我的择业之道

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“迷茫”或许是毕业生面对职业选择时最常说的一个词了，但即使是职场中人，也难免深陷在自己不喜欢的职业中不得脱身。什么是可以为之奋斗一生的事业呢？既然不确定，那就一样一样地试试看吧。本文作者的经历告诉我们如何通过互联网打造自己的人际网络，也许工作机会离你只有一封邮件的距离。

If you’re stuck in a job you hate, you’re (unfortunately) not alone. In fact, an astonishing more than 80% of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs.

I, too, was unhappy in the corporate job I took right after college. Like many people, I’d put more thought and effort into getting the job than into figuring out if it was something I actually wanted. There’s plenty of research and advice out there on how to write the perfect resume and ace1) that interview. But when it comes to figuring out what you want to do with your life, the strategies aren’t so clear.

I realized that, although I could predict and pontificate2) about a career path that might make me happier, I would never actually know until I was into the thick of it. I had an idea that I might like to do something related to entrepreneurship, but I didn’t exactly know what that meant. Did I want to join a start-up3)? Start my own? Try to get into venture capital? Join or start a non-profit? Do international development work abroad?

More importantly, I didn’t know how I could figure it out without a huge investment of time, like starting another full-time job with a new company.

But then I had a different idea. I decided to enter a competition to shadow4) Dave McClure5), who runs the accelerator 500 Startups. Being selected as one of the top six finalists gave me the kick I needed to quit my job, fly down to Silicon Valley, and begin what I call a “self-education program” on something they don’t teach you in school, but is arguably the most important thing of all: what I wanted to do with my life.

Over the next few months, I began cold emailing6) anyone I could think of who I was interested in meeting and learning from. To my surprise, I had a shockingly high response rate. I got to meet with the founders of Airbnb, Square, Kiip, Mint, Color, and many more, and also various investors and professors in the Bay Area7). I asked them about their career path, how they’d come to where they were now, and what recommendations they had for figuring out my next move.

And I didn’t stop there. I also volunteered at major conferences, such as DEMO8) and Founder Showcase9), so I could meet more people and attend the talks for free. I checked out various events and talks in the region, and even sat in on10) classes at Stanford. Finally, to get a full holistic11) experience, I lived in a co-op12) in Palo Alto13) and had an amazing time learning about cooking, co-operative living, and alternative lifestyles.