career

Didn’t even read the book, and going by someone else’s tl;dr, which in itself is pretty detailed Link: https://commoncog.com/blog/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/

Passion hypothesis sucks - Following your passion is not the best of advice
Job Satisfaction tends to depend on:
- Autonomy
- Competence - feeling that you’re good at what you do
- Relatedness - feeling of connection with other people

Le Tech Job

Autonomy for junior engineer is hard to come by.
Competence comes with time but you have to keep at it. Increased competence will also come with increased autonomy
Relatedness is an underrated factor. Be watchful of how you feel about the people you work with

Plenty of autonomy - I can write whatever music I want
Not a whole lot of competence; I’m a still mediocre guitarist and singer
Low relatedness - I don’t get to work with others a lot; very few gigs and collabs

Adopt craftsman mindset - focus on gaining rare and valuable skills
Pick a job that lets you build career capital
- Job lets you distinguish yourself and develop relevant, but rare/valuable skills
- Job focuses on things you think are useful to the world
- You get to work with people you like
Distinguish between winner-takes-all market and auction-market
Deliberate practice
- Seek out things just above your skill level

5 steps

Decide what type of market you’re in: auction vs. winnter-takes-all
Identify capital type:
- Tech Industry is probably auction market - several skills you can work on and progress
- Music is definitely winner-takes-all. Be a better musician. Write better songs. Perform better. Focus on thee core skills.
Clearly define what is ‘good’ for your career
Search and Destroy - actively seek out things that hurt and push yourself into areas of discomfort
Be patient and ignore distractions that come in your way of making actual progress