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Discussion on: What's the best career decision you've ever made?

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Jeff Lindsay

I was originally going to say my best decision was to not specialize. By always learning by always doing new things, my opportunities and capabilities continue to increase. At some point, you see enough that everything starts to become similar, making it even easier. Then at some point, you look back and realize, "Huh, I feel like I could do anything I wanted."

However, more importantly, I think my best decision was and is to always follow my interests. For some this might lead to specializing, for others, generalizing. Maybe for me it was a little of both. However, if I didn't do this, I would not be motivated to learn and try new things. I would not be driven to finding the edge of some area, putting me in the right time and place to be there for major innovations, in some cases making them myself.