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Long term, I believe that your career will be largely defined by getting lucky and the rate at which you learn. I have no advice about luck, but to speed up learning I have two suggestions: join a rapidly expanding company, and make your peers your first team.
Will Larson • An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
I think that what you will realize is that especially at the net of survivorship bias, which is really the big thing here, I really think that it pays off to build trust, skills, and relationships, first of all, like, those are things that paradoxically, they even help more with finding the next job very often than just trying to maximize hitting t... See more
🎙️ Trust, Skills, and Winning Long-Term Games with Luca Dellana
You also want to be an exponential curve yourself—you should aim for your life to follow an ever-increasing up-and-to-the-right trajectory. It’s important to move towards a career that has a compounding effect—most careers progress fairly linearly.
Sam Altman • How to Be Successful
beware of mistaking past accomplishments and experience for future potential. Background and talent determine where people start, but character skills shape how far they can climb.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
At the start of your career in advertising, what you learn is more important than what you earn.