Really enjoyed this, thanks Paul. Related hard to the mindset inequality segment. Still debugging the risk aversion in me. The maths skills map is hilarious.
> One thing I’ve learned from talking to hundreds of people about work and taking unconventional paths is that the biggest fears are always related to identity.
I just discovered a person named Aella on Twitter and Substack yesterday. She has a GREAT essay called “decoding the elites” or something similar about her experience being from a working class background and mingling at high end elite parties. It’s an excellent essay generally and it’s really insightful if you’re interested in that clash of worlds.
ah this is nice - i have an in progress essay about my time at mckinsey and how i had to decode a lot of this stuff - good push to work on it next week!
Really enjoyed this, thanks Paul. Related hard to the mindset inequality segment. Still debugging the risk aversion in me. The maths skills map is hilarious.
> One thing I’ve learned from talking to hundreds of people about work and taking unconventional paths is that the biggest fears are always related to identity.
I just discovered a person named Aella on Twitter and Substack yesterday. She has a GREAT essay called “decoding the elites” or something similar about her experience being from a working class background and mingling at high end elite parties. It’s an excellent essay generally and it’s really insightful if you’re interested in that clash of worlds.
ah this is nice - i have an in progress essay about my time at mckinsey and how i had to decode a lot of this stuff - good push to work on it next week!