A freshman chose easy courses and got bored with mediocre grades. The lesson: pick great professors over light workload. Later, the same principle applied to hiring managers. Working for strong leaders matters more than money or comfort.
And my first semester, freshman year, I chose my schedule based entirely on workload. In other words, the lowest I could find.
Let's just say I was bored out of my skull because there may have not been a lot of quote unquote homework, but the professors were dull as dishwater and boring. And my grades actually weren't that great either because I wasn't engaged. And so the next semester, I learned the lesson, which is it's not about the workload, it's about the professor. And so I picked my entire course load based solely on the professor, even if the workload was through the roof. And I had a blast because the professors were amazing and I was engaged and I was interested and curious. And so now if I look at how I've navigated my career since I was entry level, I've always tried to pick the people because I recognize that working for a great person, great leader, is going to have better long term effects on my joy, my inspiration, my performance. So, yeah, I've worked very hard to choose who I work for, not necessarily make decisions based on money or workload.
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