career: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/career/ Everyone on the record about career: 43 verbatim quotes from 5 people, December 2012 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:51 +0000 Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove says his thirty-eight year MI6 career never had a boring day despite the discip https://minutesof.com/q/97090f7a-9632-4832-b7aa-b120f7fc6487/ https://minutesof.com/q/97090f7a-9632-4832-b7aa-b120f7fc6487/ “I was in MI6 for thirty eight years and despite the discipline, the restraints, the secrecy, I probably never had a boring day at work.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 career Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove says his thirty-eight years at MI6 were never boring despite the discipline and https://minutesof.com/q/92bea7df-fb57-489d-951e-4e4eb80350cf/ https://minutesof.com/q/92bea7df-fb57-489d-951e-4e4eb80350cf/ “I can honestly say I was in MI6 for thirty eight years and despite the discipline, the restraints, the secrecy, I probably never had a boring day at work.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley says he developed skills in synthesizing and communicating through blogs and podcasts duri https://minutesof.com/q/47df155f-b877-4466-be3e-9919afb359a8/ https://minutesof.com/q/47df155f-b877-4466-be3e-9919afb359a8/ “I've, I've developed a pretty good rhythm about being able to synthesize and communicate. So I did that in my venture career through blogs and eventually things like podcasts.” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:02:49 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley says being at the industry epicenter amplifies all career principles because continuous le https://minutesof.com/q/9845fc2f-de1e-4517-a77b-0e9e713b5bb2/ https://minutesof.com/q/9845fc2f-de1e-4517-a77b-0e9e713b5bb2/ “all the other principles in the book get better. So I talk about continuous learning, I talk about finding mentors, I talk about finding peers. Like, all those things in the epicenter happen continuously.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues moving to an industry's epicenter amplifies all career advantages including learnin https://minutesof.com/q/6c7a995c-b40d-4049-aaa9-61085bab94e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/6c7a995c-b40d-4049-aaa9-61085bab94e2/ “Because all the other principles in the book get better. So I talk about continuous learning, I talk about finding mentors, I talk about finding peers.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley advises moving to your industry's epicenter because it amplifies learning, mentorship, pee https://minutesof.com/q/127fe817-7bd6-43b7-9244-353ee5fdfd2d/ https://minutesof.com/q/127fe817-7bd6-43b7-9244-353ee5fdfd2d/ “If your industry has an epicenter, and we're sitting in an epicenter, but like if like, and you are confident this is your fascination lane, you should go.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues the best jobs for thriving come from creating opportunities yourself rather than wa https://minutesof.com/q/ba5af02d-78dc-46a2-b363-4fc8d1b3abb2/ https://minutesof.com/q/ba5af02d-78dc-46a2-b363-4fc8d1b3abb2/ “I think the best jobs for, like, you to really thrive are ones where you go and create the opportunity yourself.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues fascination makes learning effortless and energizing, while unfascinating work depl https://minutesof.com/q/bcdaea8d-47b1-4657-bec6-ab3f4f10002e/ https://minutesof.com/q/bcdaea8d-47b1-4657-bec6-ab3f4f10002e/ “Like like you you study things for fun. Like like you get done reading it, you go, ah, you wanna tell somebody you're excited, you get energy.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues fascination makes learning free and energizing rather than draining like studying u https://minutesof.com/q/4adf06a3-1799-458d-b1c9-6736419a5745/ https://minutesof.com/q/4adf06a3-1799-458d-b1c9-6736419a5745/ “when you're fascinated with something, the learning is free. Like like you you study things for fun.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites Daniel Pink's research showing regrets of inaction are the number one regret people https://minutesof.com/q/b4ede822-b51a-449c-a608-2c6de83a891f/ https://minutesof.com/q/b4ede822-b51a-449c-a608-2c6de83a891f/ “And the number one thing people regret at the end of their lives is what he calls boldness regrets, their regrets of inaction.” — Bill Gurley, Jackson Square Ventures Book Club Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:30:51 +0000 career Gavin Baker: Baker's consistent advice to young people is to be both kind and scrappy, a rare combination. https://minutesof.com/q/43b4fec0-b06d-466e-ba90-0803c0cd9853/ https://minutesof.com/q/43b4fec0-b06d-466e-ba90-0803c0cd9853/ “And I always give the same advice, be kind and be scrappy. A lot of people who are kind are not scrappy and a lot of people are scrappy are not kind.” — Gavin Baker, Generating Alpha Podcast Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:54:53 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley says Brett Taylor became an AI expert in three years despite not being one previously. https://minutesof.com/q/cbc020bc-17a7-40f2-974a-e79a4460b2c1/ https://minutesof.com/q/cbc020bc-17a7-40f2-974a-e79a4460b2c1/ “Well guess what like three years ago he wasn't an AI expert but he became one.” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Fri, 15 May 2026 23:32:47 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites Tito's founder who worked twenty years in other fields before starting vodka company https://minutesof.com/q/d47647f2-0f0e-4d84-9540-316f86013643/ https://minutesof.com/q/d47647f2-0f0e-4d84-9540-316f86013643/ “There's a gentleman named Burt Beveridge who was a seismologist undergrad, worked in oil and gas for ten years, got scared actually because he was in Latin America, things got dicey, became a mortgage broker for another ten years, and then one weekend convinced himself to launch a vodka company named Tito's,” — Bill Gurley, Forbes Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:11:11 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley changed careers twice using the thirty-year test before finding his path to venture capita https://minutesof.com/q/ea836ebf-cf49-4754-b6e0-e5c42d3fc38c/ https://minutesof.com/q/ea836ebf-cf49-4754-b6e0-e5c42d3fc38c/ “I went to MBA school, I went to Wall Street, worked there for three years, had the same discussion with myself, which got me looking in a different direction,” — Bill Gurley, Forbes Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:11:11 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley explains that regrets of inaction intensify with age more than mistakes made. https://minutesof.com/q/9ce37508-4b9d-4056-ac74-487f82584e5c/ https://minutesof.com/q/9ce37508-4b9d-4056-ac74-487f82584e5c/ “Daniel has, in his book on regrets, talks a lot about regrets of inaction. He calls them boldness regrets.” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley describes his heuristic of asking whether he could see himself doing the same job thirty y https://minutesof.com/q/40bf8195-de3c-4907-a90a-aa29c7c3b491/ https://minutesof.com/q/40bf8195-de3c-4907-a90a-aa29c7c3b491/ “I one day thought to myself, do I see myself doing this thirty years from now?” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley offers heuristic for career decisions: ask yourself if you see doing current job thirty ye https://minutesof.com/q/c39dbcb3-20f7-44e2-8652-b79b8d83cdc8/ https://minutesof.com/q/c39dbcb3-20f7-44e2-8652-b79b8d83cdc8/ “But I then had a reflection and this is the heuristic I think people can use. I, I one day thought to myself, do I see myself doing this thirty years from now?” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites data showing over 50% of people work outside their college major ten years after gra https://minutesof.com/q/bc259110-1a0c-4217-8fc7-1f501c90cc5b/ https://minutesof.com/q/bc259110-1a0c-4217-8fc7-1f501c90cc5b/ “Like over 50% of people are no longer working in the career that was was stated by their major. And I bet that number's getting worse.” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley announces foundation giving 105 grants annually to people financially stuck but wanting to https://minutesof.com/q/3ab8a970-ba49-47d0-95d4-523396d3d7ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/3ab8a970-ba49-47d0-95d4-523396d3d7ef/ “I'm also starting launching a foundation. I've already set aside the money, but I'm gonna give a $105 grants a year to people who want to chase their dreams, but maybe a little stuck financially and need a little help to get there.” — Bill Gurley, Mighty Pursuit Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:49:15 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley describes hating traditional college hiring with 30 candidates getting fifteen minute slot https://minutesof.com/q/5347634b-7b03-44f9-bccf-e03d4a8c4d1d/ https://minutesof.com/q/5347634b-7b03-44f9-bccf-e03d4a8c4d1d/ “You got to stand out next to everyone that's just like you. And it seems so unoptimal to me.” — Bill Gurley, Mighty Pursuit Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:49:15 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley reports survey finding that 60% of people would choose a different career if starting over https://minutesof.com/q/680bc053-7fd3-4e9e-b390-198f3fe3c17d/ https://minutesof.com/q/680bc053-7fd3-4e9e-b390-198f3fe3c17d/ “we did a survey where we asked people if you could go back in time and start your career over again, would you do something different? And six out of 10 said yes.” — Bill Gurley, Silicon Valley Girl Clips Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:01:05 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing over 50% aren't engaged at work, only 23% qualify as engage https://minutesof.com/q/3bf71ed5-1400-4e1f-92a3-b6de2cdd3955/ https://minutesof.com/q/3bf71ed5-1400-4e1f-92a3-b6de2cdd3955/ “If you're unfulfilled at work, there's a 2023 Gallup poll study that came out and said over 50% of people aren't actively engaged at work. And the number that qualifies engaged is like 23%.” — Bill Gurley, Silicon Valley Girl Clips Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:01:05 +0000 career Bill Gurley: I ended up in Silicon Valley and got into venture capital and spent twenty five years there and n https://minutesof.com/q/bc6523ef-0de9-49ec-852d-43b1c7eb1cb2/ https://minutesof.com/q/bc6523ef-0de9-49ec-852d-43b1c7eb1cb2/ “I ended up in Silicon Valley and got into venture capital and spent twenty five years there and never asked myself that question again.” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 career Bill Gurley: I paused in each one of them and said, do I want to be here thirty years from now, like in that o https://minutesof.com/q/5e32ab91-c769-4a52-bccb-0bd6ecef8a0e/ https://minutesof.com/q/5e32ab91-c769-4a52-bccb-0bd6ecef8a0e/ “I paused in each one of them and said, do I want to be here thirty years from now, like in that office?” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 career Bill Gurley: And I paused in each one of them and said, do I want to be here thirty years from now, like in th https://minutesof.com/q/ccb39945-8504-4c3b-9c60-bf980f17febd/ https://minutesof.com/q/ccb39945-8504-4c3b-9c60-bf980f17febd/ “And I paused in each one of them and said, do I want to be here thirty years from now, like in that office?” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites Stanford research showing 40% of people shift away from their college major within f https://minutesof.com/q/51f60a5f-e143-48db-a3f9-387baff3fcf9/ https://minutesof.com/q/51f60a5f-e143-48db-a3f9-387baff3fcf9/ “But a lot of people do. There's Dave Evans at Stanford who does the Designing Your Life class and book, you know, they highlight that like four years, five years out, 40% of people are no longer doing the work that was in their major.” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley criticizes schools requiring major declaration as high school juniors when students cannot https://minutesof.com/q/a2dba08f-0a1e-4723-8102-9998e709eb3a/ https://minutesof.com/q/a2dba08f-0a1e-4723-8102-9998e709eb3a/ “Now at many schools, you have to apply to your major, like, as you're applying to college. So you're a junior in high school and people are like, what's your passion?” — Bill Gurley, Afford Anything Podcast Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:04 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley's Wharton survey found six in ten people would choose a different career path if starting https://minutesof.com/q/7288e242-36ad-4e3d-aa42-ae9af2befaff/ https://minutesof.com/q/7288e242-36ad-4e3d-aa42-ae9af2befaff/ “We hired we hired Wharton to do an official academic review, and that one came out six and ten. There's a book by Daniel Pink about regrets called the power of regrets.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Podcasts Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:47:37 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues those who best understand AI's impact on their role won't be laid off. https://minutesof.com/q/ad682a9f-d25d-42f4-82c8-b189e1b608f6/ https://minutesof.com/q/ad682a9f-d25d-42f4-82c8-b189e1b608f6/ “if there are 40 people in your org all doing the same thing, and you understand how AI affects that role more than the rest of them, you're not getting laid off.” — Bill Gurley, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:48:19 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley says Silicon Valley has nightly networking events that massively increase probability of l https://minutesof.com/q/bd3e637e-2f2d-4980-8274-80bae7de86c5/ https://minutesof.com/q/bd3e637e-2f2d-4980-8274-80bae7de86c5/ “And on top of all that, what I just said, a lot of people talk about luck in their career path.” — Bill Gurley, Brew Markets Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:28:10 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites 2023 Gallup poll showing 53% of people are disengaged at work. https://minutesof.com/q/7f935901-587d-4b6a-850f-e2b9f4a19ed8/ https://minutesof.com/q/7f935901-587d-4b6a-850f-e2b9f4a19ed8/ “there was a Gallup poll in 2023 that like 53% of people are disengaged at work. And that's not great. We've all heard about quiet quitting.” — Bill Gurley, On with Kara Swisher Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:18:55 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley describes Fidel stalking General Magic for six months after reading Rolling Stone, passing https://minutesof.com/q/d8b5c536-ad1f-4efe-8ef1-b4a77f9e0443/ https://minutesof.com/q/d8b5c536-ad1f-4efe-8ef1-b4a77f9e0443/ “These were the individuals of Apple and they had all left to go to a company, General Magic. He didn't know what they did.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley argues Silicon Valley offers daily networking events that accelerate learning and connecti https://minutesof.com/q/03760161-e749-4114-b136-d044c6c1761b/ https://minutesof.com/q/03760161-e749-4114-b136-d044c6c1761b/ “if you're in Silicon Valley and you have time, you can find an event every night. And at that event, you might meet a peer.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley's Wharton survey found sixty percent of people would choose a different career path if sta https://minutesof.com/q/32baf5d4-6e14-47e9-bc99-6c3c5fc893e6/ https://minutesof.com/q/32baf5d4-6e14-47e9-bc99-6c3c5fc893e6/ “We did a survey with Wharton and said, if you could go back and start over, would you choose a different career path? And sixty percent of people said yes.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley walked Wall Street offices late at night to visualize his future as a senior analyst. https://minutesof.com/q/ecec9fb5-75bf-41cb-a956-a4584f083fdd/ https://minutesof.com/q/ecec9fb5-75bf-41cb-a956-a4584f083fdd/ “I walked around the office late one night, about 10PM Park Avenue Plaza and the 63rd, 36th Floor and the corner offices were the most senior sell side analysts.” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley used a thirty-year thought experiment to test career fit, mirroring Bezos's eighty-year se https://minutesof.com/q/a3651980-8734-498a-8c16-eb6146bb9791/ https://minutesof.com/q/a3651980-8734-498a-8c16-eb6146bb9791/ “I don't know that I said, I'm doing this exercise kind of like Bezos did when he started. But I said to myself, do I see myself doing this thirty years from now?” — Bill Gurley, Lux Capital Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:27 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley's survey found seven out of ten people would choose a different career if they could start https://minutesof.com/q/4c22dd27-ed0e-422d-be6c-57c572e94ca1/ https://minutesof.com/q/4c22dd27-ed0e-422d-be6c-57c572e94ca1/ “We ask a thousand people, if you could start your career over again, would you do something different? Seven out of 10 said yes.” — Bill Gurley, Young and Profiting Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:01:05 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley's Wharton survey found six in ten people would choose a different career if they could go https://minutesof.com/q/4726eef7-a774-4407-bd98-fd8459ca65b3/ https://minutesof.com/q/4726eef7-a774-4407-bd98-fd8459ca65b3/ “It led to us doing this survey with Wharton where we asked people, if you could go back in life, would you choose a different career? And six in 10 people say yes.” — Bill Gurley, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:34:22 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley's research found 70% would restart careers differently; Wharton replication confirmed six https://minutesof.com/q/ab88cd5c-5353-43fa-bb5f-7986b44caa00/ https://minutesof.com/q/ab88cd5c-5353-43fa-bb5f-7986b44caa00/ “We did this survey and asked people if you could start your career over again, would you do things differently? And in that survey, 70% of people said yes.” — Bill Gurley, Bg2 Pod Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:56:17 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley cites surveys showing 70% then 60% would restart careers differently if possible. https://minutesof.com/q/12ba53b7-f4b2-4082-a376-c9778c8c0aa9/ https://minutesof.com/q/12ba53b7-f4b2-4082-a376-c9778c8c0aa9/ “We did this survey and asked people if you could start your career over again, would you do things differently? And in that survey, 70% of people said yes.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:40:02 +0000 career Howard Marks: Marks says he's made only five to seven market calls in fifty years, when prices reached absurd https://minutesof.com/q/e759942d-218b-4ce0-b75e-be70dad8b744/ https://minutesof.com/q/e759942d-218b-4ce0-b75e-be70dad8b744/ “And when prices are at absurd extremes, the case, the logic for a market call is very strong, and the probability of being right is very high.” — Howard Marks, Goldman Sachs Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:18:25 +0000 career David Tepper: Tepper refused to execute bond order from Goldman's M&A head because company was on restricted l https://minutesof.com/q/358d6ce6-99bc-42c3-8bd5-789b9512bcdb/ https://minutesof.com/q/358d6ce6-99bc-42c3-8bd5-789b9512bcdb/ “So he wanted to buy this one company's bonds. And he gave an order for it in, and I refused his order because the company was on the restricted list.” — David Tepper, B.E.S.T. Sun, 06 May 2018 00:11:47 +0000 career Bill Gurley: Gurley contrasts Austin Ventures' advice to work twenty years before VC with Benchmark's opposite https://minutesof.com/q/7fbc48a1-04a8-4d72-833a-b1ef72bd408b/ https://minutesof.com/q/7fbc48a1-04a8-4d72-833a-b1ef72bd408b/ “And they said, go work for twenty years and then get in. And it's ironic when I think back to that moment in time because we have kind of the exact opposite process.” — Bill Gurley, GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:56:41 +0000 career