37 Pieces of Career Advice I Wish I’d Known Earlier

When we consider our professional future, we seek a legible story, one that provides the appearance of stability, with a cohesive narrative and clear steps to success. If everything goes well, we get hired to provide answers based on our expertise—not questions based on our curiosity. We begin caring about what people think of us and we project an

It turns out they have a lot in common. They are all independent thinkers who do not let anything or anyone stand in the way of achieving their audacious goals. They have very strong mental maps of how things should be done, and at the same time a willingness to test those mental maps in the world of reality and change the ways they do things to ma

tl;dr:

1. Pick a career about which you have immense passion


2. Be obsessive about learning in your field


3. Develop mentors in your field


4. Embrace peer relationships in your field


5. Always be gracious and pay it forward.