What are some skills (technical or not) you think someone should consider acquiring in 2020?
Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
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#2not sure about others but I am looking forward to invest time and energy in video editing
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#3Kubernetes.. almost all the companies are on it or looking at it in one way or another.
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#4"eBPF is the New Linux"
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#5Attention
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#6DevOps trend is only going up with new tools emerging everyday...
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#7I think improving communication skills, particularly technical topics to non-technical people will always be advantageous regardless of where your career takes you in tech.
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#8Marketing is a big one for me. Building a great product means nothing if you can’t reach your target audience.
And I don’t mean learning how to used Facebook or Google to run ads, I mean the theory behind marketing.
I would like to read more books similar to the 22 immutable laws of marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
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#9Starting conversations with strangers.
Squat and deadlift.
Eating healthier.
Doing something kind for someone else every day.
Honesty.
Listening to people you disagree with.
Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis).
Meditation.
Re: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
#10Marketing is a big one for me. Building a great product means nothing if you can’t reach your target audience. And I don’t mean learning how to used Facebook or Google to run ads, I mean the theory behind marketing. I would like to read more books similar to the 22 immutable laws of marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Agree, how do you plan to go about it as a developer (I presume)?