If only someone told me before my 1st job

Choose your industry first.

Even if you’re Elon Musk, you can’t go against the tide.

Be in a growing industry.

Google it.

Find stats.

And follow your heart.

Choose your first boss well.

What’s more important than your first job is your first boss.

Your boss can teach you many good and bad work habits.

When you interview, remember you are interviewing them too.

Observe before jumping right into skill acquisition.

Learning hard skills is an ongoing process.

The same goes for learning people skills.

Observe people around you, like an anthropologist studying a tribe in the Amazon.

You are young and not free (financially speaking).

Learn to save 50% of your income. In other words, you’re creating six months of financial leeway every year.

With that, you can start your business…or why not move to a new city in a new country?

Wanna do a startup? Wait.

Go work for startups in post-series A.

Get networks.

Learn skills.

In particular, immerse yourself deeply in your industry—meet every influential person, and accumulate skills and capital.