Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future · chapter 7 · id zero-to-one-c7-06-career-decisions-follow-a-powe

“Career decisions follow a power law -- choosing the right company or field matters exponentially more than anything else you do. 'Life is not a portfolio.'”

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TechCrunch -- Counting the Google Millionaires (2007)source alive

Approximately 900 Google employees became millionaires at IPO. Google's chef (employee #56) had 40,000 shares worth $4 million.

Cambridge -- Within-Job Wage Inequalitysource alive

About 80% of widening residual wage inequality is found to be within jobs (industry-occupation pairs), not between fields.

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