<story><title>Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice</title><url>https://erikbern.com/2019/09/12/misc-unsolicited-career-advice.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chimi</author><text>In summary:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  network a *lot*
  Choose fast growing organizations
  Choose people you can learn from
  Enter a market with few smart people
  Use your smart connections to dominate that market
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
The key will be entering a market without a lot of smart folks in it, while also choosing the group &lt;i&gt;in&lt;/i&gt; that market that &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; smart.&lt;p&gt;The problem is if most folks in a market aren&amp;#x27;t smart, then those who are really changing that market look &lt;i&gt;dumb&lt;/i&gt; to those already in it, so are the pioneering minds there smart or re-inventing failed wheels.</text></comment>
<story><title>Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice</title><url>https://erikbern.com/2019/09/12/misc-unsolicited-career-advice.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SamuelAdams</author><text>&amp;gt; Statistics. Seriously, I really wish I had studied more of it in school. Basically goes for anyone in the STEM field, IMO.&lt;p&gt;I really wish more people invested in statistics and data analysis classes. People take you more seriously in a business setting when you can say &amp;quot;Email A resulted in a response rate of 80%&amp;quot;. I usually hear &amp;quot;We think Email A is better because we feel it in our gut&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Ok, not those words exactly, but that&amp;#x27;s the point. Looking at data, understanding it, and directly applying it to your job is a hugely underrated skill.</text></comment>