20/ Improve interview success by doing online courses from top universities in the world (e.g. via Coursera). Two benefits: the increased knowledge increases your confidence, but also, the online courses are so well explained that your explanations during interviews will improve
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21/ The ideal way to get a job is to do a good project (with the help of an industry senior if necessary), put it on github, create a project report also on github, and send a link to potential employers Make the interview irrelevant A real life example: https://ashm8206.github.io/
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22/ If you have multiple job prospects, don't focus too much on the salary. Your career will be 50-years long. Starting salary has very low significance. Optimize for learning+responsibility. If you plot salary on y-axis vs time on x, slope is far more important than y-interceptpic.twitter.com/rwx8WowMPU
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22/ After getting a job, many assume that further skills upgrades are the responsibility of the company. Serious mistake. This has worked for a few decades in the Indian software industry, but the world is changing too fast, and those not continuously learning will be left behind
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23/ How to pick the right industry, right company, so that your future is secure? Nobody knows Anyone who answers this with confidence is either deluded, or a liar. The only defense is to have broad tranferable skills, and be good at reacting to changes and pivoting fast
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24/ Which skills should you strive to acquire? Keep in mind the Hedgehog Principle: Try to find the intersection of what you're good at, what you like to do, and what someone is willing to pay you to do https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html …pic.twitter.com/iv4cequkyB
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Ikigai is better! https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-life-might-just-help-you-live-a-more-fulfilling-9871d01992b7 …
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Aren't they essentially the same idea with the intersection being called different things?
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No there’s a 4th circle
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How clear is the line between what the world needs and what you can be paid for? And doesn't "economic engine" in the hedgehog cover those bases
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They seem worth separating to me. They’re only the same if you’re so financially desperate you can’t trade off money and meaning. Meaning generally comes from seeing something that needs doing that you’re the right person for, and doing it, regardless of whether you get paid.
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For most practical career advice to people not familiar with this type of Venn diagram, this distinction is irrelevant and possibly confusing. The 3-circle version works well.
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