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保罗·格雷厄姆:何时做你热爱的事·第5则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《何时做你热爱的事》》· When To Do What You Love · 行动 · 成长 · 哲学 · 领导
You don't necessarily need a job doing x in order to work on x; often you can just start doing it in some form yourself. And since figuring out what to work on is a problem that could take years to solve, the sooner you start, the better. One useful trick for judging different kinds of work is to look at who your colleagues will be. You'll become like whoever you work with. Do you want to become like these people? Indeed, the difference in character between different kinds of work is magnified by the fact that everyone else is facing the same decisions as you. If you choose a kind of work mainly for how well it pays, you'll be surrounded by other people who chose it for the same reason, and that will make it even more soul-sucking than it seems from the outside.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 5 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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你不一定非要有个职位才能做某件事,很多时候你可以自己先动手做起来。而且,弄清楚该做什么可能得花好几年,所以越早开始越好。判断不同工作有个好办法:看看你未来的同事是谁。你会变得像和你一起工作的人。你想成为那样的人吗?实际上,不同工作对人的塑造差异会被放大,因为别人也面临同样的选择。如果你主要为了钱选一份工作,你周围也会是为同样理由选它的人,那会让这份工作比从外面看更消耗灵魂。
上下文
格雷厄姆建议年轻人尽早探索兴趣,并给出一个实用判断标准:看同事是什么样的人。
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你现在的同事或同学,是你想成为的那种人吗?
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