Our professional relationships during our first years of work are the seed of our professional network, influencing the arc of our career.
Normally we pick the highest paying job, but if we think of networks as a form of wealth, our first job should be with people whose career path we want to follow. As high achievement is communicable through word of mouth in the network, and innovation is contagious, it pays to be with the right people.
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