Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Stop climbing the ladder, build your own staircase

Stop climbing the ladder, build your own staircase

By Chloe Saint Mard March 31, 2026
Once again, none of this means throwing out your spreadsheet. It just means building a better one that accounts for the fact that you will change, your priorities will shift and the version of you that is making decisions at 20 is working with incomplete data. In STEM, we call that updating your hypothesis when new evidence comes in.
Load More Stories
Donate to The Daily Free Press

Activate Search
career path