<story><title>Which job skills are most employable?</title><url>https://80000hours.org/articles/skills-most-employable/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>osrec</author><text>Perhaps I have been unlucky in my past jobs, but the single most important thing that allowed me to be successful in my investment banking career was bowing down to my boss&amp;#x27;s ego, even when he&amp;#x2F;she was wrong. A few of my colleagues had perfected this &amp;quot;skill&amp;quot;, and got promoted super quick. Talent, ability and reliability are all okay, but giving your interviewer&amp;#x2F;boss the impression that you will never show them up seems to make you super employable! I remember a particular interview, where me and my then boss were looking to hire a new market risk guy. The first guy we interviewed was super talented, and actually quite a nice guy - I thought he deserved the job - he even corrected our misunderstandings on a newish risk model. The second guy we interviewed, not so great. My boss gave it to the second guy; when I asked him why, he fobbed me off with a vague response, but it was clear to me that he felt threatened. Had the first guy acted a bit more average in the interview and pandered to my boss&amp;#x27;s ego, he would have almost certainly got the job. Personally, I have also had much more success in interviews&amp;#x2F;jobs by trying to be distinctly average. Eventually I was sick of playing that game so I started my own company and never looked back!</text></comment>
<story><title>Which job skills are most employable?</title><url>https://80000hours.org/articles/skills-most-employable/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>alanbernstein</author><text>&amp;quot;Coding&amp;quot; is mechanical. &amp;quot;Judgement and decision making&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Critical thinking&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Complex problem solving&amp;quot;, the actually difficult parts of doing long-term programming work, are at the top of the list.</text></comment>