Weekend July 12, 2014
We constantly hear from students that
they intend to be come a CPA
Want to make money
Etc.
The key to all of this is to become an expert in field. Just being a CPA means soemting that you passed the test, Now what?
I realize our female students are not gear heads like myself. And if I could find an example of a woman talking about 'gal stuff' in the same way Mike and Jay talk about 'guy stuff' I would use that. But lacking that, I hope you will see my point.
Jay introduces us to Mike in this You Tube. Mike has done 24 frame off complete restorations of Corvettes. As they talk you quickly realize that Mike is a true expert on historic Corvette details, right down to whether and why there is a bot or a thumbscrew on the master brake cylinder. Jay bought the car sight unseen and then turned to Mike to truly restore it to 1963 condition. I doubt there was much haggling about the price. I suspect Jay checked around the country as to who best could do what he wanted. He located Mike, an ex Navy Pilot who now specializes in just this.
If you watch the entire 20 minute clip you have to be impressed at what even Jay describes as 'uselesss corvette information.' It is however quite useful if that is what you are going to be doing restoring corvettes.
It is the same in any profession. Doctors typically specialize in only two or three procedures, at which they become quite adept. University professors at larger schools specialize in one aspect of their discipline. Here for example I teach intermediate while others teach tax.
Start thining of what yo want to do, and start doing it. Jay Leno' specialty at talk shows landed him the job so that he can pursue his passion car collecting.
Professor Elam 
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