How to Choose A Career You Won’t Regret
Summary
TLDRこのビデオ脚本は、大学の卒業生スティーブンが自分のキャリア選択に悩んでいる様子を通して、現代の職業選択の難しさを描いています。スティーブンはコンピューターサイエンスと経済学のダブルメジャー、仏教心理学とメンタルヘルスのマイナーを取得していますが、将来の職業について決断がつかず、多様な興味を持つ「ルネッサンス魂」と呼ばれる多面的な才能を持つことの重要性を説きます。ビデオでは、産業革命や経済の専門化、教育システムの進化、経済的安全性、文化価値観、情報非対称性、専門主義の台頭といった要因が、単一のキャリア選択の神話に寄与していると分析されています。最後に、T字型の人材になること、つまり特定の分野で深い専門知識を持ちながら、他の分野の知識も広く学ぶことの重要性が強調されています。
Takeaways
- 🎓 スティーブンはトロント大学でコンピューターサイエンスと経済学のダブルメジャー、仏教心理学とメンタルヘルスのマイナーを取得し、卒業を控えていますが、将来のキャリアについてまだ決まっていません。
- 🔄 スティーブンは幼少期から職業に対する興味が多岐にわたっており、大学3年生まででコンピューターサイエンスと経済学のコースを取得して、その後心理学や哲学のコースを通じて無意識にマイナーを取得しました。
- 🌐 リネッサンス期には単一のキャリアを選ばず、多岐にわたる学問に学ぶことが推奨されていました。レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチはその理想的な例として知られています。
- 👨🎨 スティーブンの状況は「ルネッサンス魂」と呼ばれる多岐にわたる興味を持つ人々に当てはまると、スクリプトは指摘しています。
- 📚 高校のカウンセラーが学生にキャリアを選ぶよう促すのは、産業革命後の経済的・教育的な変化と、特定の職種に適した能力を養うための教育システムの進化によるものです。
- 🛠️ 産業革命により、経済的専門化が進み、教育システムは工場労働に適した従順な労働者を育成することを目指しました。
- 💼 経済的安定性は、20世紀に個人の安定性と結びついてきました。しかし、現代ではジョブホッピングが一般的であり、キャリアは静的ではなく、変化しています。
- 🌟 スティーブンは「T字型の人物」になることが勧められています。これは特定の分野で深い専門知識(縦の線)と、他の学問分野との幅広い知識(横の線)を結びつけることです。
- 📈 スティーブンは経済学かコンピューターサイエンスのいずれかの分野でキャリアを築き、キャリアキャピタルを積むことが重要です。これは時間とともに獲得するスキル、知識、評判、関係網です。
- 🛑 スティーブンは単一のキャリアに適合するようにストレスを感じる必要はありません。彼の多岐にわたる興味は、T字型の人物として活かすことができます。
- 💡 スティーブンは縦のバーを築き、その後横のバーを広げることにより、多岐にわたる興味を他の分野と統合し、T字型の人物になることができます。
- 📚 スティーブン・ジョブズはデザインの専門知識を他の分野に持ち込み、革命的な製品を創造する例として挙げられています。彼はプログラミングを専門としていませんでしたが、デザインの深い理解を通じてテクノロジーに貢献しました。
Q & A
スティーブンはどのような学歴を持っていますか?
-スティーブンはトロント大学でコンピューターサイエンスと経済学のダブルメジャー、仏教心理学とメンタルヘルスのマイナーを修了しています。
スティーブンが将来何になりたいかわからない理由は何ですか?
-スティーブンは子供の頃から決断力に欠けており、大学3年生までで何を勉強するかが決まらず、さまざまな科目を修めていました。
スティーブンが選んだマイナーの背景にはどのような興味がありますか?
-スティーブンは心理学、哲学などさまざまな科目に興味があり、それらを修めることで無意識に仏教心理学とメンタルヘルスのマイナーを完成させました。
ルネッサンス期における「ルネッサンスマン」の特徴は何ですか?
-ルネッサンスマンは多岐にわたる分野に学び、多様なスキルを持つことが特徴で、レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチはその理想的な例として知られています。
スティーブンのキャリア選択における課題は何ですか?
-スティーブンはすべてのことに興味があり、特に何に秀でているわけではないため、キャリア選択に迷っています。
スティーブンに与えるアドバイスは何ですか?
-スティーブンに与えられるアドバイスは、単一のキャリアにとらわれず、経済学やコンピューターサイエンスのいずれかの分野で専門性を築き、キャリア資本を積むことです。
キャリア資本とは何を意味していますか?
-キャリア資本は、職業人生において積み上げられたスキル、知識、評判、関係網のセットであり、キャリアを進めるための資産です。
スティーブンが経済学やコンピューターサイエンスのどちらかを選ぶべき理由は何ですか?
-スティーブンはすでにこれらの分野で学位を取得しており、それらの分野でキャリア資本を築くことができるためです。
T型の人物とはどのような意味ですか?
-T型の人物とは、特定の分野で深い専門知識(縦の線)と、さまざまな分野の知識(横の線)を持っていることを指します。
スティーブンがT型の人物になるためのステップは何ですか?
-スティーブンはまず経済学やコンピューターサイエンスのいずれかで専門性を築き、キャリア資本を積み、その後他の分野の知識を広げてT型の人物になることが目標です。
スティーブンが将来のキャリア選択についてどのようにアプローチすべきか教えていますか?
-スティーブンには、単一のキャリアにとらわれず、多岐にわたる興味を活かし、T型の人物として多様な分野を統合することをお勧めします。
スティーブンが選んだマイナーが持つ価値とは何ですか?
-スティーブンのマイナーは、心理学や仏教心理学、メンタルヘルスに関する知識を提供し、多様な分野と統合する能力を育むことができます。
スティーブンがキャリア選択に迷っている状況をどのように解消するか提案していますか?
-スティーブンは経済学やコンピューターサイエンスの分野でキャリア資本を築き、その後他の分野の知識を広げてT型の人物になることで、キャリア選択の迷いを解消すことができます。
スティーブンが経済学やコンピューターサイエンスの分野で働くことの利点は何ですか?
-経済学やコンピューターサイエンスの分野で働くことで、スティーブンはキャリア資本を積むことができ、将来のキャリアに役立つ専門スキルを身につけることができます。
スティーブンが将来のキャリアに向けてどのようなスキルを積むべきか教えていますか?
-スティーブンは経済学やコンピューターサイエンスの分野で働くことで、専門スキルを積むだけでなく、他の分野の知識も広げてT型の人物になることが推奨されています。
Outlines
🎓 人生の岐路:多面的な学びとキャリアの選択
スティーブンはトロント大学でコンピューターサイエンスと経済学のダブルメジャー、仏教心理学とメンタルヘルスのマイナーを学びながらも、将来のキャリアについて決断がつかなかった。彼の興味は多岐にわたるが、特に優れている分野はなく、何をすべきか迷っていた。このビデオでは、彼が選べる道として、ルネッサンス期の多岐にわたる学びを模索し、現代のキャリア選択における「ルネッサンス魂」と呼ばれる多面的な才能の重要性を探求している。
🔍 キャリアの多様性:専門性と幅広さのバランス
ビデオでは、産業革命や経済の専門化、教育システムの進化、経済的安定性、文化価値観、情報非対称性、専門主義の台頭という要因が、現代のキャリア選択における単一キャリアの神話を築いてきたと分析している。また、ルネッサンス期のルネッサンス魂の多面性と、専門性を持つ一方で幅広い知識を持つ「T字型の人物」モデルを提案している。スティーブンは経済学やコンピューターサイエンスを基礎として、キャリア資本を築き、他の分野との融合を通じて多角的なキャリアを築くことが奨励されている。
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Keywords
💡Renaissance Man
💡経済専門化
💡キャリア資本
💡T型人間
💡キャリアの神話
💡経済的安全性
💡情報非対称性
💡専門主義の台頭
💡キャリアの多様性
💡キャリア選択のストレス
Highlights
Steven即将从多伦多大学计算机科学和经济学双学位毕业,辅修佛教心理学和心理健康,但对未来职业方向仍感到迷茫。
Steven从小对职业选择一直犹豫不决,从7岁想成为驯狗师到17岁想成为软件工程师。
Steven选择了计算机科学和经济学双学位,因为他在大学期间修了相关课程,认为这有助于找到好工作。
佛教心理学和心理健康是多伦多大学的一个正式辅修专业。
Steven对许多事物都感兴趣,但没有特别擅长的领域。
文艺复兴时期鼓励多学科学习,如达芬奇在艺术、工程和科学等多个领域都有杰出贡献。
现代教育系统和职业指导倾向于让学生在高中时期选择单一职业并长期从事。
世界经济论坛的研究显示,65%的儿童将来会从事目前尚不存在的工作。
职业生涯不是静态的,人们的兴趣和技能会随着时间变化。
从文艺复兴到现代,职业选择的神话逐渐形成,认为人们应该在高中毕业后选择并坚持单一职业。
教育系统演变是为了培养适应工业化需求的合规工作者。
经济安全、文化价值观和信息不对称是坚持单一职业观念的原因。
专业化的兴起意味着任何领域的知识复杂性和广度都大大增加。
T型人才模型:深入专业领域(垂直)和跨学科知识(水平)。
史蒂夫·乔布斯是T型人才的典型例子,他在设计领域的深入专业知识与技术和商业等多个领域的知识相结合。
成为T型人才可以整合专业知识和多种兴趣,超越单一学科的限制。
Steven应该首先不要过于担心选择单一职业,而是选择一个专业领域深入发展。
积累职业资本,即在专业领域内的技能、知识、声誉和关系,为未来职业发展打下基础。
选择专业领域时,应基于个人兴趣和愿意投入时间深入研究的领域,而非仅仅基于薪资。
在专业领域内积累足够的知识和经验后,可以开始拓展跨学科知识,成为T型人才。
史蒂夫·乔布斯在斯坦福大学的演讲中提到,我们无法预知未来,但要相信生命中的点点滴滴最终会以某种方式联系起来。
Transcripts
Steven is in his final year of
University and he's about to graduate
from the University of Toronto with a
double major in computer science and
econ and a minor in Buddhism psychology
and mental health but he still has no
idea what he wants to be when he grows
up and supposedly he's already grown up
and he's been like this his entire life
really indecisive especially about what
he wants to be when he was seven he
wanted to be a dog trainer when he was
13 he wanted to be a firefighter when he
was 17 he wanted to be a software
engineer and how did he end up with a
double major in computer science econ
and a minor in Buddhism psychology and
mental health well it's because he
couldn't figure out what he wanted to
study so he flip-flopped around
different Majors different minors until
his third year university when he
realized that he really needed to
graduate since he already took a couple
courses computer science and a couple
courses in econ he felt like having a
computer science and econ degree would
be helpful in getting a good career and
a very interesting minor well it's
because he just took a lot of psychology
philosophy and different types of
courses and somehow without realizing
completed a minor in Buddhism psychology
and mental health but in any case he's
about to graduate now and allegedly he's
supposed to have settled down now chosen
a career and ready to get his first drop
but he just can't choose because he's
interested in everything and TBH not
particularly good or talented at
anything okay so what's he supposed to
do by the way just so you know Buddhism
psychology and mental health is in fact
a natural minor in the University of
Toronto I went to that school the
Renaissance Man a model of Versatility
well are you the renaissance man he is a
renaissance man did you know that the
idea of a single career hasn't always
been a thing the Renaissance was a
prolific period of European culture
artistic political and economic rebirth
falling to Middle Ages people during
that time are encouraged to learn about
lots of different things and they were
actually praised for being
multi-disciplinary Leonardo da Vinci for
example was considered the ideal
Renaissance Man largely because of how
interdisciplinary he was he would had
incredible talent in art painting
masterpieces like the Last Supper the
Vitruvian man and of course the Mona
Lisa but he was also an inventor and
made significant contributions in
engineering and math he designed
workable precursors to a diving a robot
and a tank and this was centuries before
it could become a reality he was also a
scientist that designed the first
self-propelled machine and described the
processes governing friction people like
Da Vinci someone that embodies the trait
of having so many different passions
lots of different interests spanning
multiple disciplines is what we call now
a Renaissance soul
yes in your face high school guidance
counselor so your high school counselor
sold you a big myth you were supposed to
choose a career at 17 18 and do that
career for the rest of your life somehow
ignoring first of all how are you
supposed to know what you even like or
don't like assuming that like most high
school students you've had essentially
zero exposure to the workforce and most
careers for example I literally thought
that the medical field comprised of
three different careers which is being a
doctor a nurse or a pharmacist oh and
also because I grew up in China you can
also be a traditional Chinese doctor but
yeah that was about it and somehow we're
also supposed to ignore the fact that a
large number of jobs didn't even exist
10 years ago for example social media
manager influencer Cloud engineer app
engineer prompt engineer a study from
the world economic Forum states that 65
percent of children entering grade
school today will end up working jobs
that don't even exist yet the same study
also says nearly 25 of jobs are set to
be disrupted in the next five years
primarily from Key technological changes
like AI being a key world as well as
phenomenal like climate change and final
point we're supposed to ignore when
we're trying to figure out what you're
supposed to do when you're 16 or 17
years old is the fact that not only our
surroundings our world our futures are
rapidly changing we as human beings are
also changing and that's a really good
thing like do you really want to be the
same person you were 10 years ago the
biggest myth is that careers are
supposed to be static they're not
people just change okay but how did this
all come about somewhere between the
Renaissance and modern day we became
someone of this myth that careers are
static and we're somehow supposed to
choose our career when we're fresh out
of high school well I was really
interested in answering those questions
and to do so I consulted Chachi BT I did
education and career development became
such that high school counselors tell us
we are supposed to choose a single
career and stick with it pretty rest of
our lives okay so this is what Chachi
Beauty has for us Industrial Revolution
and economic specialization so basically
for little Jimmy to be a better Cog in
the machine it is better for him to
become a predetermined specific kaido
to make the machine run better next
up is education system Evolution so to
make little Jimmy into a better Cog in
the machine the education system starts
to cater towards making him into a cog
the modern education system was designed
to produce compliant workers pseudo for
the routines and demands of factory work
so the next reason is actually a very
interesting one the rice professionalism
I'm gonna save that for a little bit
later in the video but before then I
want to talk about these last three
points Economic Security cultural values
and information asymmetry Economic
Security was an idea that came about in
the 20th century in which job stability
became associated with personal
stability for example if our little
Jimmy was part of the baby boomer
generation she would have been
incentivized to stay with the same
company for his entire life obviously
very different now and when it comes to
cultural values and information
asymmetry it really just refers to the
fact that most of our cultures still
have like this idea uh that being like
stable predictable and sticking with one
career is considered good and
information asymmetry is because you
might just not have the ability to know
that so many careers are out there where
your counselor didn't know at least okay
so I do want to return to that earlier
point that I skipped which is the rise
of professionalism this refers to the
fact that the complexity and the breadth
of knowledge in any given field has
increased a lot for example if you want
to become a neurosurgeon that could be
up to 12 to 15 years of post-secondary
school education as opposed to
previously where it was like become an
apprentice and then poke the brain also
and hopefully it works this is a very
interesting point and a very valid point
so I want to acknowledge the fact that
it isn't as simple as us just saying oh
like we shouldn't just choose a single
career like the way that our education
system asks for and just do random
things it is absolutely true that since
the Renaissance most jobs have become a
far more specialized so how do we
reconcile all of this what is the best
approach to choose a career in our
Modern Age
that's it I cannot make this decision it
is too difficult introducing the
t-shaped person the vertical bar
represents a deep specialization in a
specific area let me actually explain
using Steve Jobs as an example so for
Steve Jobs his vertical line was in
design he spent a lot of time delving
into calligraphy into typography into
the Arts and his horizontal line which
represents a breath of knowledge across
different disciplines including
technology and business and marketing
fun fact Steve Jobs never coded that was
never his vertical even though he was a
CEO of a tech company but it was
precisely because he had that strong
vertical in design and the Arts he was
able to bring that into other
disciplines including technology and was
able to absolutely disrupt the current
status quo where you have like cool
functionality but the designs of things
was not user friendly and it was frankly
hideous so by being a t-shaped person
having that deep design knowledge and
then integrating things in technology in
business and marketing he was able to
come up with products like the I iPhone
which was absolutely revolutionary you
see becoming a t-shaped person is a way
to reconcile the fact that you do need
to specialize in something but you're
also able to have many different
interests actually becomes an advantage
so now let's actually Circle back to our
friend Stephen who's about to graduate
super stressed out doesn't know he's
supposed to do with his life so now
we're able to offer him a solution and a
path forward to become a t-shaped person
but the question is how do you become a
t-shaped person exactly so the first
thing I would tell Stephen is to don't
stress so much about trying to fit the
mold into a single career this is a myth
that has been peddled for many years and
is largely a relic of the past choose a
vertical and build up your vertical
first for you it's probably going to be
econ or computer science because it's
something that you already have a major
in get a job in one of these fields
where both of these fields and start
building career Capital career capital
is defined as a set of skills knowledge
reputation and relationships that you
build over time in your professional
career and these are assets that will
help you advance your career it gives
you value to society because you have
specialized skills that will open up
opportunities for you like for example
you suddenly might decide that you want
to be a software engineer right but you
don't just get to do whatever it is that
you want to do if you don't know how to
code you have no experience in there why
would someone hire you as a software
engineer well that's why you have to
actually build up that career Capital
that gives you those skills to open up
opportunities for you I do just want to
make a point here saying that it doesn't
actually matter that much what it is
that you choose to have that
specialization is that vertical bar of
the t-shaped person it's honestly just
needs to be something that you're
interested in doing and you don't mind
spending a significant amount of time
delving into that field so this is a
problem that you have in which you're
listing like highest payings jobs in
2023 and you're like I have to choose
one of these jobs because it has a high
salary this is not really the case and
this is a whole other video but I call
this the myth of averages essentially
you shouldn't be tricked by the average
salaries of things because you're not
trying to aim for average if you're good
at something you can always make way
more than the average for example Steve
Jobs vertical wasn't designed into Arts
including typography and calligraphy
traditionally that does not lead to
high-paying jobs at all okay so in any
case after you get good at that vertical
thing Steven now you're able to build up
that horizontal bar where you can
integrate your expertise with many
different disciplines and that is how
you become a t-shaped person you take
advantage of your Renaissance soul and
transcend what you could do in just a
single discipline just like how Steve
Jobs brought design into Arts into
technology to end this video fittingly
with a quote from Steve Jobs in his
famous 2005 commencement speech at
Stanford he said you can't connect the
dots looking forward you can only
connect them looking backwards so you
have to trust that the dots will somehow
connect in your future thank you so much
for watching this video and I will see
you in the next video or live stream
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