Many of this advice echoes The Passionate Programmer[1]. However, I believe it should also echo this one[2]: Don’t waste your time in crappy startup jobs
Maybe more importantly, it should echo You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss[3].
An even more disruptive perspective actually came from Bret Victor[4]:
There are many ways to live your life. That's maybe the most important thing to realize in your life, that every aspect of your life is a choice. There are default choices. You can choose to sleepwalk through your life, and accept the path that is laid out for you. You can choose to accept the world as it is. But you don't have to. If there's something in the world that you feel is a wrong, and you have a vision for what a better world could be, you can find your guiding principle, and you can fight for a cause. So after this talk, I'd like you to take a little time, and think about what matters to you, what you believe in, and what you might fight for.
Maybe more importantly, it should echo You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss[3].
An even more disruptive perspective actually came from Bret Victor[4]:
There are many ways to live your life. That's maybe the most important thing to realize in your life, that every aspect of your life is a choice. There are default choices. You can choose to sleepwalk through your life, and accept the path that is laid out for you. You can choose to accept the world as it is. But you don't have to. If there's something in the world that you feel is a wrong, and you have a vision for what a better world could be, you can find your guiding principle, and you can fight for a cause. So after this talk, I'd like you to take a little time, and think about what matters to you, what you believe in, and what you might fight for.
[1] http://pragprog.com/book/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer
[2] http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/dont-waste-yo...
[3] http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html
[4] http://gumption.typepad.com/blog/2012/03/principle-centered-...