Horace17,
I think it's great that you're taking responsibility for success in your career - I'm on a similar path. I've discovered that it's important to glean knowledge wherever you can and to keep your mind open. You never know when you'll learn something
This has been a great forum for me - I've learned about living conditions in Hong Kong and the area, discovered some new sources of information, been pointed in the right areas of study - the list goes on. Sometimes the information comes in the form of an opinion, sometimes someone has misunderstood something earlier and passes on incorrect information by mistake but lots of times the information is passed on by folks who hold positions we aspire to, from experience we have yet to get. I think that's really valuable.
Anyway, the long and short of this post is.....isn't this forum exactly what you're talking about?
FM