My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
Mark ZuckerbergRead
If you just work on stuff that you like and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out.
Interpretation
Pursuing your passions eliminates the need for a rigid plan for success.
Mark Zuckerberg emphasizes the importance of focusing on work that genuinely interests and excites you. When you engage in activities that you are passionate about, the journey becomes less about following a predetermined path and more about exploring opportunities as they arise, leading to a more fulfilling and potentially successful outcome.
In practice
Using this quote at a career motivational speech to inspire young professionals.
My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side.
People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.
Simply put: we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services.
The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'
Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.
Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb, "The dogs bark but the caravan passes on"? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your caravan.
If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?
Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were speed races, but they are not. They're endurance races. Even a marathon, the way it's run now, it's not an endurance contest.
Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.
You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.
Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.
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