I wrote a post about the Metagame that was on HN's front page a few weeks ago. But the context in which that post exists is actually in the context of smart thinking in one's career.
My hard rule with the blog is that I should (as much as possible) write only about things I can verify through practice. None of that 'it sounds insightful because it is novel, but actually I came up with it in the shower and I've not actually tested it in real life'.
It makes it a little difficult to write these days, as I'm doing a lot of thinking, reading, and experimenting around the recession. I should have more in a few months.
Wow, this makes for fantastic reading. The ideas you're floating on job security, career capital and moats articulate something I've seen through countless hours of LinkedIn scanning and personal experience, but packaged into digestible lessons. This is empiricism leading to radical thinking.
My only comment, in the form of a sticker warning, would be that thinking about the world purely via a lens of pragmatism (e.g. 'winner takes all', 'be mission agnostic', etc.) and performance (e.g. 'maximally optimise your career capital', etc.) can cause burnout. Or it did for me at least. This is because it can simultaneously build cynicism (cyclical negative thinking patterns) and impossible personal goals (confirming experiences of failure or struggle). The heuristic isn't worth that sacrifice, even if it leads you to the "right" answer.
I found your blog via the aforementioned Metagame post.
Not that you need it, but I hope I offer some validation in confirming that your ideas around career moats and the "meta" of your career definitely lines up with my own anecdotal experience.
I find that in my spare moments of time to pare down my "to-read" list, your posts have been steadily bubbling their way to the top.
"My hard rule with the blog is that I should (as much as possible) write only about things I can verify through practice." Kudos. If only more bloggers held the same standard, the internet would be a better place ;)
I read that article about metagame, was really amusing. There is something going on with communities, products and how people gravitates to Apple, Linux/Unix, Windows or Amiga "ecosystem". I think it there is some meta stuff there (not sure if should be called metagame). Just a thought.
I love your blog. Since that metagame post I’ve had you in my reader and get excited when a new post appears. I just read some of your cashflow post and that is interesting, actually I’d like to comment on it so adding comments would be nice or at least have a HN thread for each post.
I wrote a post about the Metagame that was on HN's front page a few weeks ago. But the context in which that post exists is actually in the context of smart thinking in one's career.
My hard rule with the blog is that I should (as much as possible) write only about things I can verify through practice. None of that 'it sounds insightful because it is novel, but actually I came up with it in the shower and I've not actually tested it in real life'.
It makes it a little difficult to write these days, as I'm doing a lot of thinking, reading, and experimenting around the recession. I should have more in a few months.