"They can be used to make something that is useful rather than making just anything," he says.
But is it something that is useful at all? Obviously the keyboard will be less useful on the Haptic than on an iPad.
But something that's useful won't.
The ability to speak well is something that's useful throughout the employment process".
When you have two-thirds of your life behind you and one-fourth ahead of you, you want to do something that's useful or something that's fun.
"The grid is sufficiently specialized that it's going to take a directed, concentrated and expensive effort to get something that's useful," Dr. Ivey said.
Showing enthusiasm will help you to develop a mentor/mentee relationship – something that was useful for Ayisha Adedeji, a newly qualified associate at DLA Piper.
He was a diplomat before he became a commander, something that proved useful later when he had to keep together the coalition of armies ranged against France.
The idea of taking somebody off their path to do something that is useful to you, as opposed to thinking long term about what they might contribute to the profession, was something I thought was a bit odd.
