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\nCalculated Risk is the Ticket.
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\nThis may very well be a question for the self!
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\nI realised the hard way that trying to be the deepest technical specialist in every room is a losing game.
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\nStart at EveryExpert.com/alex
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\nAny useful?
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fnotebook.toth.al%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fthe-job-hunting-strategy-playbook.png\")
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\nThey end up overqualified on paper and completely invisible in the room: anxious, overlooked, and wondering if they’re the problem.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/alextoth/92360334","date_published":"2026-06-17T14:09:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Toth","url":"https://use.toth.al/profile","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F1853050.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"alextoth"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-17 14:09","date_timestamp":1781705361,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92360002","content_html":"Passion comes AFTER competence, not before.
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\nI won’t faff about this more:
\n𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁! 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵.
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","summary":"","url":"https://notebook.toth.al/2026/06/06/built-for-complexity-not-maintenance.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T10:00:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Toth","url":"https://use.toth.al/profile","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F1853050.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"alextoth"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 10:00","date_timestamp":1780740008,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:swwbtxzpdnx6xoudzrjzseh5/post/3mnmfg2tybi2y"]}},{"id":"91566664","content_html":"@alextoth.bsky.social true, we sometimes prioritise process for thing that don’t work or even don’t exit yet ..
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\nAnd I talk about it all the time in my newsletter. [link in bio]
@alextoth.bsky.social J. F. Evans writes in Key Concepts in Systems Thinking that we must constantly focus on the core purpose of our system.
\nWhen you spend all day fixing a SysML block or formatting a document you stop directing the project and become just another worker.
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\nEven my smart ideas were starting out of those
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\nThat’s it. That’s all!
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\nOnline roadmaps are fine but they are written for general audiences. A minimal real project forces you to fill the gaps in your knowledge and skills that matter most to your specific path
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\nMy honest take is to pick something and spend six to eight weeks building a small project.
\n𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁.
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\nBut I digress, I reminess … nostalgia ..
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\nYea .. it was long before modern apps –> I am ancient.
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\nSome people learned SW or net dev, I’ll use that as an example:
\nIf you have some Python and SQL skills that is a solid starting point for data work or backend development.
BUT
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\nI won’t faff about this more:
\n𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁! 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵.
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\nWe’re looking to put an entertainment box on wheels nowadays, looks like forgetting the purpose of a vehicle, but cram it SW.. you know point A to point B.
\nThen, the phone evolved to a smartphone taking us over. Why not the car?
\nI miss touching HW.
@alextoth.bsky.social hahaa, wow …
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\nGoing crazy..
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\nThe first product solves stinky dirty problems in a premium way :))\nAsk me for the link.
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