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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew graduated from an Ivy last year with a communication degree and no job.  He spent six months after graduation working at an exclusive golf country club.  He happened to be a very good golfer and got noticed by corporate senior management who are members at the club.  He got to play with them whenever they were short handed.  They found out that he graduated from Ivy so one of the COO gave him a job at the Fortune 500 company.  He was recently promoted to Senior Director and he is making around 285K/yr.  The moral of the story is to hustle and get close to important people.  Good things will happen.  A degree from Ivy will get people attention.[/quote]

I would express the moral of this story in a slightly different manner. The moral of the story is to learn to play golf well & connect with other, older golfers.

However, I do find it incredible that you nephew is making $285,000 a year after working in a real job for just about 6 months.[/quote]

Exactly.  Golf allows you the opportunity to meet older golfers who can give you jobs.  Golf in itself requires a lot of hard work to get good at it and important people who play golf recognize this. The key is to take advantage of the situation when it is presented to you.  Most people are not capable of doing that.  Btw, there are quite a few people at my workplace who are making 250K one year after graduation with one person making 290K after 18 months after graduation so it is possible.[/quote]

You forgot the most important step - have rich parents.

You could be a scratch golfer but you're never going to meet someone who will hand you a $285K job at Langston or Rock Creek, and if you don't have a ridiculously good job already the only way you're getting into the country club is mommy and daddy. [/quote]

You're wrong on this.  If you're a scratch golfer, you will get invited to play at an expensive private Country Club.  Wealthy people know where to find you because they want to play with scratch golfers.

My DS attended an expensive private school on 90% FA as an average student but he excelled in golf and tennis.  Private schools play golf in the fall and tennis in the spring.  DS was an all-state player in both sports from 9th to 12th grade.  He got invited to play golf at Congressional, Riverbend, Chevy Chase by his friends with wealthy parents all the time.  We were middle-class at the time so we could only afford Fairfax County Public golf courses like Lauren Hill, Twin Lakes, etc.. DS didn't play at public golf courses a single time in HS because he got invited by his friends to play at private CCs.  He recently graduated from college and got a very good paying job and his boss is one of his best friends' mothers, and he was just an average student.

If you have a college degree and are a scratch golfer, go work at a CC in the golf section.  Work hard, be humble, and older golfers will notice you.  You can fill in when one of their partners doesn't show up and your opportunity will come, much sooner than you think.
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