Lewis Meyers

a. pay attention to meaning, filter out noise b. put your head down and work c. take advantage of gold rush moments/sectors To navigate implies you won't be able to just walk forward to the goal. Like a good running back, you may need to stop, turn, duck, dodge, push, accelerate and more, eyes always on the goal posts.

Random things I've said this year that can help someone who acknowledges where they are rn. 1. You may need to go dark, no socials, no highlight reels, to emerge a different person later 2. Over-reliance on socials/screen time is probably killing your success 3. Easy self-review of your resume: "Does the professional work experience detail how I left that company better than I found it" 4. Easy self-review of your candidacy strength for a role: What do I offer that others don't and what proof do I have of that statement 5. A career strategy is not engaging in a random series of advice activity that does not account for your strengths/weaknesses/interests/market/etc 6. Despite chatter to the contrary, hard technical skills are still the most important in an IC technical role 7. A high quality computer science education is potentially more valuable now than ever before. It should be tied to a level of business acumen as well 8. Some of us are just listening to the wrong people but we like them so it's hard to acknowlege the truth right in your face