Learning the core aspects quickly. It’s the ultimate meta skill.

Sales

Founder

Senior Consultant

Product Manager

Software Developer

Backend Engineer

Civil Engineer

Product Designer

Suppose you could be very good, like, REALLY good at something that very few people could do, what do you imagine being?  It's okay for it to be unrealistic or unrelated to what you currently do.  ...

Welcome to Ask Grapeviners's Private Community

Suppose you could be very good, like, REALLY good at something that very few people could do, what do you imagine being?

It's okay for it to be unrealistic or unrelated to what you currently do.

For example, being an international snooker player 🤷🏻‍♂️ or mastery in woodwork specific to making storage/usable compartment based "russian dolls".

What's the wildest or absurdly normal thing can you think of?

If you could choose a mastery, what would it be?

Software Test - QA

If you could choose a mastery, what would it be?- Grapevine

If you could instantly become an expert in one random, non-lucrative field, what would you choose?  
I'm talking about hyper-specific, wildly impractical knowledge that would make you a god-tier trivia night player but probably won't pay the bills.

Mastering the Useless: What's Your Dream Obscure Expertise?

Software Engineer

Welcome to Confessions's Private Community

If you could instantly become an expert in any field, what would it be?

please share something you have been working on and would like to become really good at doing it or even if you are just dreaming about it and would like to start doing it. 

It could be related to anything in your life.

What do you want to become good at ?

Senior Software Engineer

something you would be able to use to earn a living without a formal job as well, maybe by starting something of your own

for me it's my ability to seamlessly work with tech, product and business teams

What are you really good/skilled at ?

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

A lot of noise around AI taking coding jobs, which i fear might be real. Like not completely but you get my point. So how should one upskill themselves (especially the average folks, top 1/2% will not be affected in any field imo) for the upcoming shift? Like will data analytics/science or maybe ai/ml engineering jobs be on rise ? Should be start upskilling in those fields or any other suggestions? I would really like to know it from someone who has good experience in the industry or someone with good insight. Thanks

Jobs which will be created /not impacted by AI

I’m sure all of us are above average at at least one thing. It could range from making a mean Maggi to playing an instrument to making new friends to flirting to anything else. What’s yours? 

I like researching in depth about financial products and have a good working knowledge of common topics such as tax, mutual funds, insurance. 😊

What’s your superpower?

I allegedly have a photographic memory that amazes and creeps my peers simultaneously.  
  
 Downside? 
 Can't sleep most of time as I have HD recordings of all my regrets and rejects. Ignorance is a bliss.

Growth Manager

29M , 7 yoe. Have a full time job plus running my own freelancing gig servicing multiple clients across the world

Not a techie. Earning 1.75cr a year AMA

Consultant

I can't seem to relate to much of the non-FAANG junta out there. I mean I have a cushy job with probably 0.1% pay of all SWEs(pretty much like all of us do). But these cookie-cutter roles have been taking a mental toll on me. Like I am getting paid but I feel a little purpose-less. What am I gunning for in this life? 

All my life I wanted to go to a good college to get into a good company. In college I wanted to get a good codeforces rank so that I could get into FAANG. Now that I am in FAANG I have nothing to look forward to. 

Any of you all feeling this way? Because I don't see myself offer-shopping and feeling much happy about that either.

Feeling depressed at Amazon(2YOE/41L CTC). Anyone else feeling the same way?

Recently watched Soul on hotstar and this actually makes sense now. The character was trying hard to perform in front of a crowd and  when it happened he wasn't feeling any change at all. At that time, he was told about the fish and the ocean story :-  
  
 I heard this story about a fish. 
  
 He swims up to an older fish and says, “I’m trying to find this thing they call ‘the ocean.'” 
  
 “The ocean? the older fish says, “That’s what you’re in right now.” 
  
 “This?” says the young fish. “This is water. What I want is the ocean!”

I know it’s a very common question, and impossible to know or answer.
But curious how you folks here rationalize the meaning of life.

Add your age if that’s okay, for good measure

For me: I’m 27, my life’s purpose (or so I think) is to build something that helps a whole lot of people have a better life. And it is to make the people around me - family, friends, strangers happier (the scale of which depends on how successfully I pull this off).

Whats yours? Would love to engage on this :)

Thread: What do you feel is your life’s purpose?

Do you really need one? 
 Existence is a gift, just enjoying it should be enough.

Corporate Strategist

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

please share one or more things you believe you are good at and few people have praised you for that skill. 

It could be anything professional/person, doesn't matter if you are earning money using that skill or not. 

Feel free to share proof if you want to.

What are you good at ?

Like for example -
Engineering in CSE but not working as software engineer
Left normal corporate jobs,  started freelancing
Found out entirely new profession to do?
Farming? 

Curious on what made you take that decision! What the world convinced you about the decision? Did your friends and family treated you differently when you didn't walk the conventional path?

Anyone here done something that isn't normal path?

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Job descriptions ask for expertise in everything. Should I be a specialist or a generalist to stay competitive?
How do you approach skill development in your career?

Jack of all trades or master of one?

I have generally seen this either in reel / film life or real life, where people who love what they do, tend to be -
1. Much more happier / satisfied everyday
2. They give way more of themselves into the task not because someone demands it, but because they want to, they enjoy it
3. They constantly improve and be better at this thing
4. They aren't in it for the money. They don't do things or learn more or put more hours because it's paying them, they do it because of the love for the thing. Money is just an add-on

Do you guys have anything like this in life which you enjoy doing so much and can do it without thinking about the money you'd get. This thing shouldn't be something you consume, but something you produce, even if it helps 1 person out, still counts!

Eg. You do coding, learn new things in it, not because it pays you, but because it's what you love doing. You'd probably still keep doing it even if it doesn't pay you anything

What's the one thing you love doing without intention of making money out of it?

How to find hobbies or anything that I like to do? I’m in Bengaluru, with a lot of free time. I don’t know what I like anymore. I frequently watch movies from theatre and that’s the only thing I do now

How to find hobbies?

Get married. 
  
 If you don't know what to do, your wife will ensure you do what she wants you to do.

Sales Manager

Program Manager

What is one thing you want to do/learn/have before you die?

Will entertain only serious questions that respect anonymity. I don’t mind humor, but trolling is strict no no.

Conducted one AMA session last week & was overwhelmed by both number & positive feedback. I might choose to skip any question repeated from last time.

Some things about me
- I love to code & go beyond coding
- Managed a team of around 20 people before
- I love mentoring people
- Presently overseeing the architecture and lifecycle of a suite of products

Don’t mind me giving you some useful gyan 😀

Presently Senior Architect, previously Engineering Manager, 18+ yoe in software engg. AMA

Software Architect

Always had a fascination for flying objects as a kid. 

If this held true, I would really love to work in the aerospace domain. Building insane drones or UAVs would be awesome, especially after a decent stint in software.

Was reading about this company called Zipline which works in autonomous aerial delivery. Quite insane how they supply medical supplies in Rwanda using gliding drones that are launched across the country.

Stories like these inspire an entire generation to take up engineering and change the world.

What about you all?

[Thread] If all jobs paid the same and qualifications were no issue, what career would you choose instead of your current role?

I have been working as full stack developer past 7 years in stacks like react, react native , flutter, spring boot , nest, graphql so on and so forth. So far being generalist has worked for me as I am never out of projects. However recently I met one Engineering manager who advised me to become a specialist in one domain for better growth going forward . How do you all see this specialist vs generalist idea ?

Specialist or generalist .

Tech Lead

e.g

Nims Purja, climbed 14, 8000+ meters high mountains in 7months, the second best record was 7 years.

that was his absolutely crazy dream, which everyone said wasn't possible. 

(watch 14peaks on Netflix to know his story)


what's your crazy dream ? could be related to anything at all

If you could choose a mastery, what would it be?

Discover More

Misc on

by Anise Denver

Sony

Mastering the Useless: What's Your Dream Obscure Expertise?

Confessions on

by Jordon Carmden

Bosch

If you could instantly become an expert in any field, what would it be?

Misc on

by Kendall Gabriel

Stealth

What do you want to become good at ?

Misc on

by Jordon Lee

Stealth

What are you really good/skilled at ?

Software Engineers on

by Jordon Hyrum

Infosys

Jobs which will be created /not impacted by AI

Misc on

by Kendall Lee

Stealth

What’s your superpower?

Misc on

by Matilda Vernon

Stealth

Not a techie. Earning 1.75cr a year AMA

FAANG on

by Kendall Lee

Amazon

Feeling depressed at Amazon(2YOE/41L CTC). Anyone else feeling the same way?

Adulting on

by Jordon Carmden

Series A Startup

Thread: What do you feel is your life’s purpose?

Office Gossip on

by Kendall Olive

Stealth

What are you good at ?

Software Engineers on

by Dezi Carmden

Freelancer

Anyone here done something that isn't normal path?

Indian Startups on

by Anise Dean

Zoho

Jack of all trades or master of one?

Misc on

by Jordon Taye

Freelancer

What's the one thing you love doing without intention of making money out of it?

Fitness on

by Coy Lee

On break

How to find hobbies?

Adulting on

by Blair Gabriel

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

What is one thing you want to do/learn/have before you die?

Office Gossip on

by Jordon Gabriel

Stealth

Presently Senior Architect, previously Engineering Manager, 18+ yoe in software engg. AMA

Indian Startups on

by Kalan Vernon

Gojek

[Thread] If all jobs paid the same and qualifications were no issue, what career would you choose instead of your current role?

Software Engineers on

by Jordon Hyrum

Stealth

Specialist or generalist .

Adulting on

by Jordon Lee

Stealth

What's your absolutely crazy achievable dream ?