My adviser in graduate school said I didn't want to bother with things I didn't think were important, and he was right about that, too. When I got my MA just in time for the tech bubble to burst and the job market to tank in the last recession before this, my host wanted me to wear pantyhose to interviews. I remember thinking that any boss who cared whether I wore pantyhose wasn't a boss I wanted to work for. And that distaste for jumping through hoops, I developed while coasting in school.
Hmm. I have to tell you that I am like this too, but I wouldn't say I did a LOT of coasting. Some, but not a lot--I was fortunate to have pretty good school experiences. I wonder if some of this attitude is personality more than anything. I am not a hoop-jumper and never have been. I also am not a praise junkie.
