Abhishek Divekar’s Post

It took me about a year into my career to realise that growth is painful. When you are at university, growth happens automatically. You enroll in advanced courses, your social circle expands naturally. Your career does not work this way. By default, careers tend toward stagnation, so you need to work at it, actively and repeatedly. At the same time, growing is a painful exercise. It's also very slow; there's a limited band of activities that are immediately beyond your current horizon. You have to take a small, calculated step; a massive leap forward almost always risks over-committing. Recognising that growth is intentional, however, helps make it your strength. Learning new coding techniques, master new SOTA AI approaches, or improving your ability to judge good ideas...each of these skills pushes you slightly past comfort, and is another trick. That's all "skill" is: a bunch of tricks you've accumulated.