I had set up six goals, strangely, none of which were income-based. The first goal was to figure out if I needed a master's degree and which one to go after. Whether I needed one or not, I ended up falling into a MS in Fire Protection Engineering at Cal Poly SLO. During college I would have never, in a million years, thought of doing more engineering school, but here I am, 5 years later still working as a cog at an engineering firm with my advanced engineering degree in hand. Check on goal one of six.
Earning an MS is closely related to obtaining a Professional Engineer's license in California (another one of my 0-4 year goals), and I'm almost there. I've passed 2 of 3 exams and hopefully will pass the third in April. Still unfinished but pretty damn close.
this is a bit of a tangent but, it’s funny how I’ve been so trained that I need the proper schooling before I can start anything. And we all know that's a bunch of shit because there are plenty of people that just go start something and have no clue what they are doing until they do it. Is this an epidemic problem in the US, too much schooling and not enough doing?
I used to be convinced that a graphic design business was a good thing to have, too bad I didn't keep that going on the side. Although I have done some work for my dad on occasion, that goal has been deleted from the list though lack of pursuit, bummer. Another goal that went by the wayside was working with local government. Although I still think getting into politics would be exhilarating, it must not be that exciting to me as I’m not involved. Two more not checked off.
Two more goals pertained to nurturing ideas into products. I think that is entrepreneurship? Guess I failed at these over the last 5 years. Bringing the tally to 1.5/6 win to 4.5/6 fail.
Well that doesn't sound too good, by my own standards, I’m failing. I don’t compare myself anything less than I already am. Only to my own standards and to the standards of those I believe to be better than me. Guess I should have done a better job in the last 5 years... either way, here are my original bullet points for 0-4 years:
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Master’s
degree (JD, MS, MBA) do I need multiple degrees?
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Ryan
Rigsbee Design Group ( www.ryanrigsbee.com
)
¨
Adobe
suite
Ø
.psd,
.ai, etc.
¨
Web
design
Ø
Joomla
Ø
Dreamweaver
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California
¨
Work
for 2 years in engineering
Ø
Get
2 PE’s to sign for me to take exam
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Work
with local Gov. Official
¨
Internship
with Tony Strickland (meeting 9/14/09)
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Design
brake light idea
¨
Lobbying
for law change on automobiles
¨
JD?
Ø
High
score on LSAT
§
LSAT
class
¨
Learn
Soildworks and Cosmos
¨
MBA
Entrepreneur?
Ø
High
score on GMAT
§
GMAT
class
§
Design
stiletto idea
¨
Learn
Soildworks and Cosmos
¨
MBA
Entrepreneur?
v
5-9 years
§
Own
2 residential properties
§
Pay
off all credit card debt
§
Hold
local Gov. Position
§
Gross
$1,000,000
§
Own
business
¨
MBA
Entrepreneur
v
10-14 years
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Own
5 houses
¨
Real
estate license
§
Pay
off all student loans
§
State
Gov. Position
§
Gross
$5,000,000
v
15-19 years
§
Own
1 commercial real estate property
¨
Commercial
real estate license
§
National
Gov. Position (senate/house)
§
Gross
$10,000,000
v
20-24 years
§
Own
5 commercial real estate properties
¨
Commercial
real estate license
§
National
Gov. Position (in the white house)
§
Gross
$20,000,000
§
Live
on the Malibu
v
25-30 years
§
Save
the country from all evils
¨
President
Rigsbee
BEGINNING NOTES
v
JD
§
Patent
/ intellectual property
§
Contracts
§
What
school
§
To
what end?
v
Graphic Design
§
Adobe
CS4
§
Web
design
§
iPhone
apps – need apple computer
§
PC
and/or Apple?
v
Engineering
§
Master’s
Civil (specialty)
§
California
§
My
own firm?
v
Politics
§
Volunteer
§
Republican
revitalization
§
Candidacy
§
President
v
Entrepreneur
§
USC
MBA Grief (Entrepreneur)
§
Stiletto
idea
§
Brake
light idea
§
freedom
