Originally Posted by aero550

This sums it up quite nicely. I'd also add that, a person entering into a career with this kind of attitude will present well to prospective employers. You make your own luck, sometimes, and this is exactly how to do it.

Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. It' easy to look in the rearview mirror and see the mistakes you made. The trick is to not dwell on it and move on. Life is a journey, and should be looked at in the forward view.