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See your Career as a Product - by Erik Torenberg

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Understanding loops in the context of your career

Every great product should have a moat, and careers are no different. I previously wrote about personal moats, today I want to further flesh out the “Career as a Product” metaphor. When building products, you first want to focus on having a solid product that’s 10x better than the competition. Only after you have that do you begin doubling down on marketing, PR, and other growth tactics — the common advice is to nail retention before focusing on growth. Similarly with careers, you want to Get So Good They Can’t Ignore You (10x better product) before doubling down on networking (marketing &…

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