Book: So Good They Can't Ignore You
The four overarching rules
- Ignore passion
- Build career capital
- Turn capital into control over your working conditions, not into promotions
- Have a mission (similar to passion, but different)
Concepts in detail
- Career capital
- Basically "good CV". Skill, familiarity with company's systems, how much do competitors want to hire you
- First control trap
- If your employer is willing to give you control (or is likely to replace you for your annoying demands), it's a sign it's too soon; build more career capital
- Second control trap
- If your employer will resist your bid for control, it's time to gather your courage and do it, since this indicates your value and you can negotiate for great things
- Law of financial viability
- Do what others are willing to pay for
- Mission
- Ignore it until you have some career capital
- You don't know what specifically you will end up doing to further your mission, don't commit to one way
- Make many small bets
Case studies
- Joe Duffy
- Alex Berger
- Mike Jackson
- Ryan Voiland
- Lulu Young
- Derek Sivers
- Pardis Sabeti
- Kirk French
- Giles Bowkett
- ea.greaterwrong.com/posts/vXABwWPBzwpG27Fu9/how-life-sciences-actually-work-findings-of-a-year-long
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