There is no straight path from your seat today to where you are going.
Don't try to draw that line.
You will not just get it wrong.
You'll miss big oppotunities.
and I mean big, like the internet.
Careers are not ladders, those days are long gone, but jungle gyms.
Don't just move up and down. Don't just look up.
Look backward, sideways, around corners.
Your career and your life will have starts and stops and zigs and zags.
Don't stress out about the white space, the path you can't draw.
Because  therein lies both the surprises and the oppotunities.