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Pmarchive · Pmarca Guide to Career Planning: Opportunity
A useful heuristic in this situation is to seek open gates—opportunities to build capital that are already open to you.
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
This post isn’t me giving you career advice really—it’s a framework that I think can help you make career decisions that actually reflect who you are, what you want, and what our rapidly changing career landscape looks like today.
Tim Urban • How to Pick a Career
After analysing the careers of successful people, Newport found that few had a grand plan to get where they ultimately ended up. Instead, they worked hard to get themselves into a position where they were exposed to possibilities, and let serendipity do its thing.
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
People early in their career should learn from computer science: meander some in your walk (especially early on), randomly drop yourself into new parts of the terrain, and when you find the highest hill, don’t waste any more time on the current hill no matter how much better the next step up might appear .
Chris Dixon • Climbing the Wrong Hill | Cdixon Blog
