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Time for a New Career Metaphor
“๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ’๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.” “๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ.” “๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.” All of this well-meaning career advice rests on the premise that you know what you want to do– that you’re the captain of your career ship, charting your course toward some distant port. Small problem: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ (๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐)…
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Favorite Books of 2024
Every so often, something you read fires off a constellation of neurons that results in an intense moment of clarity. Or maybe it’s not clarity that you feel, but you better understand your confusion. You’re left with a more informed question to ponder. The author has turned a phrase or connected a dot you hadn’t…
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A Eulogy I’d Like to Deliver
Dearly beloved, We are gathered here today To pay our respects to a leadership style Borne out of a desire for safety and A fear of losing control. A leadership style that, paradoxically, Fosters fear and strips us of agency. You knew him as Boss or The Big Man, Feared knocking on his office door,…
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The Most Basic Advice
I share a lot of advice, but I’m not sure I’ve shared the most basic: ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ. That should be the baseline, but for some reason, it’s become unfashionable to say it. Maybe people worry about offending someone with different priorities. I get it. You shouldn’t work to the detriment of your family…
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The Intelligence Race (from the cockroach perspective)
A few weeks ago, Dario Amodei (Anthropic founder) told Lex Fridman human-level AI could be available as soon as 2026. Sam Altman has shared a similar timeline. These guys have an insider’s view on progress, AND they have a vested interest in feeding the hype machine. Either way, the race is on! It’s been on….
Andrew Hilger
Andrew Hilger helps people find fulfillment in this ever-changing world of work.
Andrew Hilger
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