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"We’re all making it up as we go along."

This is rubbish. Most regular people are not :). Entrepreneurs - maybe.

Just because you're 'faking it until you make it' does not necessarily mean that it's 'ok'.

Most businesses are well established, and there are long running norms and practices.

Working for a bank, usually you need a very specific education, then several years of learning the ropes, and there's no way around it, unless you want an embarrassing hole in your knowledge.

So yes, it's good advice for some, but there's a reason you might feel like an 'impostor' and it could be because you are. There is a reason that most CEO's are 40-50 something and not 23. Heyzeus.



I feel like the "we" in that article is obviously the group of entrepreneurs and not everyone... especially as the subject of the leading sentence is first-time entrepreneurs.


Fair enough, but when he says 'we're all' ... well ...




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