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

saved by

• Kelly Chong
• Shubham Shah
• Claire Wang
• Aryan Naik
• Bo Lau
• Nikki Guo
• Grace Gong
• Information Flow
• Dron Hazra
• Asher P
• Neel Redkar
• Eden Chan

related reading

• i wish we’d grown up on the same advice - by vincent huangmindslice.substack.com
• How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) — Wait But Whywaitbutwhy.com
• Even artichokes have doubts - Yale Daily Newsyaledailynews.com
• Advice for Early Career - Celine Haliouacelinehh.com
• getting older, college, and dreamsnotebook.neelr.dev
• Stuff you should have been taught in college but weren’t – Casey Handmer's blogcaseyhandmer.wordpress.com
• College adviceishanjmukherjee.github.io
• choosing - by vincent huang - a slice of my mindmindslice.substack.com
• Face it: you're a crazy person - by Adam Mastroianniexperimental-history.com
• Find Your People - Jessica Livingstonfoundersatwork.posthaven.com
• College students: it’s time to bet on yourselves.neo.substack.com
• Three words of advice every student should hearneo.substack.com