Elon Musk says

“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve”

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Quotes on Career Development

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“I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong.”

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

—Warren Buffett

“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.”

“It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”

—Warren Buffett

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication […] No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don’t want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.”

“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”

—Warren Buffett

“One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.”

“Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.”

—Warren Buffett

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing”

—Warren Buffett

“Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”

“Never give up searching for the job that you are passionate about”

—Warren Buffett