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Masters of Scale

Advice for grads in the age of AI from Reid Hoffman, Spencer Rascoff & more

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A group of graduating students asked Reid Hoffman the biggest questions looming in their minds as they venture out into their careers. Plus, we asked a dozen incredible CEOs, founders and authors for the one piece of advice they’d give to a new graduate. It’s excellent wisdom whether you’re a new graduate or not. 

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0:00.0

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0:07.3

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0:34.3

Hi folks, Jeff Berman here. We have something a little bit different for you today. It's that time of year when so many people graduate into a new phase of their lives, their careers. For me, it's an especially big graduation year. As my oldest just graduated from high school and delivered a banger of a commencement address. We realized that

0:56.8

there was an opportunity to share nuggets of wisdom from some of the most remarkable people we've

1:02.9

had on Masters of Scale. So you're going to hear this episode from a dozen incredible founders and

1:09.7

CEOs. And we're going to start with our founding host, Reid Hoffman,

1:13.1

who's gathered some questions from young people graduating this year,

1:16.5

and we're going to get to hear some advice from him to them.

1:23.0

All right, let's jump into the first question.

1:26.3

Hi, my name is Denise, and I'm a student at the University of Oxford.

1:30.5

My question is, should I take a job I don't love after graduation just to get started?

1:35.9

You know, typically, like in commencement speeches, the answer is never.

1:39.4

But of course, the real answer is sometimes.

1:42.2

Because what you should be is you should be strategic about what you're

1:45.2

doing. You should be thinking about where do I might we wanting to go two, five, ten years from now?

1:52.5

How would this job possibly get me there? And by the way, doing a job versus not doing a job

1:59.6

is always a better way to ultimately be getting to a much better job two, five, ten years out.

2:07.4

So the answer is sometimes.

2:09.5

You're sometimes mistought that you should only be looking for what you're passionate about.

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