There’s a human arrogance that comes with thinking you have all the time in the world and people are dispensable. I hold onto the people I love dearly because as individuals they’re wonderfully made and cannot be emulated at all. I cannot take that for granted.
Y’all. Colombia just elected its first Black vice president, Francia Márquez. She ran with Gustavo Petro, the country’s new and first left wing president.
When I graduated college, my plan was:
- Start at a big company (~5,000)
- Then work at a smaller one (~50)
- Then join as an early employee (~8)
- Then start my own
Here’s why and what I learned along the way: