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If Citizens United makes you grumpy, you're backing the wrong horse.
Marc Andreessen's career advice:
> Never worry about being a small fish in a big pond. Being a big fish in a small pond sucks -- you will hit the ceiling on what you can achieve quickly, and nobody will care. Optimize at all times for being in the most dynamic and exciting pond you can find. That is where the great opportunities can be found.
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> Apply this rule when selecting which company to go to. Go to the company where all the action is happening.
> In a rapidly changing field like technology, the best place to get experience when you're starting out is in younger, high-growth companies.
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(This is not necessarily true in older and more established industries, but those aren't the industries we're talking about.)
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There are a bunch of great things that you get when you go to a younger, high-growth company:
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You'll get to do lots of stuff. There will be so much stuff to do in the company that you'll be able to do as much of it as you can possibly handle. Which means you'll gain skills and experience very quickly.
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You'll probably get promoted quickly. Fast-growing companies are characterized by a chronic lack of people who can step up to all the important new leadership jobs that are being created all the time. If you are aggressive and performing well, promotions will come quickly and easily.
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You'll get used to being in a high-energy, rapidly-changing environment with sharp people and high expectations. It's like training for a marathon while wearing ankle weights -- if you ever end up going to a big company, you'll blow everyone away. And if you ever go to a startup, you'll be ready for the intensity.
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Reputational benefit. Having Silicon Graphics from the early 90's, or Netscape from the mid-90's, or eBay from the late 90's, or Paypal from the early 00's, or Google from the mid-00's on your resume is as valuable as any advanced degree -- it's a permanent source of credibility.
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In contrast to going to a big company: working for a big company teaches you how to work for big companies. The way things work at a big company is usually unique to big companies. So, working for a big company is often a statement that you plan to spend your career at big companies -- and lots of people are very happy doing that, but I doubt that's your intention or you wouldn't be reading this post.
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In contrast to going to a startup: when you are first st
Dustin Moskovitz is a cofounder of Asana, and was a co-founder of Facebook. Here are some of his favorite books.
Many thanks to Dustin for this list.
On Startups, Communication, Management, and Leadership
Getting Things Done (David Allen)
The essential manual on productivity and one of the inspirations for Asana. We sometimes refer to our product as βGTD for Groupsβ.
The Tao of Leadership (John Heider)
The Tao Te Ching applied to leadership. There is much wisdom here.
Nonviolent Communication (Marshall B. Rosenberg)
We keep copies of this on the Asana bookshelf and recommend it to all new hires. Rosenberg details a very effective communication style and points out some of the common traps that lead most people to impasses and defensiveness in disagreements.
The Humane Interface (Jef Raskin)
This is about interface design, by the creator of the Macintosh.
