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Can you give a specific example, though? Because generally, no competition means no demand, so while it might be satisfying to be best in the world at somethin
by agota 7y ago
Can you give a specific example, though?
Because generally, no competition means no demand, so while it might be satisfying to be best in the world at something, an obscure skill might not translate into financial success.
- yters 7y agoBecome the world's best at counterfeiting an obscure country's currency?
- im3w1l 7y agoIf the field you're in has a million people, then split the field into a million pieces (actually this is probably too conservative, maybe go with 100k or even 10k) and pick one to become best at. Since the field is currently successfully employing a million people there must be that many profitable pieces if you slice it correctly.
- mike00632 7y agoIn the world of signal processing there are a lot of technical areas that are super important/lucrative but few people have expertise in them. Often it takes not only technical competence but years of experience. To make this example even more specific, maybe you are good at writing fast decoding algorithms for new telecom standards. There is also a lot of now low-hanging fruit in compressed sensing for the mathletes/computer people who know what that's about. Edit: Actually, just learn math if you're looking to get ahead and have an advantage over many people. This advice doesn't make for the best blogpost or YouTube video but it's effective.