Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, shared insights on career advice he provided to interns. He explained that the best job or path is highly personalized, depending on individual motivations such as money, prestige, or power. However, he cautioned against conventional drivers, stating that money loses its appeal due to diminishing returns, prestige often leads to disillusionment, and power in early career stages is deceptive. Ultimately, he emphasized a thoughtful approach to career decisions over simply following societal norms.
It's an interesting question to try to answer for an intern I didn't really know, because of course the actual answer is dependent on that person and their life. So I had to figure out how to articulate the framework I used.
Money is a top reason, Shear wrote, but has "diminishing returns." Prestige, meanwhile, is "mostly a trap, for the same reason designer clothing brands are bad deals."
Shear added that jobs promising power only offer you "borrowed power," especially if one has just begun their career.
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