Clairvoyance will become increasingly important in 2019.
Any hands-on MOOC for that out there? ;-)
Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?
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#32Empathy. The tech giants are having massive scandals because they lack it. Whatever you do, be here for the end user. Think about their lives and make it no worse.
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#33Brown-nosing
While that could be stated better, Organizational Theory 101 is that there are three levers of power - relationship, expert, and role in that order. After ignoring relationship power for years, that has helped me get ahead more than anything.
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#34Financial literacy. I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics. Something as simple as a six-month cash flow spreadsheet would do wonders for most people. I am trying to instill this in my older children.
> I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics.
This describes me, unfortunately. I consider myself fairly smart, did well in college, tons of technical skills, but I am -terrible- with money. I keep a 12-month spreadsheet showing income and expenses for every pay period and one showing current debt, but beyond that I know I’m awful about it. A lot of it comes from my parents also being terrible with money and never teaching me saving vs. spending, investing, etc,. I’ve figured out some of it on my own but I still struggle.
I’m glad to hear you’re trying to teach your children better.
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#35You don't state your programming background but you mentioned C# in previous comments. I would recommend machine learning as a very useful skill to acquire. I have to be more specific because "machine learning", "artificial intelligence", and "data science" are really large topics that can encompass difficult math and PhD research. For application programmers, I think a very realistic subset is using an existing "mac…
> ...just like SQL was 25 years ago.
Oh boy have I got news for you :)
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#36Two things I want to focus on are Kubernetes and Golang. I've played with them in the past, but not spent enough time with them to be confident using them in production.
I've been using K8's for over a year and have built some golang apps. But would like to take a deeper dive into understanding parts of the k8's source, build my own controllers, etc. If anyone else is interested let me know maybe we can start a niche community.
I'm about to start a role using Kubernetes and been trying to kickstart golang. I'm mildly interested, are you part of the golang slack?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z228xymQYho
interesting. Thanks!
The other approach is through a copper ink such as this one:
http://copprint.com/
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#38Investing is a great skill to have. Starting with understanding different asset types, their histories, modern portfolio theory, diversification, tail risks of all assets, how central banks and other banks work. I believe the market can be beaten, but you have to have more financial knowledge than the average retail investor.
While this might be true, I think a more reasonable skill to acquire would be a better grasp of financial literacy.
People spend an incredible amount of time accumulating capital, but many spend hardly any time learning to properly manage it, relying instead on financial advisers selling commission driven products.
I think that it is often the mentality of trying to "beat the markets" that lead people to make poor financial decisions, when in fact the majority of the population would benefit from taking the time to obtain a fundamental understanding of their own personal finances.
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#39Brown-nosing
While that could be stated better, Organizational Theory 101 is that there are three levers of power - relationship, expert, and role in that order. After ignoring relationship power for years, that has helped me get ahead more than anything.
The 48 Rules of Power should be on your bookshelf as well. (This not entirely in jest.)
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#40Financial literacy. I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics. Something as simple as a six-month cash flow spreadsheet would do wonders for most people. I am trying to instill this in my older children.
> I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics. This describes me, unfortunately. I consider myself fairly smart, did well in college, tons of technical skills, but I am -terrible- with money. I keep a 12-month spreadsheet showing income and expenses for every pay period and one showing current debt, but beyond that I know I’m awful about it. A lot of it comes…
> I keep a 12-month spreadsheet showing income and expenses for every pay period and one showing current debt
This means that you are not terrible with money. 90% of practical personal finance can be expressed as follows: expenses < income. The rest is implementation details.