comment on this as a 20 something with a developed prefrontal cortex

(i have skin in the game)

"figure out what you want to be when you grow up" is the most important piece of action you can take

probably most important challenge and it takes years to figure out

you can respect zuck, dhh, @fredwilson.eth or karpathy at the same time and want to be like all of them

but their lives, lifestyles, families, problems and stories are completely different

and probably not even applicable to yours

so you really need to figure out what end goal suits you the best and be very focused on what will help you achieve this particular one

In my 20s, I maintained a version-controlled list of people I considered role models. The most interesting thing was to see how it changed over time. Removing someone from the list was always a moment of important introspection. I still look back at the history sometimes. Would recommend.

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My role models changed, at least as I perceived them: Some atrocity came into light, which outweighed the things I liked about them.

My tastes changed: Sometimes I admired people because my peers admired them, but I developed more nuance in things I cared about over time.

I changed: I moved to a different place in my life, I achieved some of my personal growth goals or abandoned others, to the point where some role models were no longer relevant to me. 

In some cases, a role model can be a stepping stone towards who you want to be--there might be intermediary states that need to be reached first.

version control is a top tier tool for this, well done

how did this evolve over time?

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I like this idea (version controlled lists in general)

Fascinating self-reflection on evolving role models, worth trying