I'm becoming more snobby about work than I can probably afford to be from a financial perspective. Like Sherlock Holmes, I require "singular features" to take a case. I can spot the consulting equivalent of a "evidence of cheating spouse for a divorce case" a mile off now.
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In 2019, with everybody either exhorting you to “learn to code” or “become an entrepreneur” it is good to know why neither might fit you. Coding is easy to eliminate. You find out fairly quickly the hard way (6-12 months) whether you have a feel for it and are good at it.
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Entrepreneurship is harder. The primary qualification is the courage to be bored for long periods of time without getting distracted. At least 5 years. Like, 90% of the time until an org of people to do the boring bits exists under your authoritah. I lack this.
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If you’re not bored by the 90% you lack the imagination to solve the 10%. If you don’t have the courage you won’t endure 5 years of boredom. Life FOMO will claim you (“there’s got to be more to life than playing half a dozen games that seem to involve gearing ‘no’ repeatedly!”)
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And if you eliminate both coding and entrepreneurship what’s left? Everything else.
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This tweet gets to the heart of theme of DFW's _The Pale King_, which is one of the most remarkable novels I've ever read.
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