• Chances are these things won’t feel particularly onerous to you because they aren’t a big deal for you. Do you ever talk about a thing at work and people think you’re complaining or go “ugh that must be horrible” but that never crossed your mind? That might be one. Another easy way to find out what they are is to ask your friends or those you’ve worked with before. Is there anything you do where they’re surprised at just how smoothly it goes? That’s all worth looking at because it’s a competitive advantage in getting roles that require it.

  • Part of why I like moving and changing roles is that it’s an easy way to brick out the different points in my life. It’s roughly: Seattle/Microsoft, NYC/Kickstarter, Boston/HBS1, Blade/Lola, Dark, Michigan/HBS2, Boldstart. Each of those arcs also have a main “experiment” that was part of the time that usually shows up in a later chapter. For instance, Awesome Foundation was a group I worked with in Seattle that directly led to wanting to work at Kickstarter