This is for Billy Tsai,
You might hate me for this. But I wish you would take a second to think deeply about what I'm about to say here and you would find out that it's the painful thruth. Here it is: No matter how qualified you are, the world does not owe you a living. The world pays you for doing something useful. The world pays you for satisfying a need in society.
The world could be very cruel to you if you don't follow natural laws. In the stone ages, if you don't work within natural laws, you wouldn't even survive. Fast forward to today. The basic rules of nature still apply. You don't swim in a shark infested river because you know the anatomy and feeding paterns of sharks. You run for it. Just like you wouldn't wait for a forest fire because you know all the chemical reactions taking place inside that fire. You have to play by the rules of nature. I am currently satisfying a need where I live with all I know. The same may not apply to you where you live. You have to take a look at your immediate environment and adapt. Through all ages, humans (and animals too) who failed to adapt to their immediate sorroundings didn't survive.
Billy, I think you are smart enough to turn the tables in your favor. If you want to. My only fear is that you may not see the sense in all this. Quoting Matt Cao in an earlier post on this topic
Billy is too proud. Alfred, HS, and myself have trailing his comments since we.....
Billy, the world cannot be wrong about you. It's you who needs to change.
The good thing is, if you don't find this useful. Someone else would.
Thanks.
PS: Thanks for the reply to my other post (What kind of college Computer Science education makes one have better chances at secu...), Billy. I never really that. It's different here.