The Mighty Metaphor: Your New Secret Weapon in Tech
If you want to boost your career in tech, the path forward isn’t learning more programming languages. It’s becoming an expert communicator.
This past weekend, I saw a post on Twitter saying if you want to level up your career in tech, you have to improve on your soft skills.
“True,” I thought. But I felt inclined to add to this statement.
I sent a reply back stating “On top of that, if you master the art of the metaphor you will go far.”
Sounds kind of cryptic and vague, but I said it like that intentionally. I wanted people to engage with my statement. I wanted an opportunity to immediately prove my point.
I didn’t have to wait long before somebody asked for more details. I was happy to explain.
Being successful in tech is about relaying thoughts, ideas, and patterns easily to other people.
Consider the elevator pitch. It is a classic sales technique that says “how would you sell your product/site/service to someone if you only had the time to get to their floor in an elevator?”
