Biggest Mistakes You've Made?
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Sitting on ideas only to see other people implement them and whiz by me. In hindsight, I've learned that I shouldn't wait and do what I need to do right now.
1. Having a go at it alone.
2. Taking too long to launch - fail early, fail often, iterate.
3. In-efficient outsourcing.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from practice. Practice entails making bad decisions. ;-)
I've always been hesitant to make decisions when I didn't have all the information. My current approach is to gather a reasonable amount of information, throw my energy into a particular course of action, and be willing to turn on a dime if contraindications present themselves.
To sum up: My biggest mistake has been my fear of mistakes.
I've always been hesitant to make decisions when I didn't have all the information. My current approach is to gather a reasonable amount of information, throw my energy into a particular course of action, and be willing to turn on a dime if contraindications present themselves.
To sum up: My biggest mistake has been my fear of mistakes.
Moonlighting for so long, the sin of sins.
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Grad School :(
I wouldn't say grad school is a mistake. It's a good place to meet a lot of smart people that you could potentially partner with or even get technical advice from. Grad students that I know are geniuses.