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保罗·格雷厄姆《《如何创造财富》》· How to Make Wealth · 行动 · 财富 · 投资
You get up in the morning and go to a new set of buildings, and do things that you do not, ordinarily, enjoy doing. There are a few differences: life is not as much fun, and you get paid, instead of paying, as you did in college. But the similarities feel greater than the differences. John Smith is now John Smith, 22, a software developer at such and such corporation. In fact John Smith's life has changed more than he realizes. Socially, a company looks much like college, but the deeper you go into the underlying reality, the more different it gets. What a company does, and has to do if it wants to continue to exist, is earn money. And the way most companies make money is by creating wealth.
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https://paulgraham.com/wealth.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 3 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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刚工作时,你每天去新的楼里做平时并不喜欢的事,感觉像上大学,只是生活没那么好玩,而且别人给你钱而不是你付钱。但公司跟大学有本质区别:公司要持续存在,就必须赚钱;而大多数公司赚钱的方式,是创造财富——做出人们愿意付钱的东西。所以别把公司当成校园的延续,要看清它的底层逻辑:你所在的公司靠什么创造价值?你的工作又怎样帮它创造价值?想明白这点,你才能从“完成任务”转向“做出贡献”。
上下文
格雷厄姆提醒刚入职场的年轻人,公司表面像学校,底层却是创造财富的经济组织。
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你所在的公司靠什么创造财富?你的日常工作与它直接相关吗?
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