Early Career Advice

Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career

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.

alex

A Forty-Year Career.

lethain.com lethain.com

phoebe

The Data Team Playbook: 50+ Resources For High-Performing Data Teams

SeattleDataGuy seattledataguy.substack.com

AAmit Cohen

a great collection of resources

Obama's career advice for young people -- Just learn how to get stuff done. What I mean by that is I've seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated at explaining why something went wrong or why something can't get fixed. But, what I’m always looking for is,... See more

phoebe

Cultivate what Adam terms a “challenge network,” a cohort of people you can rely on to give you unvarnished feedback

If you want to reach your full potential, you’ll need to have your logic torn apart to discover holes, allowing you to improve your reasoning, so you make better decisions

The Man Who Does Everything - Adam Grant on The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes

sari

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight • 8 highlights

amazon.com

Cover of Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

sari

I’m rejecting the career ladder metaphor in favor of the career river. Here’s why: 1. The ultimate goal of the career ladder is: reach the top. The ultimate goal of the career river is: reach your ocean - a thriving, wide-open ecosystem fed by other rivers to explore. /

Bridget Thoreson twitter.com

Brian Sholis

A Guide on Breaking Into Technology Policy

Ryan Hagemann techliberation.com

Behruz Davletov

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