try lots of things

"Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions."

That's Paul Graham's advice for ambitious people who don't know what to work on yet. I think this applies to your career, but also to art, creativity, hobbies, personal development in general. Be curious, explorative, experimental.

Here are some more quotes from that essay titled "How to Do Great Work":

"Being prolific is underrated. The more different things you try, the greater the chance of discovering something new."

"When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved."

"You need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious."

"Some of the biggest discoveries come from noticing connections between different fields." You can't connect dots you haven't collected.

"Curiosity is the key to all four steps in doing great work: it will choose the field for you, get you to the frontier, cause you to notice the gaps in it, and drive you to explore them.”

I think being curious and prolific at the same time combines to a superpower.