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Comment author: jklsemicolon 07 March 2013 09:56:48PM 7 points [-]

If you're good at something, do that thing.

(Obvious caveats apply.)

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 11:19:38PM 5 points [-]

So it's not obvious to me that this is a good idea. On the one hand, comparative advantage. On the other hand, fixed vs. growth mindset: you can change what you're good at, and this might be valuable. Aaron Swartz wrote a nice blog post about how restricting it is to be good at one thing because it feels like you shouldn't do other things that I can't currently find.

Comment author: jklsemicolon 07 March 2013 11:24:53PM 6 points [-]

Yes; "do that thing" should not be confused with "do only that thing".

Comment author: FiftyTwo 08 March 2013 07:30:52PM *  4 points [-]

If you're good at something never do it for free.

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