Skill Stacking to Create Value & Some Ideas on Writing Clean Code

Just 3 Things - 4/27/22

Something I’m Thinking About

Stacking multiple skills creates value. 

What do I mean by this?

Let me share a personal example.

I’m good at taking a high level vision or idea and articulating it in a way that others want to rally behind it.

I’m also a software developer and can take an idea and build it.

Both of these skills create value in very different ways but I would reason that the combination creates extreme value.

Being an idea person who can speak relatively well is useful, but it’s not a highly unique skill — at the end of the day it all can be distilled down to being fluent at sales.

Being a programmer who can build websites or apps is a great skill, but unless you have an idea along with the ability to sell it, you’re probably going to be leveraging your skill set building other peoples products.

Now, stacking these two skills has allowed me to have an idea, build it and then go get other people excited about it.

Exercise:

Take 5-10 minutes and write down all the things that you’re good at.

From this list, start to pair your strengths.

Mix and match and see what you come up with.

Do you start to see something unique?

More importantly, is there anything that would be enjoyable?

Something I Watched

I’ve been watching Robert C Martin’s Clean Code Lectures over the past few weeks.

If you are a software developer of any skill level, I highly recommend watching Lesson 1 & Lesson 2.

Even if you are not a software developer, they’re still worth skimming to understand a bit more about goes into crafting code.

Something I’m Excited For

I’m excited to kick off another market season for Fresh Markets — we’ve been working hard for months and everything seems to really ramp up this coming weekend.

I’ll be bouncing around between Asbury Park, Bell Works and our newest location, Renault Winery in the coming weeks so if we haven’t spoken in a while, pop on by and say hello.

You can see our full schedule here.

Food for Thought

How many computer processors do you have on your person?

How many do you interact with on a daily basis?

Drop me an email or reply with a comment with your answer and then go watch this clip.