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Connect the dots backward

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.

Have you ever stopped to look back at your career? There's a Steve Jobs quote I think about a lot: "You can’t connect the dots looking forward, only looking backwards."

What he's really saying is that your career choices look random while you're making them. But when you look back, you start seeing weirdly consistent patterns — the kinds of roles you're drawn to, the things you enjoy, or the root of your motivations. That’s your wiring.

What’s fascinating to me is the answer to a lot of our career questions — like the all-time classic “what will make me happy?!” — is literally encoded in your wiring already. But most of us never pause to decode it. But I think you should!

   

If you want to actually decode your wiring, we built something for this: Career Deep Read. I sent this out last week - people love it! You just paste your LinkedIn profile, it analyzes it, and tries to find your patterns and wiring. It’s based on a ton of research.

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If you already tried it, you can log in and re-read yours. And ask ANY question based on your profile (a new feature!).

           
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Written by Rohan Mahtani
From Coached Weekly, issue 347.

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