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Choose asymmetric opportunities
This really made a big difference early in my career. I remember when I needed to decide between staying with my jr. software engineering job at a big company or joining a risky hardware startup and becoming their first employee. A lot of my friends were surprised that I went for a risky startup, but for me, I chose an asymmetric opportunity that had manageable downside and unlimited upside. You have stumbled upon an asymmetrical risk opportunity that can accelerate your career.
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You are solely responsible for your career
As a manager, I say that with the best intentions possible. One of the most important things is to not shy away from career conversations. In my first job, I was an engineer and I wanted to experiment with a leadership role in the future. After the discussion, my manager...
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You can't ride the wave forever
This is an oversight I have seen a lot of people making that ends up hurting their careers. You need to pay careful attention because everything has a due date. Every time your stakeholders, manager, job changes or enough time passes by, you need to prove your worth agai...
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Perception is reality
It took some time until I finally understood it. My teams were handling a critical project that was on a hard timeline. One day I had a chat with my manager about this and I asked for advice because I failed to understand where all of the sentiment was coming from. Advertisement At that point I u...
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Debt will find you
This is a very important lesson from the finance world. Early in my career, I was under the impression that if I had a tighter deadline, I could just work for more hours in the weeks before the milestone and make it and then continue as normal after the deadline. When I was in my startup...
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Throughout his (Daniel Rizea) journey of rapid growth, I learned many valuable lessons. Some were taught by mentors, while others were found in books — but the majority of my knowledge came from learning from mistakes.
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