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My latest book "Beyond The Syllabus" is written EXCLUSIVELY for teenagers. Pick it up here: https://amzn.to/3ICkIFh If you want to join me for the Career Matters series, please fill this form: https://forms.gle/LSvBVcLdYkMiwuzZ9 In this episode of Career Matters, I meet Pratyush from Uttarakhand, a 25-year-old software developer facing a career crisis. After graduating in 2022, he spent two years attempting UPSC four times, failing to clear mains twice. Now back in the workforce at a US-based fintech startup, he's torn between multiple paths - MBA, another UPSC attempt, or staying in his current role. Through our conversation, I help Pratyush discover his true strengths. I introduce him to the IC model (Industry + Company culture) for career decisions and explain why being in the top 20% of intersecting skills often beats being average in one specialization. We also discuss the importance of tracking progress over obsessing about results, and why the generalist path through startups might be perfect for someone with his personality and skillset. 00:00 Introduction 00:39 About Pratyush 03:07 Pratyush's expectations from Career Matters 06:29 Questions for Pratyush 12:32 Analysing the situation 18:47 Closing remarks #CareerMatters #CareerAdvice #CareerPlan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ankur Warikoo is an internet entrepreneur and India's leading career mentor, reaching: - 15Mn+ followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook - 4X Bestselling author of Do Epic Shit (2021), Get Epic Shit Done (2022) Make Epic Money (2024), and Build an Epic Career (2025) - Founder of WebVeda.com - an online school empowering young Indians, with 450,000+ career success stories and counting - A career catalyst who's been both the interviewer and interviewee, the founder and the funded, the mentor and the mentee. - Having navigated multiple career pivots (from physicist to consultant to CEO to content creator), he's now dedicated to helping you build an extraordinary career without making the same mistakes he did. Featured in Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40 List for India, Forbes Top 100 Digital Creators list, and LinkedIn India's Top Voices, he brings real-world insights from his MBA at Indian School of Business, his time as CEO of Groupon India and nearbuy.com, and his journey of building multiple successful ventures. This channel is your weekly dose of practical, no-nonsense career advice - from cracking interviews to negotiating salaries, from switching careers to starting up, from building your personal brand to becoming irreplaceable at work.