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??(C)? V-Shaped Skillset
 There's a concept known as the "T-shaped skillset". It says you should aim to have deep expertise in one area (the vertical bar of the "T") and know atleast a little about a wide range of topics (the horizontal bar).
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Editor's Note: For me, it was really difficult to commit to a single main skill. I don't have a niche life's work that clearly stands out, or a specialized role within software. So it forced me to think through and rank my skills. I used a combination of how much interest I have in the skill, and how useful it is in terms of practical application, career growth, etc.
WorkTwo killed by female student in shooting at US Christian school Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the attacker on Monday night as a 15-year-old female student at the school. Authorities say the attacker was in attendance at Abundant Life Christian School before opening fire and was found dead at the scene. WorkThe man who bought everything Towards the end of the Second World War, a B-29 bomber crashed near the city of Tosu on the island of Kyushu in western Japan.
WorkRussian general killed in explosion in Moscow Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was leaving a residential block early on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated, Russia's investigative committee said. It added that Kirillov's assistant was also killed. WorkWhere did all the manufacturing workers go? Sign up for the Marketplace newsletter to get the day's biggest business stories, our economic analysis, and explainers to help you live smarter, straight to your inbox every weekday evening.
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WorkMassive Earthquake Jolts Vanuatu, Damaging Buildings A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Vanuatu early Tuesday afternoon, triggering small tsunami waves, causing serious damage to the U.S. Embassy in the capital and knocking out most of the internet connectivity in the Pacific Island nation. WorkStates have a shelf life of about 200 years I gave a talk on collapse earlier this autumn to the community of futurists that is co-ordinated by DEFRA, the British government's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was based on an article I wrote earlier this year, and discussed here in March.
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WorkWork WorkWorkHBO Ends Partnership With 'Sesame Street' Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit company that makes the venerable children's educational program, is looking for a new distribution partner after Warner Bros. Discovery decided not to renew its agreement to air new episodes of the show on HBO and its streaming platform, Max. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHealth Gap at End of Life Is Now Wider in US Than Any Other Country Humans today are living longer than ever before, but how many of those added years are spent in good health? Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that people around the world in 2019 were living 9.6 years of life burdened by disability or disease - an increase of 13 percent from 2000. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkOn the higher fertility of semiconductor workers This tweet has gone viral for pointing out the extraordinary fertility of the employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's leading manufacturer of semiconductors and producer of nearly 90% of the most advanced chips. Though TSMC employees make up 0. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHow Did We End Up with Such an Opaque and Costly Health-Care System? - The New Yorker (No paywall) On Halloween, my sixteen-year-old daughter slipped and fell on some broken glass. She came home from a party with a nasty-looking gash on one of her fingers, and I persuaded her to go to a local emergency room. After she filled in some forms and I presented our family insurance card and ascertained that the E.R. was in-network, we were shown to a patient bay with a hospital bed and chair. A doctor examined the wound and confirmed that it warranted stitches. Not very long after that, his assistant came by and numbed my daughters finger with novocaine. Then he put in two stitches and covered the wound with a small bandage. On a busy night, we were in and out of the facility in less than three hours, and we left happy to have received professional care. WorkWorkWorkTaxi drivers are steering neuroscience toward better understanding Alzheimer's - STAT (No paywall) But in at least one area, taxi drivers do quite well. A new study, released today in The BMJ, shows that taxi drivers die at lower rates from Alzheimers disease than people in other professions potentially because the job involves exercising the parts of the brain that are responsible for navigation day in and day out.Understanding the reasons behind this association could have important implications for everyone else, too, said Anupam B. Jena, a physician and economist at Harvard who worked on the new study. Are there things that you could do over your lifetime that might reduce the risk of dementia? WorkA Guide to Managing Interconnected AI Systems - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) A doctor uses AI to draft a prior authorization request, transforming what might be a tedious, time-consuming process into an efficient one. Yet, if an insurers AI rejects the request based on criteria the doctors system didnt account for, the result is delays and frustration. This is the new reality of AI ecosystems: interconnected networks of intelligent agents and systems that collaborate, compete, or clash across business units or organizations. These ecosystems can offer new opportunities but also introduce new complexities and risks. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe Internet Missed the Point on Luigi Mangione From the moment Luigi Mangione was revealed as the person arrested in connection with last weeks murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, stories started spinning out about him on social media. Alibis posted by users who have manipulated photos of Mangione to suggest he was in different places at the time of the crime are breaking the Internet. Hes also become somewhat of an online sex symbol, with users claiming hes too hot to convict and a mug shot hottie. And after his arrest, he gained about 1,000 followers a minute on X, as people poured through his past posts. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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