Hoffman joined Apple Computer in 1994, where he worked on eWorld, an early attempt at building an online service. Hoffman's uncle Eric Hoffman is a writer. His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie, a Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore. He was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for graduate study abroad, on which he earned an Master of Studies in Philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford in 1993.

He graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. Hoffman attended high school at the progressive The Putney School in Vermont, where he engaged in farming activities. and worked as an editor at the game company Chaosium, then based in Oakland near his home. Hoffman was an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer as a child.

He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners and a co-founder of Inflection AI. Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. Instead, you will learn the best practices of the most successful startups and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career.Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. This book isn’t about cover letters or résumés. These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. Why? Startups-and the entrepreneurs who run them-are nimble. The key is to manage your career as if it were a startup business: a living, breathing, growing startup of you. In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller that taught a generation how to transform their careers - now in a revised and updated edition.

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