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1) Role & Market Selection
Avoiding career dead ends early
A Dead End is a job that uses a very specific, old tool that no other company uses. If you spend two years learning a software that only one company uses, and then that company lays you off, you have to start from zero. Stick to Industry Standard tools (like SQL, AWS, Salesforce, or Python). Ensure your daily tasks build a skill set that is portable—meaning you could quit today and get hired by a competitor tomorrow.
A Dead End is a job that uses a very specific, old tool that no other company uses.
- If you spend two years learning a software that only one company uses, and then that company lays you off, you have to start from zero.
- Stick to Industry Standard tools (like SQL, AWS, Salesforce, or Python). Ensure your daily tasks build a skill set that is portable meaning you could quit today and get hired by a competitor tomorrow.
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