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保罗·格雷厄姆：何时做你热爱的事·第4则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《何时做你热爱的事》》· When To Do What You Love · 领导 · 行动 · 财富 · 认知
Whereas if you're young and good at technology, your unconscious instincts about what would be interesting to work on are very well aligned with what needs to be built. So there's something like a midwit peak for making money. If you don't need to make much, you can work on whatever you're most interested in; if you want to become moderately rich, you can't usually afford to; but if you want to become super rich, and you're young and good at technology, working on what you're most interested in becomes a good idea again. What if you're not sure what you want? What if you're attracted to the idea of making money and more attracted to some kinds of work than others, but neither attraction predominates? How do you break ties? The key here is to understand that such ties are only apparent.
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定位：Essay, additional excerpt 4 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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如果你年轻、技术好，你对什么值得做的直觉，往往和市场需求很吻合。所以赚钱这件事有点像“中等智力陷阱”：如果你不需要赚很多，可以随心做最感兴趣的事；如果你想成为中等富裕，通常就不能任性；但如果你想超级富有，而且年轻、技术好，那么做最感兴趣的事又变成好主意了。那如果你不确定自己想要什么，既想赚钱又对某些工作更感兴趣，但两者都不占绝对优势，怎么打破平局？关键在于明白：这种平局只是表面上的。
上下文
格雷厄姆讨论不同财富目标下，兴趣与赚钱之间的取舍，指出对年轻人来说，追求兴趣在极端情况下反而合理。
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你现在的财富目标，是“够用”“中等富裕”还是“超级富有”？这会影响你的选择吗？
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