Finding Your Path to Success

Everyone has to start somewhere...

The new class of 2009 will now be entering the job market and trying to attain the fast track to the top. Many of us are still on that corporate ladder trying to get there. Though it is beneficial to have a strong education, well connected network, and solid career path in front of you, it helps to put in a lot of hard work and keep yourself motivated to reach your goals.

For example, not everyone started their careers with a solid path to follow, instead they toughed it out. After working as a bank teller in high school, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz waited tables and continued on her path after graduating from the University of Wisconsin as a traveling sales person . Likewise, Mark Cuban took a job he hated at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer worked on something called the "Coldsnap Freezer Dessert Maker" for P&G.

Others, decided that the family business was the way to go and decided growth was their only option. Maybe after seeing the effects from the economy and the difficulties many are facing in the current job market some of 2009's graduates will come home to work for their parents. It may feeling like losing, but it's not a bad way to go, looking at the careers of giants like Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone.

Many people across the nation have decided that going home is not an option and would ilke to exercise their entrepreneurial spirit and will consider starting new companies. That's what Bill Gates and Ev Williams did. It's worked out for them.

Check out what some of todays top CEO's did before they entered college.