<p>It's about the time of year when students graduate from high school, so I thought I'd post a link to Paul Graham's would-be graduation speech, "What You'll Wish You'd Known."</p>
<p><a href="http://paulgraham.com/hs.html%5B/url%5D">http://paulgraham.com/hs.html</a> </p>
<p>Graham notes that "I wrote this talk for a high school. I never actually gave it, because the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite me." Perhaps his talk was vetoed by school authorities because it includes advice like "If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd say that my first priority was to learn what the options were. You don't need to be in a rush to choose your life's work. What you need to do is discover what you like" and "It's not so important what you work on, so long as you're not wasting your time. Work on things that interest you and increase your options, and worry later about which you'll take." There's more; it's good stuff. </p>
<p>What advice do you have for this year's high school graduates?</p>