Career Advice - KeynesYouDigIt/Knowledge GitHub Wiki

• The labor market values stints of self-employment

Picking stuff to learn (tech stacks and otherwise)

The "Ikigai" stack finder

Find tech that fits all four of these (to the extent possible)

What you love

• You find the tech satisfying to build things in and have fun working in it
• The community is supportive and helpful
• It's used in organizations you could see yourself working at

What you're good at

• You find the tech intuitive and understand the related patterns
• You can see anti-patterns quickly and understand how not to use the tech

What you can be paid for

• The tech is not being abandon faster than its being adopted
• There are sufficient jobs in the market for the tech or something very adjacent to it
• The salary pays something similar to what you are targeting

What the world needs

• The tech was invented to meet what you consider a real need
• The tech is used to build useful products, and isn't exclusive to a niche that doesn't fit your values (suppose you are very uninspired by ad tech work - google analytics might not be for you)
• There are existing (or at least potential) unique benefits that this technology can offer to the world