Should I focus on going deep or going wide career wise?
Hi HN, so I currently work as a Junior Data Scientust for a fintech firm but one of my main goals is actually to start my own company soon. So at the moment I'm wondering whether I should focus on going deep and studying extra to keep to become a really good data scientist (currently I consider myself below average e.g I won't be able to get a DS job at a top hi-tech firm right now) or should I focus on going wide, maybe shifting towards a product management role to help me better prepare for life as a founder (even though I want to be technical I'm not sure I can ever get to the point of being a top 25% Data scientist/Coder but suspect I can do this with being a PM as it contains a wide range of skills that I think I have or can develop quickly). I'm not looking for someone to answer this directly but rather to give me a framework or mental model to use to make a decision.
Thanks!
👤 charlesdm Accepted Answer ✓
This is a decision that likely does not matter at all to the success of your company. The number one skill you're likely forgetting about now is sales.
You need to figure out how to talk to people and sell them things.