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Shape of Careers

Time is not always a line

Nitzan Hermon
Dec 20, 2021
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Thinking about a career in a strictly linear way is limiting. Many dimensions ebb and flow, and invisible forces energize or bring us down.


The traditional career path is one of education, job, and retirement.


A popular modern one is a serial (product) entrepreneur. Circling through different attempts before forking into 'getting rich' or giving up trying (/job/making money)


Many careers yo-yo between making money and growth (/transformation: education, new job, pivot). Each lag could take years or months, but the critical point is that these states don't concur.

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