@bhalligan In my mid-twenties. Left Boston for Chicago on the basis of affordability and opportunity. It feels like all my successful friends in Boston are in health care or education. My tech friends in Boston slowly dwindling for other cities. So so much great talent the state is losing.
One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people:
Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing.
Sounds simple on the surface - the hard part is making it part of your every day working process.
The smartest people I know are unemployed right now. I'm talking about the creators of the most brilliant projects I've ever seen. Half of them are even fluent in several languages. Their ability to play the corporate game is just not there, for better or worse.
The gatekeepers of academia everyone.
"The analysis is sophomoric at best"
"Are you qualified to interpret published research as a peer reviewer?"
"This is why people go and get a PhD"