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DoubleF · 03-28-2025, 05:34 PM

I haven't outright told them yet (because too young), but I've been and will be intentionally in ensuring that they have a variety of skillsets. Be well rounded in your knowledge, skills and capacity and from there, choose something that you feel you want to independently pursue.

"White collar" skillsets, "blue collar" skillsets, artistic skillsets, mental health skillsets etc. They don't have to master all the skillsets. They just need to be competent enough to understand how to avoid being exposed to the lack of these skillsets and/or aware of how to get a basic idea of learning these skillsets going forward.

My reasoning for this is that I don't know how the landscape will look like in the future. I'd rather equip my children to be able to maneuver around the landscape without major roadblocks vs accidentally betting on a certain career or skillset that becomes obsolete/de-valued in the future. This is especially important if somehow they are the generation trapped in between transitions of a major disruptive technology of some sort.

03-28-2025, 05:34 PM	#64
DoubleF Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2014 Exp:	I haven't outright told them yet (because too young), but I've been and will be intentionally in ensuring that they have a variety of skillsets. Be well rounded in your knowledge, skills and capacity and from there, choose something that you feel you want to independently pursue. "White collar" skillsets, "blue collar" skillsets, artistic skillsets, mental health skillsets etc. They don't have to master all the skillsets. They just need to be competent enough to understand how to avoid being exposed to the lack of these skillsets and/or aware of how to get a basic idea of learning these skillsets going forward. My reasoning for this is that I don't know how the landscape will look like in the future. I'd rather equip my children to be able to maneuver around the landscape without major roadblocks vs accidentally betting on a certain career or skillset that becomes obsolete/de-valued in the future. This is especially important if somehow they are the generation trapped in between transitions of a major disruptive technology of some sort.