> learn your way into the 20% of that field
Agreed, but how do you do that though? My experience is that there is only so much you can learn without the challenge
Agreed, but how do you do that though? My experience is that there is only so much you can learn without the challenge
I'm not joking.
I mean when you go to industry conferences for niches I feel like maybe half the speakers I listen to are just winging it. If someone who is objectively in the bottom 50% of expertise in a niche is speaking at an industry conference you can definitely learn your way to greater degree of competence than they are at.
Obviously learning is more important, but would you recommend spending, say, 1 hour of promotion or networking per 10 hours of learning, or 5 hours? What worked for you?
For what it's worth, I'm about 2-3 years into my career and see a lot of advice to spend a significant amount of time promoting yourself.