Haight Career Advice

[Haight]

I think you did the right thing. I believe it's as simple as him viewing you as a threat.

 

[ygolo]

1. Sorry, but I don't understand your use of the phrase "solo person." Do you mean working from home, working as an independent contactor, working without a team (for whatever reason) or something else?

And it depends on what you are using AI for. In most cases, I won't have an answer for that. But in some cases, I would. In short, I need more information to provide advice.

2. Similar to the first answer, what does "validated learning" mean to you. However, beyond that, I can recommend a book that was an amazing help to me in terms of quickly learning a subject.

The book is titled, "The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition." It's an exceptional book. Also, Gladwell's "Outliers" is helpful in the sense of realizing why some seem to just be better than others when in fact they are not. It just seems that way. In my view, maximum productivity is about focus and effort. Which reminds me, the classic book titled "Flow," by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, was also an amazing help to me.

1. A "solo person" would be all of the above. An individual looking for work from home as an independent contractor without a team.

2. "Validated learning" meaning its not just stuff made up by a person, but has data backing it up--specifically, in this case, about a (job/product/service) market, not a subject. In particular, the data is not freely searchable on the web using google, bing, perplexity, or anything like that--something more insightful.

 

[Haight]

1. A "solo person" would be all of the above. An individual looking for work from home as an independent contractor without a team.

2. "Validated learning" meaning its not just stuff made up by a person, but has data backing it up--specifically, in this case, about a (job/product/service) market, not a subject. In particular, the data is not freely searchable on the web using google, bing, perplexity, or anything like that--something more insightful.

If you have time, which I presume you don't, can you elaborate on your career situation?

Based on what you have stated, I don't know how helpful I can be. I had my own business long ago and I consult now, so I know a bit about those circumstance but not necessarily the services you perform. However, I certainly believe I can add some type of value if you elaborate on your situation. My hope with threads like this is that if I cannot help maybe someone else can. Assuming, of course, that you haven't figured this all out during the time it took me to realize there was an open question in this thread.

 

[Haight]

Excellent point. Yet, wrong thread.

 

[Haight]

Wait a second . . . we can just delete posts now?! That's terrible idea (I hope I didn't think of that).

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Wait a second . . . we can just delete posts now?! That's terrible idea (I hope I didn't think of that).

I can't remember a time when we couldn't. I don't know what the mods see. I think somebody recently said you can't delete them if you are quoted.

 

[Haight]

Terrible idea. If it was mine, I sincerely apologize.

 

[Coriolis]

I can't remember a time when we couldn't. I don't know what the mods see. I think somebody recently said you can't delete them if you are quoted.

As far as I know, members can delete posts for some interval - not sure what that is - a few days? To delete older posts members have always had to ask a mod. I cannot guarantee that has not changed. Much changed with the "new" forum software, and I cannot claim to be aware of all of it.

 

[ygolo]

If you have time, which I presume you don't, can you elaborate on your career situation?

Based on what you have stated, I don't know how helpful I can be. I had my own business long ago and I consult now, so I know a bit about those circumstance but not necessarily the services you perform. However, I certainly believe I can add some type of value if you elaborate on your situation. My hope with threads like this is that if I cannot help maybe someone else can. Assuming, of course, that you haven't figured this all out during the time it took me to realize there was an open question in this thread.

I started a blog about this. However, I haven't posted on it for a while.

But the basics are many health issues that limit my productivity and require me to either make a product, create content, work on a milestone-based basis, or something like that.

I write software (mainly at a low level) and do data science. I prefer medical and scientific software and data processing. I used to lead teams in this and mentor junior engineers and scientists before significant health events.

 

[Saturnal Snowqueen]

Hey Haight, idk if you're still doing this but I could really use your advice.

So I've been doing a crummy retail job, and I want to leave and find something that makes more. I was able to get free college classes through work(all general ed classes like math and bio but not a full degree), but I honestly don't know where to go with them. I got kicked out of college before this, and honestly, I feel like I could probably do college now but I'm just getting a flood of bad memories. I also can't decide on a path anymore. I'm a big foodie and I also love history, literature, animals, art, weather science, and a whole lot of other things really. I've just been so lost and depressed about things. In the past, I've tried stuff like volunteering or some side classes but something would always come up(either judgmental family or I didn't get accepted into something).

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I haight that everywhere demands specialists, and nowhere demands generalists. We're all supposed to be content doing the exact same thing for the rest of our lives, apparently.

 

[The Cat]

I haight that everywhere demands specialists, and nowhere demands generalists. We're all supposed to be content doing the exact same thing for the rest of our lives, apparently.

You'll have to get into some physical blue collar work if you want the demand for generalists.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

You'll have to get into some physical blue collar work if you want the demand for generalists.

Would you be able to go into more detail?

 

[The Cat]

Would you be able to go into more detail?

Sure, I'll hyu in a pm.

 

[SunshineRays64]

What are some very good educational and career options as an gifted, twice exceptional, highly creative INFP enneagram 9w1 self preservation instinctual type with tritype 926 sp/so? My Holland codes are mainly AIS then AIC and AIR. My DISC profile is SC with moderate I and low levels of D.