escaping flatland: career advice for CS undergrads
tl;dr: a message to myself, and to incoming CS undergrads. even if impostor syndrome hits hard, you’re all smart and competent people. and you’re now smart and competent enough that everyone wants a piece of your potential.
tl;dr: a message to myself, and to incoming CS undergrads. even if impostor syndrome hits hard, you’re all smart and competent people. and you’re now smart and competent enough that everyone wants a piece of your potential. there’s a whole ecosystem of people with financial stakes in shaping your career choices, ready to sell you compelling stories about what you ‘should’ do with your life. and it’s surprisingly easy to absorb one of these narratives and mistake it for your own beliefs. don’t get stuck in flatland: there are far more possible career paths than the options being marketed to you
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