Basically summarizes the nugget of advice my advisor gave me in college: if you want to be incredibly valuable, bridge two or more often disjoint in-demand skil

Basically summarizes the nugget of advice my advisor gave me in college: if you want to be incredibly valuable, bridge two or more often disjoint in-demand skillsets. It's served me well throughout my career so far. I'm definitely not the best software engineer nor am I the best at the other fields I bridge but I often not only see the connections those more skilled on both sides often miss and new opportunities, I have enough skill in both domains to bridge them and create at least a proof-of-concept. At some point the experts in both domains take over once I build the bridge and I actively work to help build something less like a wooden bridge and something with more concrete and steel, usually with more people involved... I think in software (and CS in general) this advice is especially valuable because software and computing is the glue that can connect and materialize ideas into something that seems tangible. It's also something that's often approachable by an individual and doesn't always require a mountain of capital to achieve.