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Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice · Erik Bernhardsson
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Erik Bernhardsson
Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice 2019-09-26 No one asked for this, but I'm something like ~12 years into my career and have had my fair share of mistakes and luck so I thought I'd share some. Honestly, I feel like I've mostly benefitted from luck. Some of the things I did on a whim turned out to be excellent choices many years later. Some of the things were clear blind spots in hindsight. If I could give my 12 years younger self a bunch of career advice, here are some of those things. Choosing a company This roughly boils down into: Pick the fastest growing company
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