learning is my skill
last night as i saw my co-founder doing magic coding stuff. i thought to myself - what do i bring to the table? he is the 10x engineer. i'm the operations/marketing/design/business guy. i've never had a specialization. i've tried and tried but could never specialize. this led me to believe i can never be great at one thing.
even as a teenager when i had to pick a stream in the 11th standard ughhh i was so annoyed i couldn't study physics, math AND economics. what do you mean i had to pick a stream when i'm 15?
this morning in a less tired head space - i had a realization. my skill is learning. i can go from 0 to decent domain knowledge (basically hold a (short) conversation with an expert) on pretty much most subjects. as i talk to more people i realize this isn't something they can do.
most people are afraid to come off looking foolish. i really don't care. if i don't ask that question i'll always be a fool might as well be a fool for a few minutes. and in many rooms you realize most people had the same "dumb" question they just never asked it.
you have to be curious about stuff to learn. just yesterday i was learning about dog cancer. there's no excuse not to learn in today's world - you can just feed stuff into AI and have it generate a video overview for you! i don't know much about biology but i can learn it.
right now i'm learning about erdos number. its a beautiful day.