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This is your most important decision
Deciding which problems to work on may be one of the most important decisions you make, because people can lose years (or a lifetime) working on the wrong problem.
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
If you spend your career snacking, preening or chasing ghosts, it’s possible but relatively unlikely that what you’ve done before will be valued at companies you interview with. Instead, the only viable long-term bet on your career is to do work that matters, work that develops your and to steer towards companies that value genuine expertise.
Will Larson • Work on what matters.
“The 4 qualities of a great career:
Answer in reverse order:
- I enjoy it
- I’m good at it
- I make good money
- I’m around fascinating people
Answer in reverse order:
- Where are fascinating people?
- In what ways can I make money with them?
- Which ones am I good at?
- Which ones do I enjoy?”
3-2-1: Two steps for better results, the qualities of a great career, and how to handle good luck
We should be chefs when it comes to career-path-carving (a.k.a. reason from first principles). This is because of the following: (1) it takes up a significant chunk of our lives, (2) it plays a big role in determining the quality of our lives, (3) it serves as our primary mode of impact-making, and (4) it also serves as our primary identity.
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end meta • How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You)
The 3-step process for changing your career