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Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by nsomaru »

spraak wrote: post #11
DelaneyM wrote: post #3

I can't help but feel career plans, even inherently flexible ones such as the 80000 hour plan, discourage serendipity and encourage sunk-cost thinking. I'm not saying this is a bad idea, just that for the specific HackerNews demographic it may be a bit of an anti-pattern.

In my experience as one who tends towards spirituality, intuition etc over science - this type of path is jut the balance I need to keep moving towards my life's goals. I overly focus on serendipity and synchronicity to where I often don't accomplish much practical

Strange that you think spirituality and science are mutually exclusive.

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by blaisio »

This was copied out of the book "The Start-up of You" by Reid Hoffman. They point this out on their website, but they should really point it out on this Google Doc as well since it's pretty much entirely unoriginal.

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by paulpauper »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #23
MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Following that metaphor: it's always a good plan to wear a mouth guard so that your teeth don't get knocked out.

wont stop the rest of your face from being bloodied

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by hvidgaard »

nedwin wrote: post #7

When I was 25 years old I made the plan to move to SF, find a technical cofounder and start a fast growth company. 5 years later I achieved that goal. My plan was nowhere near the detail of this but there were steps along the way. Things changed a lot, and not everything was done in the order I originally planned. With that said, having a clear vision of where I wanted to be and loosely how I was going to get there m…

The key is not to detail your life in minute details. It'll never hold anyway. But having a (long term) goal (starting a company, become viable, sell, ect.) and then actively plan to work towards it. If you want to retire at the age of 50, then work towards that. If you want to climb the 7 tallest mountains, then work towards that. As long as you get a little bit closer to your goal every week, you on the right track.

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by ryhamz »

cottsak wrote: post #4
DelaneyM wrote: post #3

I can't help but feel career plans, even inherently flexible ones such as the 80000 hour plan, discourage serendipity and encourage sunk-cost thinking. I'm not saying this is a bad idea, just that for the specific HackerNews demographic it may be a bit of an anti-pattern.

Yeh, I'd also like to know whether the HN demographic really has a hard time at finding work?

This is not about simply finding work. It's about finding the work you want in the long run, which is different.

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by deepaksurti »

Assuming the 10000 hour rule of gaining expertise and toning it down, because in a job you cannot just do deliberate practice for 10K hours :-), I guess a single fulfilling profession for 10 years, where you learn, become good enough to extract mileage out of it and then moving on to a new career, should be plausible.

Anyone out here who has done that, much like Tarzan, holding onto the one career while switching to another? I have not yet given this a deep thought, but it looks cool to have multiple professions in a one lifespan but am not sure how to do it. Or is it that as life/age happens and we just have to stick to 1 career/profession. Any thoughts appreciated.

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by _y4o5 »

nedwin wrote: post #7

When I was 25 years old I made the plan to move to SF, find a technical cofounder and start a fast growth company. 5 years later I achieved that goal. My plan was nowhere near the detail of this but there were steps along the way. Things changed a lot, and not everything was done in the order I originally planned. With that said, having a clear vision of where I wanted to be and loosely how I was going to get there m…

I've always wondered about this, how do people just "decide" to start a company for the sake of itself. I've always though that companies are kinda grown organically, i.e. you have a problem you want/need to solve and it turns out to be also commercially viable.

I have projects like that, i.e. have been scratching my own itch. Sadly none of them have taken off financially or otherwise despite the great effort.

If I had to start a business/project just for "fast growth" I'd be totally clueless how to ago about it?

Is it just about picking the "hottest shit" whatever that is at the moment and trying to ride that wave?

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by spraak »

adamredwoods wrote: post #25
MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Amen brother. After having a child, I threw all plans out the window.

Er, planning is exactly what I learned after having a child

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by spraak »

MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

I don't think that should stop you from planning, but just like death is ultimately inevitable, it is good to be healthily aware of failure (getting punched in the mouth). "Oh well, the movie is going to end, might as well not watch it"
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