http://x.com/i/article/2066645583939739648 — @richzou
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a career guide for people in their early twenties
This essay is really about how young people should think about their career, especially if you're in your early twenties and staring at a wall of options. Short tldr: optimize for learning and for the people you work with, not for money or prestige. Treat your career like a portfolio and take real risk while you're young and it's cheap to. The money follows the good work. One more thing up front. There is a lot of noise out there right now, a whole genre of loud founders and loud funds telling every young person to drop out and build. I don't actually recommend that for most people.…
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