#Career Archives - Sterling Terrell

The career’s ultimate paradox – especially for artists – is death.

I mean, an up and coming popular artist is one thing.

But an up and coming popular artist with a limited body of work passing away at 27 is a recipe for greatness.

It’s going out on top – and skipping the hangover of growing old and boring.

It’s almost like JFK.

People like the idea of JFK. They like the hope and the potential, more than his actual performance as a president.

Yeah, I don’t want that either though…

Dying young can really help an art career along. It’s the careerist’s ultimate paradox.

-Sarah Manguso, 300 Arguments (Amazon)

I get it, not all firms are capable of remote work.

Hamburgers have to be cooked. Plumbing has to be fixed. And hair needs cut.

But for more and more of us, this is not the place we find ourselves.

60% of our time is spent in software and 40% of our time spent in email.

And Saddington is right.

It all boils down to the autonomy of time.

Do you have a choice in it, or not?

Firms that are capable will compete over this perk more and more.

And then, like most other benefits, it will be expected.

The Careerist’s Ultimate Paradox