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The biggest myth in your career path

2026-06-13 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Work and career · mode: Answering questions · tags: Aimed at students

Asked whether to take a job straight after university or travel first, Ali says it depends on whether you need the money; if you do not, he would travel while learning the skills of independent income generation, so the choice is not either-or.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Job straight after university or time to travel?

  • ★★ Ali says the practical first question for a graduate is how much they need the money: if they need a salary from day one they must optimise for financial security; if not, they could take time to travel and figure out what they want to do. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ While travelling after university, Ali would be learning the skills of independent income generation on the internet, the skills that would help him if he had to start his own business. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Ali does not say everyone should be an entrepreneur, but says everyone should know how to make money on their own if they absolutely had to. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ To learn how to make money on your own, Ali points to the many tutorials on the internet, books and podcasts, and to trying a few different business ideas and selling things on the internet. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Ali suggests a sustainable way to travel: take your laptop to another country, spend Monday to Wednesday from nine to five in a co-working space or coffee shop learning skills and working on your business, and travel Thursday to Sunday. — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Ali says a job or travel after university is not an either-or choice: in the position of not needing the money, he would not go straight for getting a job. — 00:01:27

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you learn how to start and run a business? — To learn how to make money on your own, Ali points to the many tutorials on the internet, books and podcasts, and to trying a few different business ideas and selling things on the internet. (00:00:29)
  • refine · How do you choose a career? — Ali says a job or travel after university is not an either-or choice: in the position of not needing the money, he would not go straight for getting a job. (00:01:27)

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