Agree on the importance of your knowledge in public. Even I used to underestimate this. Imposter syndrome used to creep in. But as soon I just thought of it as documenting my journey/learnings and seeing how it could help others, the whole perception changed.
Building audience is the natural byproduct of helping people on internet ✨
- if you list step-by-step what worked for you, some might say it worked for your special case (my contained example for building projects, not just the theory)
- if you give too broad advice, it's either too obvious or too generic
Although the Advice Business seems like a great idea, without a social solid proof (like working for big tech), it is less attainable for us, ordinary fullstack engineers who only worked for Upwork clients and local outsourcing companies.
Agree on the importance of your knowledge in public. Even I used to underestimate this. Imposter syndrome used to creep in. But as soon I just thought of it as documenting my journey/learnings and seeing how it could help others, the whole perception changed.
Building audience is the natural byproduct of helping people on internet ✨
I feel I burnt myself in the Advice Business.
Unlike Peter, I conquered the thoughts that my advice is "old" and wrote a short book on building portfolio projects that get you hired.
Someone posted a short blog post (https://akoskm.com/how-to-stand-out-with-your-job-application) version of this book on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29569814), receiving incredibly negative responses and seen as bad advice. Of course, I read through all of them, and I had several conclusions:
- if you list step-by-step what worked for you, some might say it worked for your special case (my contained example for building projects, not just the theory)
- if you give too broad advice, it's either too obvious or too generic
Although the Advice Business seems like a great idea, without a social solid proof (like working for big tech), it is less attainable for us, ordinary fullstack engineers who only worked for Upwork clients and local outsourcing companies.