Recently I’ve gotten a lot of inbound from new grads asking for career advice, so I wrote down a list of things I wish I’d internalized sooner.
The key thing: being precocious has an expiration date. Threading the note in its entirety:
The key thing: being precocious has an expiration date. Threading the note in its entirety:
2/ I can’t stress this one enough: avoid chasing the red herrings of success.
I worry that in pushing everyone to “build in public” we’ve created a kind of announcement economy…one in which you can receive the same funding, attention, dopamine hits, by announcing an _intention_ to build something…as you can by simply shipping something excellent.
I worry that in pushing everyone to “build in public” we’ve created a kind of announcement economy…one in which you can receive the same funding, attention, dopamine hits, by announcing an _intention_ to build something…as you can by simply shipping something excellent.
3/ Forgive your parents, especially if you’re the child of immigrants. Embrace commitment and mutual obligations: being firmly rooted makes it _easier_ to take risks.
And finally, take your work seriously, but yourself less so. Hard work often looks suspiciously like play.
And finally, take your work seriously, but yourself less so. Hard work often looks suspiciously like play.
Featuring cameos from some people whom I love, look up to, and who successfully graduated from precociousness: @zebriez, @DevinLewtan, @Jennifer_Yun, @Ben_Reinhardt, and @ns_whit. ❣️
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