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Build a career stack (vs a ladder)

About Rohan

Hey, I’m Rohan!

I write thoughts about life and career strategy a few times a month.

I run Coached, the behavioral science lab, and Resume Worded, the best software for job seekers.

A good place to start is our free 3‑minute, science-backed personality test.

Traditional career advice pushes you to climb a single ladder straight up, but I've noticed the people who seem happiest and most resilient stack complementary skills instead.

Like a marketer learning basic design, a sales rep advising startups on the side, or a lawyer coding a bit and using AI to scale up. This skill stacking makes you super unique, less fragile, and is honestly just more fun. Never be afraid to explore unrelated skills to your core career - you never know how they’ll complement your current set of skills.

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You spend ~80,000 hours of your life working. Spend 20 minutes checking if you’re doing it right. Get a clear breakdown of your strengths, blind spots, and the specific roles you are naturally built for.

It’s a very high-leverage 20 minutes. Do the Coached assessment →

P.S. A new version of the assessment is out. If the last time you did it was over a month ago, do it again. It’s very different and far more insightful.

             
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Written by Rohan Mahtani
From Coached Weekly, issue 337.

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