Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?
by titanomachy on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:18PM
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Agreed! It's definitely annoying to train something which doesn't seem particularly related to our jobs, but it's worth the effort.
The career impact of becoming a better programmer or leader is tiny compared to the impact of moving to a better company.
If you're a free agent and you're not interested in interviewing or working for big companies, then I would say the top skills to learn are listening/negotiation and maybe time management, unless you're already great at those things. Same advice if you're already at one of the best companies and don't need to interview :)
The career impact of becoming a better programmer or leader is tiny compared to the impact of moving to a better company.
If you're a free agent and you're not interested in interviewing or working for big companies, then I would say the top skills to learn are listening/negotiation and maybe time management, unless you're already great at those things. Same advice if you're already at one of the best companies and don't need to interview :)