Skill Stacking: A Practical Strategy to Achieve Career Success

Post by solveit » Fri, Nov 09, 2018, 12:37 AM UTC

Amygaz wrote: post #81

EForEndeavour wrote: post #76

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Finding a single counterexample works in mathematics to disprove a theorem, but not in this situation. It is silly to claim that having diverse skills guarantees success. The article doesn't even claim that; it explicitly mentions increasing the odds of success. To "disprove" this claim, you'd need to design and run a study that looks for a statistical relationship between success and skill diversity, both of which y…

It doesn’t guarantee it, it doubles the probability, and it is stackable. So there is a metric to measure (somehow). Now, the author is probably just bullshittng things out of his fingers, an assumption I make based on the lack of any evidence being provided. Nonetheless, since stackability and doubling at each turn mean you can trend toward 100% very quickly, then you can look at people you see as very successful, n…

Post by godelmachine » Fri, Nov 09, 2018, 7:45 AM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #96

godelmachine wrote: post #89

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>> a semi hands on software architect can make between around $125K - $150K. A consultant can make from $140K to $200K. Do years of experience matter to make that kind of money?

Definitely, But with diminishing returns. After 8-10 years. Any additional “years” of experience doesn’t matter. What you have done does. I’ve officially been developing for over 20 years, but my first 12 years might as well been 3 years + 1 year doing the same thing 9 times. Job hopping over the past 10 years has helped me make a lot more money but more importantly helped me learn a lot. And by “consultant”, I mean…