The Life-Changing Magic of High-Speed Career Sampling - Nat Eliason

How Do You Know When to Quit?

Psychedelics help. Or just when the work feels like a chore. Remember, you’re looking for an infinite game of a type of work. Every job is going to have parts that suck, that’s just necessary. But if you love the underlying type of work you’re doing, the sucky parts are worth it. 

If you’re in your 20s, don’t get overly swayed by the “magic of compounding interest.” It’s only magical if you make basically the same amount for the rest of your life. If you’re reading articles like this though you’re probably gonna do pretty well for yourself and make way more money later, so stop trying to be so responsible with it right now. ... See more

You’ll get good at anything you commit to. Most of talent is bullshit. Don’t worry about getting good, worry about seeing if you like the process of getting good. If you’re only going to enjoy something when you’re good at it, you’re not going to stick with it. You’re looking for what you also enjoy sucking at. 

Yeah but You Have to Commit to Things!

The goal of high-speed career sampling is not to get a bunch of jobs. It’s to do a bunch of different forms of work. You can do types of work without permission or anyone giving you a job. And you should probably try on the type of work before you take on a 2-4 year job.Basically you want to find a type of work that you enjoy doing, that pulls you ... See more

I agree, but you have to commit to the right things. You should probably spend at least 10-20% of the time you’ll eventually spend on something deciding if you want to spend that time on it. So for a 10 year career, that’s a year of testing it. Lifetime of marriage, 3-4 years of testing. Don’t be embarrassed if you try something for a year and quit... See more