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TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why
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Before you go out and upskill, you need to understand what skills are. In today's episode we go over Soft Skills, Hard Skills, Domains, Roles, Expertise, Generalism (if that's a word), and everything related to what you should know about upskilling.
P.S Soft Skills are a scam, not for the reason you think - find out in the episode.
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp006/
Chapters
0:00 - TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why
1:38 - Intro to Soft Skills
2:36 - Hard Skills vs Soft Skills
3:42 - Examples of Hard Skills
4:12 - Examples of Soft Skills
5:18 - What is a Domain? How is it different than a Skill
7:18 - Why are Soft Skills a Scam?
8:11 - What Skills are required for me to start a business?
9:06 - Why you should think about Skills differently in developing nations
9:17 - What is an IC (Individual Contributor)
9:53 - Lack of Expertise Career Path in Pakistan
10:21 - Why most people end up becoming Manager in Pakistani Career Paths
11:39 - What is a Generalist role?
12:01 - Why should you become a Generalist rather than Specialist
13:29 - #1 - Written Communication
15:37 - What it means to be concise
17:06 - #2 - Organization and Documentation
19:28 - #3 - Ownership
20:42 - Validating your value to others
22:11 - A question for you
22:31 - In the car segment: What skill I am struggling with currently
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/be-more-than-a-manager/
https://sknexus.com/pick-your-career-carefully/
https://sknexus.com/gap-to-expertise/
https://sknexus.com/keep-learning-as-a-professional/
https://sknexus.com/validating-your-value-as-a-professional/
As always -
Thank you for listening, please send any questions or feedback to podcast@sknexus.com
See you next time.
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Kapitel
1. TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why (00:00:00)
2. Intro to Soft Skills (00:01:38)
3. Hard Skills vs Soft Skills (00:02:36)
4. Examples of Hard Skills (00:03:42)
5. Examples of Soft Skills (00:04:12)
6. What is a Domain? How is it different than a Skill (00:05:18)
7. Why are Soft Skills a Scam? (00:07:18)
8. What Skills are required for me to start a business? (00:08:11)
9. Why you should think about Skills differently in developing nations (00:09:06)
10. What is an IC (Individual Contributor) (00:09:17)
11. Lack of Expertise Career Path in Pakistan (00:09:53)
12. Why most people end up becoming Manager in Pakistani Career Paths (00:10:21)
13. What is a Generalist role? (00:11:39)
14. Why should you become a Generalist rather than Specialist (00:12:01)
15. #1 - Written Communication (00:13:29)
16. What it means to be concise (00:15:37)
17. #2 - Organization and Documentation (00:17:06)
18. #3 - Ownership (00:19:28)
19. Validating your value to others (00:20:42)
20. A question for you (00:22:11)
21. In the car segment: What skill I am struggling with currently (00:22:31)
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