advice on Tom Hickerson's Sitehttps://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/advice/Recent content in advice on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000The days are long but the decades are shorthttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-04-29-the-days-are-long-but-the-decades-are-short/Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2015/2015-04-29-the-days-are-long-but-the-decades-are-short/From Sam Altman: “Aim to do something big, new, and risky every year in your personal and professional life.” tags: inspiration The days are long but the decades are shortWhat You Learn in Your 40shttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2014/2014-07-18-what-you-learn-in-your-40s/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2014/2014-07-18-what-you-learn-in-your-40s/Forgive your exes, even the awful ones. They were just winging it, too. tags: advice What You Learn in Your 40sThings I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Codehttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2013/2013-11-24-things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-when-i-was-learning-how-to-code/Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2013/2013-11-24-things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-when-i-was-learning-how-to-code/tags: programming Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to CodeHOWTO: Be more productivehttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2013/2013-01-12-howto-be-more-productive-aaron-swartzs-raw-thought/Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2013/2013-01-12-howto-be-more-productive-aaron-swartzs-raw-thought/tags: internet, life, procrastination, productivity HOWTO: Be more productive (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)22 Courses Later: The Commencement Speechhttps://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2006/2006-05-17-22-courses-later-the-commencement-speech/Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2006/2006-05-17-22-courses-later-the-commencement-speech/I'll be graduating this weekend, and I am looking forward to hearing a commencement speech given to the Tufts community by Lance Armstrong. I think that will be a real treat. I don't know what kind of advice he'll be giving the class of 2006, but I am sure it will be something special. Advice during a commencement speech comes in all shapes and sizes, but there was one piece of advice I was just reading about from Thomas Siebel's commencement speech that I thought was appropriate to share: First thing, you need to get a job.