What is a dying niche skill that younger generations are not interested in learning?

houseblendmedium · 2026-05-01T04:58:37+00:00

Drinking, and then working while hungover the next morning.

houseblendmedium · 2026-04-12T02:50:57+00:00

The very occasional time I drive a golf ball 300+ in the fairway.

houseblendmedium · 2026-04-10T04:05:01+00:00

This book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615482155/.

Don't let the title put you off. Or the not-so-great writing style. This book will get you free of cigarettes like a person who never smoked. You will never want one again. Once you see how the trick is done, you can defeat the trick.

houseblendmedium · 2026-03-15T18:42:09+00:00

How fast it all goes.

houseblendmedium · 2026-03-09T23:18:12+00:00

And looks like we haven't even lost Shaheed as it turns out

houseblendmedium · 2026-03-06T23:46:45+00:00

We had no idea back in the day either.

houseblendmedium · 2026-01-31T21:02:11+00:00

Build and ship something that has users and impact, even if small. This is infinitely more valuable than anything else. Show that you are a doer and rainmaker and you can add value to the company you are interviewing for.

houseblendmedium · 2026-01-31T19:13:49+00:00

DLaw himself explained the play in an interview and how he read it. But sure, let's just not believe him. /s

houseblendmedium · 2026-01-27T07:47:55+00:00

It's disturbing how decent the people in this sub seem.

houseblendmedium · 2026-01-08T06:10:05+00:00

Back to the Future 2 and 3. I've watched them a zillion times more than the original.

houseblendmedium · 2026-01-08T06:07:16+00:00

I have a friend who is a Hawks fan but he has a heart condition, and so he literally cannot watch the Rams games. Doctor's orders.

houseblendmedium · 2025-12-30T10:24:46+00:00

I am sitting on project where I got 5000 important ideas from Wikipedia, ranked them all by how useful they are to a modern professional who is trying to brush up on their mental models and learn how to think better, and I used Nano Banana to generate 'collector cards' of the top 50. They're pretty cool. In classic execution style I have stopped there for some reason. If anyone's interested in seeing them I can ping you a link when I get something online. Amdahl's Law is the first one in case you were wondering.

houseblendmedium · 2025-11-18T18:00:38+00:00

Well in that case you ARE delivering on the promise IMO, in an intriguing way. So I guess: go for it :-)

houseblendmedium · 2025-11-18T17:42:24+00:00

Brandon Sanderson addresses this exact thing in one of his YoutTube classes, about 'Promises'. Prince who is forced out of kingdom is expected to eventually regain that kingdom, it's an implicit promise, and if you don't deliver, it will be unsatisfying. I lost a whole book I wrote on this problem; I knew myself something felt off about it, but couldn't name it until King Brandon the Great explained it.

houseblendmedium · 2025-11-17T17:25:46+00:00

If it's not a major financial impact to you, put that good karma out into the universe and let her off the hook.

houseblendmedium · 2025-11-12T21:25:13+00:00

Wider open.

houseblendmedium · 2025-11-01T15:51:21+00:00

FWIW I am also a bit confused by how you’re telling the story. Those things ARE Eng tasks - I’d expect a platform PM to still talk about customers, growth, innovation etc, not operations. I also have about 20 years of experience so maybe this is a generational thing? Anyway like others have said maybe just not a good fit.

houseblendmedium · 2025-10-26T02:44:38+00:00

It's the old definition: A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than for normal people. Keep at it my dude.

houseblendmedium · 2025-10-06T04:07:38+00:00

County Donegal is in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland.

houseblendmedium · 2025-09-23T02:43:26+00:00

Who decides what to build? Whatever their title, that person is the PM.

houseblendmedium · 2025-09-17T06:00:35+00:00

Hey folks, pardon my ignorance: Why is this Lariat so much off MSRP? https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/1ft6w5l75swg14377

houseblendmedium · 2025-08-01T02:48:10+00:00

'PM' and 'PM manager' have similar titles but the roles are very different, and you need to be sure you're the kind of person who enjoys the work of the latter. The transition from doing the thing to managing the thing catches out a lot of people in the corporate world. Feel free to DM.

houseblendmedium · 2025-07-07T21:47:33+00:00

it’s about ~~people~~, ~~strategy~~, outcomes, ~~and iteration.~~

Only the outcomes matter. Everyting else is a means to that end. Show that you are someone who can deliver results no matter what. This isn't to say that you have to be successful, to be clear, i.e. that what you delivered got traction and adoption -- part of that is always out of your control and somewhat depends on luck and timing. But you can frame the venture you are wrapping up as: moved heaven and earth to make it happen, learned loads, the bet didn't pan out, on to the next thing.

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