Career Advice That Doesn’t Suck
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Work harder, bet bigger
2025-08-21 Career Advice That Doesn’t Suck Work harder, bet bigger I’ve taken a lot of career and financial risk, more than almost all of my peers. While I view my decisions as largely rational and effective, I tend to keep most of my decision rationales and work habits to myself. Much of my decision to take early career risk can be attributed to select blogs, books, and talking with a lot of people, especially older mentors. Since most of my friends already think I'm pretty weird, I figured I'd open-source some of my work habits and decision rationales that have shaped my approach: Working mu
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