Wish I Knew . . .

# 83 Mark Herschberg - Author / MIT Professor / CTO / App Creator

January 24, 2023 Season 2 Episode 83
Wish I Knew . . .
# 83 Mark Herschberg - Author / MIT Professor / CTO / App Creator
Show Notes

Career Background:

  • Author of the book "The Career Toolkit"
  • MIT Graduate and an engineer by background
  • Chief Technology Officer at several companies
  • Faculty at MIT
  • Creator of the "brain Dump" App

https://brainbumpapp.com/

Highlights

  • Mom "Why don't you teach the chess class"
  • Book "The Career Toolkit" 
    • 10 Topics / 10 chapters
  • Learning the intangible skills to go along with the technical skills
  • Giving content to MIT
  • Helping people reach their potential
  • Graduate degree in Cryptography
  • Political volunteer for Clinton
  • Never ever have software based voting
  • Not knowing what to do, he "Hid" out at MIT as research staff
  • How to think about looking for a job
  • Look at the job not the title, dig deeper
  • Looking at your career like a chess match
  • Running towards is better than running away
  • Look for material changes at your company
  • Building your career plan
  • Don't "Drift" with your career
  • Field testing his book
  • Be open to randomness and opportunities
  • Focusing on the outcome
  • Hates consulting
  • Competitive dance career
  • Discount all advice you are given
  • Sabbatical 5 months prior to 30 years old

 

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