tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post1625380444518854440..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: One Thing Leads to AnotherBrian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-37028599026650302672011-11-17T09:37:52.360-08:002011-11-17T09:37:52.360-08:00But it works, right? Great example. C'est la v...But it works, right? Great example. C'est la vie.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-38352294431539979172011-11-16T14:15:11.278-08:002011-11-16T14:15:11.278-08:00Brian, I love your leson that "one thing lead...Brian, I love your leson that "one thing leads to another in unpredictable ways." I was a botany major in college. In grad school, I switched to natural resources and worked with satelite images and mapping. My first job was drawing maps for in-car navigation systems using a CAD program. My second (and hopefully last) job is using a CAD program to draw transistors and wires while designing a microprocessor. What does that have to do with botany? I have no idea.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605766712521867826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-41931041748438714922011-11-16T09:18:03.704-08:002011-11-16T09:18:03.704-08:00And of course, there's Mark Twain's advice...And of course, there's Mark Twain's advice to an aspiring writer: "Write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for."Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.com