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Power
2014 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by Courtney Kemp Agboh, Vladimir Cvetko
A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.
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Yes, which I never understood. A plot with infinite potential (re: seasons) and Starz kills it.
They seem to only want to produce the "Power" series with regularity at this point, and really low effort soft core adult TV series
> But telling a non sailer to tighten a jib sheet seems unnecessarily persnickety.
Not to me. I enjoy learning things like that.
I enjoyed watching the "Power" TV series not just for the plot, but for the colorful street jargon. For example: "I'll dime you" means I'll call you on the phone.
You can disagree with me, but there's nothing "in bad faith" about what I wrote.
> Padding a resume is sometimes necessary to bypass automated systems
You're justifying lying. Not a good start for a relationship with your employer. Would you hire someone you knew was lying on their application?
> recruiters will openly tell you to do this
If they do, you know you're dealing with dishonest recruiters. Is that who you want to do business with?
> who will make mistakes
Just go to another company where you do qualify.
> Padding the salary history is almost impossible
Back before the internet, other people endlessly bragged to me how they got a better offer by padding their salary. When I interviewed for jobs, I'd bring a paystub to show the interviewer that my salary history was honest. They appreciated that. They were aware that such padding was routine.
> If the company doesn't do this diligence
A lot don't do that, especially smaller outfits.
> What about cases where the employee ends up being better than expected and brings way more value to the company than the originally agreed upon offer?
Simple. Document the value you brought to the company, go to the manager and start negotiating. If he won't budge, quit, and interview at the next company, being sure to present your evidence of the value you bring. P.S. if you really did bring the value, the company will be happy to raise your pay in order to keep you.
> The amount of resources a company/corp has
The only power a corp has over you is if you give it to them by being afraid to negotiate and afraid to walk away. They're not going to hire thugs to beat you and shoot your dog.
BTW, just for fun, I've been watching "Power", a miniseries about drug kingpins. I have to laugh at how they negotiate. It's always "do this for me or I'll kill you". Way to inspire loyalty! Or at least the silly Hollywood fantasy way.
It's used in the miniseries "Power".
"Business" is a broad topic, and trying to understand all of the different facets of it, in depth, in a short order of time, is probably not possible. But you can certainly get an overview of the different aspects and start getting a feel for what areas appeal to you, and get the foundation you need to grow from.
There are a lot of different ways you can accomplish this, ranging from reading books, taking classes, watching videos, talking to people in person, attending meetings, listening to podcasts... even watching television programs.
I'm in a meeting right now so can't focus a lot of attention on this right this second, but I'll drop a couple of thoughts based on my own experience. Later I'll try to come back and edit this, or reply to it, with some more thoughts.
Books:
1. The Art of the Start by Guy Kawaski
2. The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
3. Crossing The Chasm - Geoffrey Moore
4. Purple Cow - Seth Godin
Consider also biographies of business figures you may be familiar with, and historical accounts of important events in the business world.
Podcasts:
1. The Stanford "ecorner" Podcast series. https://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts/
Classes:
1. You might consider something like BUS-101 "Introduction to Business" or whatever at a local community college if that's an option. If you were to go that route, I'd also recommend taking a "Intro to Marketing" and "Intro to Business Law" courses as well. Those three topics give you a lot of foundational knowledge.
2. I have not done this yet myself, but taking an Accounting class (or two) has often been recommended to me, and I do believe it's a good idea. Accounting is the "language of business" in many ways, and understanding cash flow, profit and loss, etc., are pretty important concepts for any business-person.
TV shows:
1. There are a lot of TV shows that are both entertaining and also contain useful exposure to various aspects of business and can be somewhat didactic. Of course the challenge may be picking out the real parts from the bits that are dramatized / fictionalized to an excessive degree. That said, consider some shows like Halt and Catch Fire, Billions, Power, Dallas, etc.
Events:
1. (Once they start occurring again) Consider attending networking events that may occur near you, that are "business oriented". That can cover a lot of ground, but you can meet a lot of people, start building a network of connections, possibly find mentor(s), etc. I'd mostly avoid sales / lead swap specific groups for now, as well as most "startup oriented" events, and look for something more general. Events put on by groups like the local "Chamber of Commerce" etc. are usually good.