Resist being tempted by the Shiny New {Tool,Technology,Thing}. The path to solving real problems is often the boring one. 002. Increasing future leadership options
Three small steps for increasing your future leadership options in the technology space.
- Maintain breadth of knowledge. You don’t need to deeply understand everything (you can’t possibly, anyway) but do deeply understand new things in your specific field or niche. Broadly understand new things in the general tech space. Action: read Hacker News daily (https://news.ycombinator.com). Deep dive topics you find interesting.
- Learn about crypto. Crypto today is the Internet in the 80’s: most people are at the “Why would we need such a thing?
Oldie but a goodie: 3 Heuristics for Decision Making — Naval Ravikant A quick read/listen. Handy to have in your back pocket for work today. Good communication is a skill you can practice, and like all skills, mastering it is straightforward: follow the recipe until it becomes second nature. 001.