It aint what ya know it's who ya blow, the only way to get ahead is to give a little. lol
Thats something we should be teaching in high school now days...."How to succeed even if your capable and qualified 101" You don't need an impressive IQ, forget about learning altogether! Capable and Qualified is a handicap in this generation's work force, so don't even bother to long for that warm, fuzzy feeling of personal pride for succeeding at your job by being the best or trying to be the best. Thats right kids, work on your social skills cause thats what your going to need the most in this world, don't worry if ya have no ability or an overwhelming percentage of other people greatly outclass you in trainablilty, following procedure, basic intellect and personality. No matter, find someone to suck up to, not just anybody now, you have to make sure they can grease the wheels for you. If that dosent work, hammer away and annoy the fuck out of anybody you can so they think they're going to have piece and quiet if you get whatever it is you want.

These, my friends (or friend) are the rules for success in the new Millenium. So why even try to better yourself? Why put forth the effort to become as good as possible in your present position, to aspire to be one of the best when you know damn well it will have no bearing on the scalability of your "career". College education, bah, what is that worth? Wasted tuition, unless you make the contacts to help with your future success while you are there. Treat university as an expensive, temporary country club. Making the right friends, or at least learning how to become teachers pet and do as little work as possible while still managing to shine as brightly as possible is the object here. Intellectual retention is not an issue. Just think of it as the training ground for the next chapter of your life, and get ready to succeed in the workplace with little or no effort at all. Cheers!