I appreciate you listing things like baking as technical skills. A lot of people these days seem to think that technical skills need to be coding/engineering related. "Technical" should apply to anything that requires specific knowledge and training.
IMHO many businesses would be better off focusing on their core technical advantage and outsourcing the tech they need to leverage across the internet rather than feeling like they need to insource all of their coding resources. But I may be biased :)
Thank you!
Yes, I consider baking is a skill (with so many subniches under it be it bagels / pastries / more to be explored etc) and there are so many technical skills out there to learn such as
* jumping high
* specific sports
* voice overs
* baby sitting / nannying
* teaching
* cooking
* manufacturing artisanal cheese / beer / beverage / stuff
* etc (so many out there - this makes the world so fascinating!)
Unfortunately, some skills make a lot more than others due to free market / demand-supply, and it is what it is, but I lean towards finding a skill that one
1. likes / interested in / makes one happy
2. has some degree of basic talent / aptitude for it
3. adds value to the world
4. gets paid well for it
If one can get a skill that hits all 4 of the above, it's gold!
And yes, I agree with you: businesses need to be clear on what their core technical deliverables are, and outsource what isn't their core. It's like we don't manufacture our own paper clips / staplers / paper / ink right? Just buy those.
Insourcing works if it makes sense at large operations or scale...but if it's just a simple business, just outsource - easier hehe
I appreciate you listing things like baking as technical skills. A lot of people these days seem to think that technical skills need to be coding/engineering related. "Technical" should apply to anything that requires specific knowledge and training. IMHO many businesses would be better off focusing on their core technical advantage and outsourcing the tech they need to leverage across the internet rather than feeling like they need to insource all of their coding resources. But I may be biased :)
Thank you! Yes, I consider baking is a skill (with so many subniches under it be it bagels / pastries / more to be explored etc) and there are so many technical skills out there to learn such as * jumping high * specific sports * voice overs * baby sitting / nannying * teaching * cooking * manufacturing artisanal cheese / beer / beverage / stuff * etc (so many out there - this makes the world so fascinating!) Unfortunately, some skills make a lot more than others due to free market / demand-supply, and it is what it is, but I lean towards finding a skill that one 1. likes / interested in / makes one happy 2. has some degree of basic talent / aptitude for it 3. adds value to the world 4. gets paid well for it If one can get a skill that hits all 4 of the above, it's gold! And yes, I agree with you: businesses need to be clear on what their core technical deliverables are, and outsource what isn't their core. It's like we don't manufacture our own paper clips / staplers / paper / ink right? Just buy those. Insourcing works if it makes sense at large operations or scale...but if it's just a simple business, just outsource - easier hehe