A good or a bad thing?
I was out for a pint after work yesterday in my new job with a couple of lads and we were telling stories of past glories as you do when sipping at the bar.
Naturally as we had just finished working together for the day we told a few old work stories and i realized that i've had a good bit of experience in a lot of areas.
From working in construction, retail, pubs, management, tourism and various other bits and pieces including crypto and writing. This comes from starting at 14 and working my way through the years. Followed by college courses in engineering, retail, management and the latest of blockchain technology.
It's a fair mixed bag but a lack of knowledge never stopped me jumping into a new role. Even my latest job in reinsulating houses is new territory but after a few months and zero training I've found my bearings and haven't destroyed anybody's house yet.
People like the fact that i can turn my hand to anything which is a valuable quality but is it the best way to go?
Expertise is also a valuable commodity and people will pay big for that specific talent or knowledge that only comes from a lot of time and effort.
I saw something similar in crypto where people jumped form one chain to the next. One project to the next or one get rich quick scheme to nothing. They lost all their money and hate crypto now. But that's besides the point.
Hive is a skill in itself and success usually comes with time and effort. Learning how to operate and navigate the intricacies of the eco-system. If you can build on hive even better and even more valuable than just understanding it.
@demotruck made a very interesting post about a similar subject earlier this week. He is a wizard with info and tracked how account age relates to account power.
How Hive Power, Account Age and Post Count relate to Hive Rewards
more Hive Power means more rewards, and older accounts also make more rewards.
we can see a very clear pattern of more posts, more years = more rewards.
He also makes very pretty charts, just saying.
10,000 hours.
There is a common perception that if you dedicate 10,000 hours to any subject then you can become a master of it.
Whether that is true or not would depend on a lot of other circumstances for me personally but i would agree that spending 10,000 hours on any task would definitely elevate you above most others.
I might not have mastered any of my previous jobs but I'm hoping to play Hive on expert level. I could waste a lot of time trying to understand everything in crypto or i could learn as much as possible about hive and make myself invaluable in the future when there is a lot more demand for access to the eco-system.
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First of all, congratulations on your diverse range of experiences! You have clearly been able to adapt to different environments and learn quickly, which is a valuable skill.
It's great that you recognize the importance of expertise and the value it brings. However, don't underestimate the value of being a "Jack of all trades." Being able to turn your hand to different tasks and industries is a valuable quality, especially in today's rapidly changing job market.
It's also encouraging to hear that you are committed to learning and mastering Hive. With dedication and effort, you can definitely become an expert in this field. Don't be discouraged by the amount of time it may take - remember that every hour spent learning and practicing brings you closer to your goal.
Keep up the hard work and continue to embrace your diverse range of experiences - it will serve you well in your future endeavors!
Thanks for the kind words and there is a lot of wisdom in what you say.
I've been on hive for a long time at this stage and have every intention o mastering how it operates at some stage.
It just takes time and effort like everything else in life.
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That good we got to keep pushing
It's just the beginning and it will grow.
!ALIVE
Lol I was only watching cartoons at 14
Same here. Hopefully all that skill and knowledge will be applicable on a much grander scale in the near future
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Started working in a bar at 14 part time.
Kept working there for another 8 years and moved onto a few other side jobs as well. I was a shy kid and it was a good way to grow up.
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When I was working at a graphic design studio in the nineties, the owner let us pick our own job titles for business cards. I chose
One-Eyed Jack of All Trades
As I was part Macintosh production artist, part typographer, part network administrator, and part proofreader, it was fitting. Most of our clients weren’t aware of it but I also happen to have only one functioning real eye, the other is a prosthetic.
Sounds more like a terrible porn movie to me.
Need a fix, You need a visit from "One eyed Jack."
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No one need know all the details of my past . . .
The full quote that is almost always forgotten about, is this:
"Jack of all trades, master of none, is still better than a master of one".
Another quote:
I'm not sure I agree with his list in our day, but it is still the case that our lives require a broad set of skills and breadth as well as depth of knowledge is essential to be informed and to be competent in our world today.
Might be a little bit dated alright but their is wisdom in the quote.
I do think that it's important to have some specific skills that set you above the crowd but definitely handy to be able to throw your hat at other things that happen in day to day life.
Street smarts beats book smarts.
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Not exactly the lesson that I take from it. In life you need street smarts, book smarts. Soft skills and hard skills. However, competence is more important than mastery. Competence matters nearly all the time, it's the difference between being able to do something yourself and needing someone else to do it for you. It's also the difference between swallowing bad information and averting mistakes. Mastery matters too, but takes much longer to achieve and it's less frequently a benefit. It also makes you less flexible, because the particular skill may one day cease to be relevant. Usually mastery is key when you don't just need to be good enough, you need to be better than nearly (or absolutely) everyone else. For most people that's rarely going to matter, but if you're a F1 race car driver, it matters every day.
Most of the time, most people should pursue competence in many areas over mastery in few. If you pursue mastery, you should have a particular and good reason for it.
Well, as the complete idiom goes:
I tend to agree with this. Being a specialist is commendable for sure, but it certainly leaves those people wishing, perhaps subconsciously, that they had delved into other things in that time, instead looking somewhat foolish when they try and saddened that they feel so ignorant about the rest of the world.
The generalist like yourself - a dying breed - will have such a wider set of experiences that they're gonna be more interesting to be around, more empathetic and just more useful!
I have a similar approach. I keep myself open to exploring other projects and options but Hive is my main thing and I hope to be as much of an expert as I can
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Interesting perspective on being a jack of all trades. I think it's great to have diverse experiences and skills, but it's also important to find a balance and maybe focus on mastering a few key areas. Keep learning and growing!
Just like Lee once said: "take the best of what's out there."
And that's the key factor: take what works best for you in any topic, just one or two things. Next, master it and create your own style, your own strategy, your own philosophy.
10K hours on Hive is baby steps lol and must be close to the 20K or above mark if I was brutally honest. Glad you have a new job and have learned some more skills. One day hopefully I can give you an upvote for insulating my house lol.
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The full quote says "Jack of all trades, master of none. But still better than a master of one." meaning a diverse skillset worth more than a single perfected skill.
Btw I also knew the 10000 hours rule and it's likely true. But what if you don't concentrate on the hours only on the consistency? You will get better results with correct habits in the focus.
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It's okay to try out different things and find your mojo.
Hive is your Mojo bro. And the variety of experience you have gained through your jobs would help you nail this game.
After quitting my full-time job as a software, I tried 10 different things and I am still experimenting. We are quite similar in the sense that we both are generalists.
And if you think about it, all successful entrepreneurs are generalists who hire specialists people and/or tools to get the job done.
I don't believe that success is best achieved through hyperspecialization. In a complex world like today's, you should have a range of skills & knowledge to thrive.
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I do love a bit of hive. After 6 years it's all or nothing at this stage.
No point in switching projects now with splinterlands about to take it up a level and project blank hitting it's development stride.
It's handy to have a little info on a lot but having top level skills is still a bit more valuable in my opinion.
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Thanks for sharing @demotruck's article. Very interesting analysis.
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I think the way AI is going being master of something is required to keep yourself relevant because everything small and within the gaps will be taken by AI. And based on prompt based AI it seems like we would be needing to be master of some so that we can train master AI for our own work. I feel life is going to change on what needs to be mastered very soon.
AI is going to change the world as we know it in the next 5 years. So many industries will be disrupted that it's going to be hard to predict how everything is going to fall.
I think that mastering the use of AI will be very important as it's going to infiltrate most jobs going forward. It can be an amazing tool if people know how to use it right.
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Stay persistent brother
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