TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why

The Wandering Pro | Career Podcast By SK NEXUS

Before you go out and upskill, you need to understand what skills are. In today's episode we go over Soft Skills, Hard Skills, Domains, Roles, Expertise, Generalism (if that's a word), and everything related to what you should know about upskilling.
P.S Soft Skills are a scam, not for the reason you think - find out in the episode.
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp006/

Chapters
0:00 - TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why
1:38 - Intro to Soft Skills
2:36 - Hard Skills vs Soft Skills
3:42 - Examples of Hard Skills
4:12 - Examples of Soft Skills
5:18 - What is a Domain? How is it different than a Skill
7:18 - Why are Soft Skills a Scam?
8:11 - What Skills are required for me to start a business?
9:06 - Why you should think about Skills differently in developing nations
9:17 - What is an IC (Individual Contributor)
9:53 - Lack of Expertise Career Path in Pakistan
10:21 - Why most people end up becoming Manager in Pakistani Career Paths
11:39 - What is a Generalist role?
12:01 - Why should you become a Generalist rather than Specialist
13:29 - #1 - Written Communication
15:37 - What it means to be concise
17:06 - #2 - Organization and Documentation
19:28 - #3 - Ownership
20:42 - Validating your value to others
22:11 - A question for you
22:31 - In the car segment: What skill I am struggling with currently
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/be-more-than-a-manager/
https://sknexus.com/pick-your-career-carefully/
https://sknexus.com/gap-to-expertise/
https://sknexus.com/keep-learning-as-a-professional/
https://sknexus.com/validating-your-value-as-a-professional/

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1. TWP 006 - Soft Skills Are a Scam - Here's Why (00:00:00)

2. Intro to Soft Skills (00:01:38)

3. Hard Skills vs Soft Skills (00:02:36)

4. Examples of Hard Skills (00:03:42)

5. Examples of Soft Skills (00:04:12)

6. What is a Domain? How is it different than a Skill (00:05:18)

7. Why are Soft Skills a Scam? (00:07:18)

8. What Skills are required for me to start a business? (00:08:11)

9. Why you should think about Skills differently in developing nations (00:09:06)

10. What is an IC (Individual Contributor) (00:09:17)

11. Lack of Expertise Career Path in Pakistan (00:09:53)

12. Why most people end up becoming Manager in Pakistani Career Paths (00:10:21)

13. What is a Generalist role? (00:11:39)

14. Why should you become a Generalist rather than Specialist (00:12:01)

15. #1 - Written Communication (00:13:29)

16. What it means to be concise (00:15:37)

17. #2 - Organization and Documentation (00:17:06)

18. #3 - Ownership (00:19:28)

19. Validating your value to others (00:20:42)

20. A question for you (00:22:11)

21. In the car segment: What skill I am struggling with currently (00:22:31)