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Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
How can you seriously consider the career advice of scholars and PhDs in organizational psychology or sociology, when most of them have limited or no real world experience? Many self-proclaimed experts--especially the ones with "Doctor" affixed to their names--have spent the better part of their lives in school accumulating degrees.
If you want to know what project management is really like--its applications, problems, challenges, subtle nuances and headaches--ask someone who has worked in the field. They'll tell you more than you need to know: its highs and lows, like what it's like to be laid off.
It's as basic as this: You're likely to accept the advice of someone who has lived an experience rather than someone who has studied and analyzed it. Knowledge and empathy are fine--as far as they go--but they pale in comparison to personal experience.
When I'm out pounding the pavement looking for a job in a tough and vicious job market, I want advice from people who have had identical or similar experiences that can guide me and help me make good decisions.
I've said it before: One of the best sources for practical career advice is blogs. Whatever faults they have--and there are plenty--they're an honest and priceless source of real life information. In fact, there's actual wisdom in some of the better ones. When you're digging for inside information about a …
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