To the black excellence brehs in this thread. I'm working my way up the corporate ladder myself.
Observations from a "Successful" Black Male
- Thread starter Mr Hate Coffee
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To the black excellence brehs in this thread. I'm working my way up the corporate ladder myself.
Goto Kellogg fam.
Mr Hate Coffee
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UA >>> GT
GT had to make for a sad College social experience.
Thats all I got from this btw.
GT had to make for a sad College social experience.
Thats all I got from this btw.
What would you reccomed so done who is in their first semester of college and is working right now too?
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Should've been rule no. 1 to me
-Don't assume that someone at work is cool cuz they're black. It's an amazing amount of Toms in the work world.
-Don't assume that someone at work is cool cuz they're black. It's an amazing amount of Toms in the work world.
FeloniousMonk
Dont mind me..Im a azzhole
I sugarcoats nothing.
My problem is Im critically honest.
You gone either love me or hate me, cuz i tell the truth or Im keen on observing people and their bullshyt and i speaks on it.
This shyt is TOO true.Life is good. I got an engineering degree from a top school, I make good money, and am on the verge of making even more. Here are the observations of a young nikka that made it. Mr. Hate Coffee is by no means an expert on life, take it for what you will.
Observations from a "Successful" Black Male
-It's going to be hard to keep the same friends. People will resent you for life decisions they made. Be a stand up guy no matter what tho.
-Even women that make more than you will expect you to pay for the dates.
-No matter how well you're doing, the harsh reality that your high school friends and your immediate family ARE NOT doing well keeps you from being completely free.
-Women want a man with a good job and career, but get mad at you when you're heavily involved with said career and don't have a lot of free time.
-Meeting other young blacks who have money and ambitions changed my whole life. If anyone is stuck in a rut, I suggest you change your friendship circle. It can open your mind.
-Money isn't everything. I had the most stress in my life when I made my most money.
-Nothing turns you intofaster than working a desk job.
-White people have different rules when it comes to snitching. Don't tell em shyt. I've seen guys at work stab each other in the back repeatedly and go out for beers and play golf afterwards. I still don't understand this.
-Getting a new job/promotion/degree isn't really going to make you happy. Especially if you're not passionate about your work.
-Owning a house was overrated. Way more upkeep and headaches than I realized. If I could do it again, I'd cop a cheap place to live in and then rent out.
-Our generation is royally getting screwed. All that "Follow Your Dreams" stuff we grew up on has fukked a lot of 20 somethings up. And they're bitter about it.
-Don't assume that someone at work is cool cuz they're black. It's an amazing amount of Toms in the work world.
-Never talk politics or religion with coworkers. Even outside of work.
-You can go back to the hood, but don't get caught up in hood drama.
-Success is relative. There will always be someone younger with more accolades to make you feel like you could do better.
-People from your past will come to you for money. Dont' feel bad saying NO. Just cuz I got bread and no kids doesn't mean I don't have my own problems.
-Journey > the destination. College was harder and I was broke but it was more fulfilling.
-Most women I went to school with were high achievers and very driven. But once they got into the corporate world they realized that having a job is boring and secretly wish someone with more money would come and make them a housewife.
-Generation Y females tend to be ridiculously entitled and will hop from job to job until they find one that makes them feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The truth is, this job doesn't exist for most of us. So they resign to the point above.
-Adults are the most delusional people in this world. The older I get, the harder it is to be honest with folks. You have to manage people's twisted perception of themselves. It keeps the riff raff down.
-Young blacks are some of the most creative people in the world yet incredibility limited at the same time.
-Everybody settles. EVERYBODY. Whether it be on a job or a mate. We all settle. At least I'm honest with myself.
-Chicks be using the shyt out of me. Luckily I see it coming. I get asked to be someone's date to a wedding every other month. So demonic.
-Whenever someone asks what you're doing at a specific time or date, ALWAYS tell them you're doing something important. More often than not they want a favor.
What year did you graduate? I know a bunch of folks there...
Why'd ya'll niggs do IE tho?There's actually 4 of us on this board. All IE's . @iamstr8fire
hilarious....
But cosign this thread. I agree with most of the thoughts.
- I do love owning my own home
- rental property sucks with horrible tenants. If you gonna rent a place out, make sure it's in a desirable location (not the hood). Hood tenants are the fukkin worse.When you have better places in better neighborhoods to rent, people tend to want to take care of your shyt more
- having a good mate is rediculously important, esp in this day and age. 2 career oriented people gotta be on the same page. I travel 80 percent of the time so my ole lady is pretty much a single mom during the week. Thankfully she has a job where she works at home the vast majority of the time and when she does have to travel, her retired mom can come up and help.
- I haven't run into any real c00ns during my career as crazy as that sounds. But at the same time, there aren't many of "us" in senior positions regardless. The ones I've come across are cool and real as fukk thankfully.
- the whole "I know you got it" shyt REALLY pisses me off when it comes to nikkaz.
- you gotta broaden your horizons and open yourself up because you are going to be dealing with white people. They can be interesting, but watch dem mufukkaz when they say slick shyt and check em.
Just curious...
I like what I do at my desk but trying to avoid this one.
Good points though breh.
@ the North Ave trade school avy...what year are all yall dudes?
That friend shyt is true. Last year, I had to drop my close male friends. They kept bringing up my accomplishments and saying that I think I'm better than them. I said no, YOU keep bringing it up not me. They tried to tear me down something serious but I'm still standing. I let them go. Close to 25 years of friendship gone down the drain.
Also, that 2nd line is becoming true for me. I really want to find a man who owns a business so that I can assist him with that.
Mr Hate Coffee
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Whatever you do make sure you intern, network, and keep your GPA above a 3.0. It makes things way easier afterwards.