Thanks for writing this! Iâm on the other side (wanting to hire generalists) and I share your skepticism about the âwrite publiclyâ advice. I think the actual advice should be more like âclearly demonstrate success in the thing you are trying to get hired for,â which usually doesnât involve writing.
(Although I do think that generalist roles can be particularly hard to demonstrate success in. For example, I expect that writing about recruiting might actually be one of the better ways to clearly demonstrate your skill in recruiting, even though recruiting per se doesnât usually involve much writing.)
For seasoned professionals who have had a career, this simply seems insane. Writing publicly shows you have the time and skill to write publicly. It has very little correlation with job success if the main job isnât about writing. To me the existence of these insane expectations simply shows the fact that there are too much supply and not enough money and demand. I donât know why everyone is dancing around this fact
Thanks for writing this! Iâm on the other side (wanting to hire generalists) and I share your skepticism about the âwrite publiclyâ advice. I think the actual advice should be more like âclearly demonstrate success in the thing you are trying to get hired for,â which usually doesnât involve writing.
(Although I do think that generalist roles can be particularly hard to demonstrate success in. For example, I expect that writing about recruiting might actually be one of the better ways to clearly demonstrate your skill in recruiting, even though recruiting per se doesnât usually involve much writing.)
For seasoned professionals who have had a career, this simply seems insane. Writing publicly shows you have the time and skill to write publicly. It has very little correlation with job success if the main job isnât about writing. To me the existence of these insane expectations simply shows the fact that there are too much supply and not enough money and demand. I donât know why everyone is dancing around this fact
Yes, I think youâre rightâitâs not bad advice for many people.