#career-advice

#career-advice

Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham raised the alarm on an AI bubble, revealed a pandemic bet that didn't pay off, and recommended young people steer clear of Wall Street in a memoir published last month. The GMO cofounder wrote in "The Making of a Permabear: The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-term World," which he coauthored, that ChatGPT's release in late 2022 shored up a crumbling stock market and created a "bubble within a bubble."

You may be jumping to conclusions about your former boss. Your interviewers could have been nasty for all kinds of reasons. They might already have known who they wanted to hire (possibly an internal candidate) and were irritated that they had to interview other people. They may intentionally haze candidates to see how they hold up under pressure. They might have been mad at one another. Or they could just have a nasty office culture. You're probably lucky you didn't take a job there!

Early on in my own career, I was lucky enough to spend some time with Nick Kendall when he was head of planning at BBH and running the IPA Excellence Diploma. He gave some very simple advice that I didn't fully appreciate at the time. He said, 'no matter what, keep going.' Only all these years later do I realize how good his advice was, so I'm passing it on.

Michael Bloomberg may be worth more than $100 billion, but he doesn't think that salary is everything when it comes to early jobs. "People make the mistake of going to work for a place where they get paid the most. Particularly when you're young, that's not what life is about," Bloomberg said in an interview with Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, that aired on January 7.

I'm a parent myself. I have three college-age girls. We all want the absolute best for our kids, and I recognize the job market is tough. But it blows my mind how many parents think it's appropriate for them to reach out to me on LinkedIn or by email and say, Hey, if you could talk to my child, you'd be able to inspire them to apply.

It's timeeeee... for the Summer 2026 internship application cycle! I was lucky enough to intern for the Golden State Warriors last summer, which was one of the highlights of my college experience thus far. I learned so much and met so many amazing people, and it definitely helped me decide what I want to do post grad.

Long-term unemployment is at a post-pandemic high, with more than one in four workers without jobs unemployed for at least half a year. Which makes it a nerve-wracking time to be moving through any sort of career upheaval. If you do find yourself unmoored in the current market, whether or not by choice, it could be a good time to recalibrate and get clear on your next steps.

Imposter syndrome doesn't signal weakness-it signals you're exactly where you should be. That's the counterintuitive message from Scott Galloway, a NYU marketing professor and serial entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple companies for millions of dollars. In a recent episode of his podcast, The Prof G Pod, Galloway reframed one of professional life's most common anxieties as evidence of ambition, not inadequacy.

But that advice was followed during a different time and for workplaces that were designed to keep you in line, not further your career. In today's fast-moving workforce, clinging to outdated relationships, toxic workplaces, or unfair structures isn't loyalty. It's self-sabotaging. It's time to rethink what was once considered the norm. Sometimes burning a bridge isn't reckless. It's strategic. It's the first step toward building something better in your career.

One of the many pieces of career advice that emerged years ago and has somehow persisted is the idea that we should bring our whole selves to work. That doesn't always work, and it's starting to look a bit threadbare with age, especially as the job market has cooled and employers can be more selective about those they hire.

At some point, nearly every woman has wished they had an older woman in their life whom they could ask their most burning questions. And while many of us have older sisters, mothers, or friends we could ask, it can often be awkward to ask them deeply personal questions... That's why I decided to open up the platform for women who are 25 and younger to ask women over 50 anything they want to know!

The beautiful thing about Teen Vogue Summit is everybody is really encouraged to own their own story, and so I hope that's what they walk away with,

Don't go into finance, hedge funds, whatever it is, because your friend is making a lot of money,

Financial tycoons shared their advice for young people to succeed at work and in life. Billionaires Leon Cooperman, Jeff Greene, and John Calamos said passion and hard work are vital. Kevin O'Leary, Nassim Taleb, and Ross Gerber said they need to be responsible and disciplined.