The CEO of Etsy shares two key stages which he took at the start of his career which implemented him for subsequent success

• While graduates of generation Z have trouble with an uncertain labor market,, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman explains how he just threw himself into any job at the start of his career – not to know if he would stick to it – to roll the ball. Once he was in it, he absorbed as many lessons as possible and took the work that no one else wanted. It is the same type of grain Mark Cuban and Steve Jobs adopted to succeed.

The promotion of 2025 enters an uncertain labor market, without knowing where to start successful success. Etsy CEO Josh Silverman, said to the next worker's next cohort that two stages he had made at the start of his career had set him up to triumph: choose something he appreciated and go beyond in his junior role.

“For me, the most important thing has always been to start by throwing myself with zealous passion for something that I loved enough and that I was pretty good,” Silverman told graduates of the Pace University during his beginning Speech on May 19.

Like many others who sail in their careers in their twenties, the executive of products in hand of $ 8 billion did not know exactly what he wanted in college.

Silverman jumped industries and jobs throughout his career, but having the determination to roll the ball was essential to understand it. He noted that diving into work and absorbing all the knowledge he could, also opened new doors that led him to the success of executives. And it is a career path with which many people can relate, especially given the way in which chaotic and uncertain life feels at the beginning of the twenty.

“Life should not be full of adventure – it should be an adventure, and don't let it scare you. Kiss it,” said Silverman.

The CEO of Etsy obtained his first job to answer calls – and he went beyond

Silverman first registered as a student in the theater at Brown University in the 1980s, but told that he could not mark opportunities as a young undergraduate student. He therefore changed his concentration to public policy, knowing that he appreciated it and had the skills necessary to make it a career.

“Was I convinced that I wanted to spend the rest of my life as an analyst of health policies? Perhaps,” said Silverman during the speech. “But I knew it was a way of starting and the best way to understand it was to throw me wholeheartedly.”

It was the first lesson in learning the CEO of Etsy – picking an interesting job where you have relevant skills and go all. The next one came shortly after; After graduating from Brown University, Silverman obtained his first job by responding to telephone calls for the American senator Bill Bradley. He went beyond his regular responsibilities, picking up other tasks that no one else wanted and binding himself with his colleagues.

“”[I] was an absolute sponge in meetings. [I hung] Exit by the water cooler, determined not to miss the most interesting conversations, “said Silverrman.” Then life opened a completely unexpected door. “”

Silverman's diligence and enthusiasm have borne fruit; Three years later, he was invited to join a consulting practice launched by the chief of staff of Bradley. It was his first foray into private affairs, which feels far from his last years spent in Co-Fonder Evite, becoming CEO of Skype, leader of consumer products to American Express and reaching the director general of Etsy in 2017. Without his career choices, Silverman may not have the curriculum vitae stellar he holds today.

Other leaders who return home the importance of the initiative

There are many entrepreneurs and business leaders who return home to be disjointed when they are young. Like Silverman, the Mark Cuban shark tank magnate is a great supporter of “Equity sweatshirt” – hard work will help you lead to the finish line, even if it means acquiring more responsibilities outside your nine to five.

“Work as if there is someone working 24 hours a day to remove everything from you.” Cuban said.

The late legend, co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs echoed the same feeling. Jobs was only 21 years old when he launched the 3.2 -dollars technology company with his partner, Steve Woznaik. As a dropout of colleges, Jobs threw himself into the industry working in the Atari video game company before becoming an entrepreneur. Even at the age of 13, he knew his vocation, working as a computer technician at Hewlett-Packard. These first years were a total version, but put jobs to be a pioneer in his space.

“I am convinced that around half of what separates entrepreneurs who succeed in non-subcsses is pure perseverance”, Jobs once said.

This story was initially presented on Fortune.com