Early Career Advice
Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career
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Early Career Advice
Advice for those in their 20s: “ten years from now, you need to be able to say that this is the life you chose, not one you settled for.”
A future that is created intentionally is more pleasant than one that is scrapped together by avoidance-driven choices.
Concentrate on finding a big idea that will make an impact on the people you want to influence
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
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Love this speech by Bill Gurley - one of the common things across top professionals like Bob Dylan, Danny Meyer, etc was that they studied everything they could find about their field, they were masterful students first.
Cool 2 minute movie about real learning. Skaters involved.
When I was at Google, my very first promotion from Eng 1 to Eng 2 got rejected after 2 years in the role. The feedback from the promo committee was “work on more impactful projects”. I was disappointed, but I also learned that “I’ll just do what I’m told and I’ll get promoted” is simply not true. I needed to rethink my approach.
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Impact is so much more important than doing your job right. Based on a LinkedIn post by Irina Stanescu
Don’t force yourself to do anything you hate. If you get too good at this, you won’t be able to figure out when to quit.