From a journalism newsletter, but much of this can apply to any profession.
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The high-tech battery backup system in the basement will protect stuff on the computers in a power outage, unless you push the "brew" button on the coffee maker. Use it.
Hanging around with editorial writers won't make you smart any more than standing around a parking lot makes you a Buick.
Your career can thrive no matter who in the newsroom hates your guts, but stay nice to whoever sorts the mail.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite company policy.
Don't hang with reporters, don't eat junk food, don't drink, die anyway.
Photographers are supposed to be like that.
There is always one more nitwit handling your copy than you counted on.
Someone who uses that college education, stays sober, thinks logically and gets it right the first time provides a nice contrast to the average slot editor.
Don't do anything at a staff meeting that you wouldn't do at a--- hmm, all right, never mind this one.
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