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Your Work Will Change You Whether You Like It Or Not

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Be careful who you strive to become

I try to design these posts so that if I only earn 30 seconds of your attention, you’ll still have gotten the message. In this case, here it is: A post from the golden age of both twitter and roon, circa ~2022. I’ve previously written career advice from an altruistic perspective, arguing that people should be more ambitious about building skills to solve important problems. I think your career can be your biggest opportunity to help others. But even from a selfish perspective– my god, I think you should be careful who you strive to become. Like it or not, you will spend the best hours of…

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