⚡️🧠Impact = Environment x Skill
A framework for making big career decisions by @iambangaly (Reforge Partner, Former Instacart, Instagram)
Full post -> https://t.co/dU0l7e0BWR
🧵 Thread...
As a result, Bangaly got a lot of reps guiding this type of decision and created a framework to help with it...
The goal is not to try and boil this type of decision down to a spreadsheet of inputs that spits out the answer, but rather it helps with 4 things...
- Identify individual variables that are inputs into the decision.
- Evaluate each individual variable in a structured way.
- Understand the relationship between each variable.
- Narrow the decision down to the most important variable
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- Choosing to work on the shiny object
- Thinking you just need to improve your skills to progress
- Short-term thinking
- Solving only for brand
- Mixing perception and truth
a. Impact fuels career progression. It is the thing you need to solve for.
b. Impact is the product of Environment and Skills
c. If our skills are great, but the environment is wrong (or vice versa), then we aren't set up for success.
a. Your manager
b. Resources
c. Scope
d. Team
e. Compensation
f. Company culture
a. Communication
b. Influence/Leadership
c. Strategic Thinking
d. Execution
0 = Major Bottleneck
1 = Neutral
2 = Major Amplifier
...
a. Identify the variable that matters most
b. Evaluate your ability to change each variable
c. Understand the time horizon it will take to change each variable.
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