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I had just joined Amazon at 21 and felt the same anxiety. I was with another new hire in the kitchen when our principal engineer came in. We both asked him for
by bm1362 11y ago
I had just joined Amazon at 21 and felt the same anxiety. I was with another new hire in the kitchen when our principal engineer came in. We both asked him for some advice, as newly minted engineers, on what we could do to become most effective. His reply, "Go find a woman, get married and build something that matters- a family. You have 30 more years to get better at software engineering, you'll be fine."
- dssddsds 11y agoYou just rewrote her essay into a paragraph. Concise, I like it!
- mrcrassic 11y agoThat's actually terrible advice, in my opinion. Raising a family is REALLY hard work that requires a lot of time and dedication out of you. It also restricts what you can and can't do; quitting jobs that you hate or moving somewhere to seize an opportunity become astronomically difficult with a family. Families are important, but why limit your potential early?
- bm1362 11y agoI think the take away was to avoid optimizing 'potential' and stop focusing on anything really. He meant go do something else with your free time, like meet people and experience new things.