this long if they would have organized their lives any differently.”

My grandparents were...

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Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published contemporaneously. (photo: “On The Beach at Newport, Looking West” by Michelle Klement)

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Notes from a life well underway but nowhere near over.

I had breakfast with a friend of mine not too long ago and our conversation turned to, as it often does with those hovering around the 60 year mark, to the subject of retirement. That started with a passing comment about my father who had recently entered his 90th year, as he fondly and often tells us. “I sometimes wonder,” I said, “if my parents had known they were going to live this long if they would have organized their lives any differently.”

My grandparents were...

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Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published contemporaneously. (photo: “On The Beach at Newport, Looking West” by Michelle Klement)

]]> The Tyranny of a Happy Accident https://www.ntyessays.com/019-the-tyranny-of-a-happy-accident 533f7b7b-bb93-4cf1-b6a6-7585b687ca0a Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Terence C. Gannon full Terence C. Gannon You would think that success early in a career is a gift and a stepping stone to the big time. For me, however, it turned out to be a curse. Reflections on a career, candidly, that was not all it should have been. 9:29 no <h3>Although I didn’t know it until now, how one great month in my early twenties pretty much ruined my career. For one brief, shining moment when I was in my early twenties, the sun and stars and all the planets aligned and I was able to bill $5,000 in one month. In 2017, that’s the equivalent of over $15,000 or, if you prefer, $180,000 a year. Through what turned out to be a happy accident, I believed I had officially hit the big time. It turned out to be a disaster... <span>Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium (https://medium.com/@TerenceCGannon/the-tyranny-of-a-happy-accident-765e22517982?source=linkShare-210e4416d1db-1508979994) where it was originally published on April 29th, 2017.</span> </h3>

Although I didn’t know it until now, how one great month in my early twenties pretty much ruined my career.

For one brief, shining moment when I was in my early twenties, the sun and stars and all the planets aligned and I was able to bill $5,000 in one month. In 2017, that’s the equivalent of over $15,000 or, if you prefer, $180,000 a year. Through what turned out to be a happy accident, I believed I had officially hit the big time.

It turned out to be a disaster...

Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was originally published on April 29th, 2017.

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Although I didn’t know it until now, how one great month in my early twenties pretty much ruined my career.

For one brief, shining moment when I was in my early twenties, the sun and stars and all the planets aligned and I was able to bill $5,000 in one month. In 2017, that’s the equivalent of over $15,000 or, if you prefer, $180,000 a year. Through what turned out to be a happy accident, I believed I had officially hit the big time.

It turned out to be a disaster...

Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was originally published on April 29th, 2017.

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