職場英語第一份工作工資不是最重要初中教育

1/1職場英語第一份工作工資不是最重要-初中教育

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11Yourfirst‘real’jobshouldgiveyouthefoundationneededforfuturesuccess.Thiscouldn’thavebeenmoretrueinmycase,butnotinthewaysyou’dexpect.

你的第一份“真正”的工作，應當為你將來的勝利奠定基礎。我的經(jīng)受充分證明白這一點，只是過程有些出人意料。

AftergraduatingfromtheUCBerkeleyHaasSchoolofBusiness,Iwenttoworkasananalystinthetechnologygroupofabulgebracketinvestmentbank.ItpaidverywellandwasinthetechfieldIwanted.Thiswasit.Iwasonmyway.

Itwas2023,duringthedepthsofthedot-combustandwhenthetechsectorwasawasteland.Iwasworkingwiththeonlyactiveclientforthegroup,aprivatetechnologycompanythatengagedourbanktosellitself.Asthiswastheonlybusinessforthegroupatthattime,thisdealwasundertremendousscrutinyonalllevels.

Iwasworking100-plushourweeksforthreestraightmonths,andIremembervividlyoneweekendwhenIhadahorribleflu.IwasattheofficeworkingonaSaturdaywhentheVPmanagingthisdealwentouttodinner.Assheleft,sheaskedfor“anotherrev”onthepresentation.Translation:Ihadtoputinanothereighthoursthatnight,withafever,andtheCEOwantedtoreviewthepresentationona7:00AMcallthenextmorning(Sunday).

IcantremembertheexactmixtureofcaffeineanddecongestantsItook,butIsomehowmanagedtogetthepresentationdone,nabacouplehoursofsleepandarrivebackintheofficeforthecall.Iwasdrowsy,achyandcoughingmiserablyduringthecall.AtonepointtheVPmutedthephone,lookedatmeandsaid,“I’mgoingtoneedyoutoperkup.

PerkupIdid,butnotinthewayshewasthinking.Atthatprecisemoment,IknewIwasinthewrongjobandmoreimportantly,thewrongcareerpath.Inonelifelessonshehadunwittingly(andunrelentingly)taughtmethreekeythings:

Pursuegreatpeopleandnotthepaycheck

追隨優(yōu)秀的人，而不是工資

Doworkyoulove

做自己寵愛的工作

Createahealthywork-lifebalance

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22保證健康的工作和生活平衡

Suddenly,theincomewasnotasimportantasbeingabletoworkwithgreatmentorsandpeopleIcouldlearnfrom.Ihadhopedforthiswhenacceptingtheinvestment-bankingjobandsoonrealizeditdidn’texist.Iremainedblindedbythepayuntilthatmutebuttonwaspressed.Ileftandultimatelytookajobthatpaidmuchlessbutwasfarmorerewardingintermsofthepeopleandthework.

Havingaclearunderstandingofwhatwasimportanttomewascriticalnotjustwhenco-foundingacompanythatIwantedtoworkat–butalsotocreateaplace