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Before you go out and upskill, you need to understand what skills are. In today’s episode we go over Soft Skills, Hard Skills, Domains, Roles, Expertise, Generalism (if that’s a word), and everything related to what you should know about upskilling.
P.S Soft Skills are a scam, not for the reason you think – find out in the episode.
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
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Chapters
0:00 – TWP 006 – Soft Skills Are a Scam – Here’s Why
1:38 – Intro to Soft Skills
2:36 – Hard Skills vs Soft Skills
3:42 – Examples of Hard Skills
4:12 – Examples of Soft Skills
5:18 – What is a Domain? How is it different than a Skill
7:18 – Why are Soft Skills a Scam?
8:11 – What Skills are required for me to start a business?
9:06 – Why you should think about Skills differently in developing nations
9:17 – What is an IC (Individual Contributor)
9:53 – Lack of Expertise Career Path in Pakistan
10:21 – Why most people end up becoming Manager in Pakistani Career Paths
11:39 – What is a Generalist role?
12:01 – Why should you become a Generalist rather than Specialist
13:29 – 1 – Written Communication
15:37 – What it means to be concise
17:06 – 2 – Organization and Documentation
19:28 – 3 – Ownership
20:42 – Validating your value to others
22:11 – A question for you
22:31 – In the car segment: What skill I am struggling with currently
Further learning and references
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