The Minutes of Bill Gurley on career decisions https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/career-decisions/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on career decisions: 4 verbatim quotes from March 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:04 +0000 Gurley describes how Bezos developed his 80-year-old self framework while David Shaw tried to retain him. https://minutesof.com/q/6de422b0-7395-4691-b1ed-c93c51b0ea7d/ https://minutesof.com/q/6de422b0-7395-4691-b1ed-c93c51b0ea7d/ “David Shaw was trying he worked at DE Shaw. David Shaw was trying to get him to not go, and he came up with this idea which is” — Bill Gurley Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:57:59 +0000 career decisions Gurley developed a mental exercise asking if he saw himself in his job thirty years from now. https://minutesof.com/q/7ff17263-0f8b-43a8-89dd-86131d26e796/ https://minutesof.com/q/7ff17263-0f8b-43a8-89dd-86131d26e796/ “I had this I developed this mental exercise that I didn't realize I was doing, but at the time, but I said to myself well, a couple years in, we started a third project, looked like the second project, looked like the first project.” — Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:48:19 +0000 career decisions Gurley used a mental exercise asking if he could see himself doing the same work thirty years later. https://minutesof.com/q/424ef94d-ac9e-4272-b287-5b62af89754d/ https://minutesof.com/q/424ef94d-ac9e-4272-b287-5b62af89754d/ “I developed this mental exercise that I didn't realize I was doing, but at the time, but I said to myself well, a couple years in, we started a third project, looked like the second project, looked like the first project.” — Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:48:19 +0000 career decisions Gurley paused in front of senior offices at 10 PM asking if he wanted that career path. https://minutesof.com/q/f8252270-9009-4ecc-80bd-3bc31344ebe4/ https://minutesof.com/q/f8252270-9009-4ecc-80bd-3bc31344ebe4/ “I don't even know why I did this in front of each of those four offices and said, is that gonna be me?” — Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:48:19 +0000 career decisions