You can’t choose your starting point. You can choose what you learn next.
Working hard and still feeling overlooked? Unfair Skills explores how to communicate your value, build skills people notice, and create more options for your next move.
If somebody taught you life is fair, they were setting you up for failure. Look around. We all have advantages. We all have disadvantages.
Being fair to other people matters. Expecting life to return the favor is a different thing.
After 15 years in tech, I’ve seen that promotions don’t always go to the best workers. They don’t always go to the hardest workers, either.
You can acknowledge that and still take responsibility for your next move.
Unfair Skills is about recognizing what you can control and building an advantage through what you learn, practice, and do.
These are the six areas I’m exploring for Unfair Skills. This is a starting point, not a finished table of contents. Your questions will help me decide what deserves a deeper chapter.
Doing good work and getting recognized for it are different skills. Explore how to connect your contributions to results people understand.
Make your impact visible. Ask for opportunities. Advocate for yourself.
The best idea doesn’t always win. Learn to explain what matters, ask better questions, and make a clear case for the value you bring.
Tell a clearer story. Navigate difficult conversations. Get buy-in.
More information isn’t the same as more ability. Find the skills worth practicing and turn what you learn into something you can actually use.
Choose a useful skill. Practice deliberately. Learn from feedback.
You don’t need to chase every new app. Explore where AI can help you think, learn, and create while keeping your judgment in the process.
Start with a real problem. Build repeatable workflows. Check the output.
A job title belongs to a role. Your reputation can follow you. Explore how sharing useful work and building real relationships can create options.
Show your work. Build trust. Become known for something useful.
One burst of motivation rarely changes your trajectory. Build a way to keep taking useful action, even when progress feels slow.
Make the next step smaller. Follow through. Review what’s working.
But you’re watching other people get the opportunities. You want to understand what makes effort visible and valuable.
A layoff, a career change, or a growing sense that the old path isn’t yours. You want more choices about what comes next.
A project, a business, or a reputation beyond your job title. You want to turn what you know into something people care about.
I haven’t finished this book. Before I decide what belongs in it, I want to hear what you’re working through.
Which skill would change things for you? Where do you feel stuck? Join the waitlist and tell me what you want to learn. I’ll use those responses to guide the topics and examples I develop.
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What you learn. What you practice. What you start today. It all adds up.
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