stop chasing clarity, build it.
career clarity isn't discovered. it's manufactured.
you're waiting for the perfect
career plan to reveal itself.
reading another framework.
watching another YT video.
booking another coffee chat
to "pick someone's brain."
hoping that one day you'll wake up
knowing exactly what role you want
next and how to get there.
meanwhile 3 months pass. then six.
you're no clearer than when you started.
let me tell you something you already know
career clarity isn't discovered.
it's manufactured.
through systematic actions.
through building proof before you
know where it leads.
through running experiments that reveal what you're actually good at versus what you think you want.
the people crushing their careers right now?
they started building before they knew the destination.
here's what you'll get today:
1. exact skills separating you from n+1
stop guessing what "senior" or "staff" means.
i'll show you the exact competencies.
2. a clear action plan
a 12 month plan of what
you should do every 2 weeks.
3. building an accountability engine
why surrounding yourself with like
minded folks creates an unfair advantage
1/ the exact skills you need to level up
you mapped your n to n+5 yesterday.
know you're a senior engineer.
know you need staff level for
that bangalore house.
but what exactly separates senior from staff?
most people guess. "probably need to be more strategic." "maybe lead bigger projects." "should mentor more."
wrong.
there are specific,
measurable competencies.
and until you know them,
you're shooting blind.
example: senior to staff engineer
senior: owns single system architecture
staff: designs multi system architecture
senior: team technical leadership
staff: org wide technical influence
senior: tactical problem solving
staff: strategic technical vision
not vague.
specific.
measurable.
buildable.
use this tool to figure the skills you need
just input current role + target role.
you’ll get the exact skills
once you know the gaps,
you can build proof.
but knowing isn't enough.
2/ momentum is everything.
for a second i want you to forget
everything you know about career planning.
no five year roadmaps.
no annual goals.
no perfect strategies.
you want to work in two week sprints.
just like shipping products.
week one:
pick one competency gap.
build something that
proves you have it.
week two
ship it.
get feedback.
iterate.
every two weeks,
you create evidence.
that builds your momentum.
design each sprint that builds on the last.
and momentum compounds.
use this FREE tool to figure out
your 12 month sprint plan
input where you are.
and where you're going.
get a full sprint breakdown.
but here's why most still fail
they try to do this alone.
no external accountability.
no feedback loops.
no one to call out their blind spots.
they build in private,
ship to nobody,
wonder why nothing changes.
3/ your accountability engine
motivation content doesn't create momentum.
it creates consumers of motivation content.
when someone near you ships consistently, your standards shift. not through inspiration. through normalization. "oh, we ship things here. got it.”
when someone tweets meeting folks they found on twitter/linkedin. the planning brain says "i should network more." it's biological intelligence.
our ancestors who copied successful behaviors survived. the ones who needed motivation died thinking about it.
the only way to solve motivation,
when you’re around people in similar journey as you are, that energy compounds. that’s basically why i even built GrowthX. it’s fundamentally about community.
but you do not need to be in GrowthX to solve for this. just find accountability partners. maybe it’s your sibling, a roommate, a friend.
anyone who cares enough to
nudge you when the excuses start. best would be to find people on the same journey. same struggles. same ambitions. checking in weekly. sharing proof. calling out excuses.
here’s what you should
share for accountability
what did you ship?
what worked/failed?
what are you avoiding?
celebrating small wins
here’s the “secret sauce” from
growthx that you can do for free.
five rules:
same career stage (all going from n to n+1)
different companies (diverse perspectives)
weekly commitment (no exceptions)
proof not plans (show what you built)
radical honesty (call out the bs)
without accountability,
you'll default to planning.
with it, you'll default to momentum.
here’s what you should do this week
stop consuming. start building.
tomorrow morning:
use the gap analyzer.
identify three specific competency gaps to n+1.
tomorrow evening:
pick one gap.
design a two week sprint.
what will you build?
who will see it?
day after:
find your accountability group.
text five people at your level.
propose weekly proof shares.
the choice
yesterday you mapped n to n+5.
today you have the tools.
the frameworks
show exactly what you need.
the sprint system
shows how to build it.
the accountability engine
ensures you actually do.
all that's left is choosing.
keep chasing clarity through coffee chats and frameworks. or build it through systematic execution with others on the same journey.
twelve months from now
you're either at n+1, or still at n with plans.
so, will you chase clarity?
or, will you build it?
choose wisely.
this was day #9 of #100DaysOfCareers
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this is f*cking brilliant!
i am loving this series, the amount of clarity and structure is incrediable.