Owen Rascovitch

You're the expert.

You can answer any question.

And that makes you really valuable.

Absolutely, it does.

And just also, so there's that.

And then there's also being aware of what's going on in the business itself.

So what are the needs of the business?

Where are the growth areas?

Where are the areas that there might be a shortfall in labor or what have you?

Yeah.

recognizing that and thinking to yourself, well, maybe I can go over there and learn a new skill and make myself even more valuable to the business because I bring this technical knowledge and I combine it with that technical knowledge or this general knowledge and that's just, yeah, that combination is really important.

And often I think going niche in maybe a couple of areas, but then broadly understanding the surrounding topics and skills really helps as well.

Because if you get thrown into the deep end because someone's away, you can pick up what they're doing and things like that.

But you still are valuable in your particular area of expertise.

And we talked about this a little bit in the last podcast, but it also helps with, let's be real, it helps with promotions, getting into jobs or roles that are much more lucrative.

You can even become a career changer if you've got a particular skill set.

You can maybe transform that and take it to another industry, another company.

For people that are really career-minded, changing roles is often a way to get up

So you may not be going straight up.

Sometimes you have to zigzag across different companies and different roles.