--- description: Take time to find the right direction. title: You Should Consider This Advice Before Starting a New Career image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc829a4ff754db6d/69886961ab6d7781266a6c92/young-woman-office-computer-working.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Careers & Workplace](/tag/careers-workplace/) ## Careers & Workplace Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Should Consider This Advice Before Starting a New Career by [Jacquelyn Smith / Business Insider](/author/business-insider/) ## Jacquelyn Smith / Business Insider Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 10:38 PM CUT  USA, New Jersey, Side view of business woman working on desktop pc in office USA, New Jersey, Side view of business woman working on desktop pc in officeGetty Images by [Jacquelyn Smith / Business Insider](/author/business-insider/) ## Jacquelyn Smith / Business Insider Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 10:38 PM CUT Recent college grads are often inundated with advice. Most is fairly useless — but some (if you’re lucky) is life-changing. In an interview with Greg Schott, CEO of software company [MuleSoft](https://www.mulesoft.com/ "undefined"), [the New York _Times_’ Adam Bryant asked](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/business/greg-schott-of-mulesoft-beware-the-threats-to-a-positive-workplace.html "undefined"): “What career and life advice do you give to new college grads?” The Stanford and North Carolina State University grad offered two pieces we thought were genuine pearls of wisdom: “The first thing I’d say is that you should be spending as much time making decisions about your job as you did making a decision about the college you chose,” he told Bryant. “And when you make those decisions, you need to really dig in.” Schott said candidates should be interviewing employers every bit as much as employers are interviewing them. “But I’m often surprised by how people haven’t really researched the company before they come in for interviews,” he added. His other pearl: Remember that starting your career is a bit like being at the top of a mogul ski run. “You can try to map out your line for 10 moguls, but after the first two moguls, you’re usually off your line. You’re never going to be able to map it out to the bottom,” he said. “It’s about making sure that you’re on the right slope and you picked the right mountain. Don’t worry so much about how it’s all going to play out in the end.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-shares-his-best-career-advice-2015-9 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Business Insider_](http://www.businessinsider.com "undefined") _More from Business Insider:_ * [10 core beliefs of incredibly successful people](http://www.businessinsider.com/core-beliefs-of-successful-people-2015-10 "undefined") * [12 things successful people do in the first week of a new job](http://www.businessinsider.com/what-successful-people-do-in-a-new-job-2015-10 "undefined") * [24 life skills every functioning adult should master](http://www.businessinsider.com/life-skills-every-adult-should-master-2015-10 "undefined") * [15 jobs that are impossible to explain to your parents](http://www.businessinsider.com/15-jobs-that-are-impossible-to-explain-2015-10 "undefined") * [Richard Branson explains his 4 rules for making difficult decisions](http://www.businessinsider.com/how-richard-branson-makes-difficult-decisions-2015-10 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/"},"headline":"You Should Consider This Advice Before Starting a New Career","datePublished":"2015-10-22T22:38:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:00:37.820Z","description":"Take time to find the right direction","url":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/","keywords":["Careers & Workplace","career"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc829a4ff754db6d/69886961ab6d7781266a6c92/young-woman-office-computer-working.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacquelyn Smith / Business Insider"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc829a4ff754db6d/69886961ab6d7781266a6c92/young-woman-office-computer-working.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"young-woman-office-computer-working","caption":"young-woman-office-computer-working","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/careers-workplace/","name":"Careers & Workplace"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/","name":"You Should Consider This Advice Before Starting a New Career"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Industry Fills Out List Of Top Jobs For Millennials","description":"IT and finance companies fill out most spots in Fortune's list of the top 100 companies for millennials to work for.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HejTGeta/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-23T15:28:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HejTGeta.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/","duration":"PT1M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4083299/new-career-advice/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```