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One trick is to find two things you are reasonably gifted at and you're more likely to be remarkable if you work in the area where those two things meet. For e
by petercooper 7y ago
One trick is to find two things you are reasonably gifted at and you're more likely to be remarkable if you work in the area where those two things meet.
For example, if you're an 80th %ile programmer and 80th %ile automotive mechanic, there is surely a niche that connects the two where you would perhaps be 95 %ile merely by how unusual it is to being good at both things.
- denimnerd42 7y agoI'm having a hard time imagining that from your example. For example I have several successful project cars, I've built a custom wheel balancer from an accelerometer, and am currently programming the fuel injection and spark on a car from scratch yet I don't know if a career in that would really make me any more income than my current Software Engineering manager role.
- ljcn 7y agoThe parent comment said there would be a niche for you, not (necessarily) that it would be lucrative. You might be more valued there (in the "we're lucky we found this guy" way if not the cash way).
- onemoresoop 7y agoNot only more valuable but more in control of his growth, a growth to a full potential
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- redsparrow 7y agoThis echos some career advice from Dilbert creator Scott Adams. "Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things." He also goes on to say that "at least one of the skills in your mixture should involve communication, either written or verbal." The idea being that this should make it easier to leverage your other skill(s) in a work environment. https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/career-advice.html https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/car...
- Bakary 7y agoI have a friend who became a successful science writer after reading this very same blog post. So that's at least one anecdotal data point in Adams' favor.
- mark-r 7y agoHe uses himself as a prime example. He knows he's not the funniest guy in the world, nor the best artist. But by combining the two in Dilbert he's been very successful.