Strategy that pays the bills.

Position, tempo, information, optionality. The framework that wins a board game is the same framework that decides whether your career goes the way you want it to. This section is the long form of that argument — essays on hires, promotions, sideways moves, exits, and the in-between calls that don't have an obvious right answer. Read it if you've ever been asked "where do you want to be in five years?" and felt the question was the wrong shape.