Tag: Career

The Industry Skills Premium Is Real. Here’s When You Need It — and When to Start Building It

January 22, 2026 / David Alade

My friends and I, all with nearly a decade of work experience, have been discussing whether to deepen our commitment to a specific industry (even while doing different roles) or to maintain flexibility by moving across industries (even while doing the same type of work).

Most of us started our careers in consulting, which gave us early exposure to more than one industry. We are now thinking about which levers matter most for accelerating our careers over the next decade and beyond.

Weak Ties: How Distant Connections Shape Your Career

January 13, 2026 / David Alade

About two years ago, I applied for a job at JP Morgan that I’d found on LinkedIn. I didn’t fit the profile for the role perfectly, but it was good enough that I was invited for the first recruiter call and then to the next interview. It was at this interview that the hiring manager and I concluded that I probably wasn’t well suited for the role.

A few weeks later, I was contacted for another interview at JP Morgan, but this time for a role I hadn’t applied to. I showed up, obviously. The hiring manager informed me that I’d been recommended for the role by the previous hiring manager, who thought I might fit their team better. Unfortunately, this role didn’t work out either.

The Matthew Effect: Understanding How Success Compounds In Your Career

January 7, 2026 / David Alade

“Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” — Matthew 13:12

Early in my career, before I knew it had been popularised as The Matthew Effect, I noticed this phenomenon. I captured it in an article as “it’s much easier to get ‘another success’ once you get the first one.”

7 Rules of Power: Advice on How To Advance Your Career – My Takeaways

June 25, 2022 / David Alade

At any point in time, I have more books in my library than I can possibly read. Often this makes me commit the practice of book adultery. In my local language, it means I am “ari iyawo ko iyale”. Last Saturday, as I wrote in this post, I bought 7 Rules of Power and a week later I am writing a summary/takeaways of the same. An attestation to my “ari iyawo ko iyale” practice.

3 Things To Focus On In Your Career For Maximum Leverage

August 12, 2021 / David Alade

As I got my offer letter to join PwC in 2018, one of the first things that came to my mind was how to grow my network within the firm. Because as we would later be told, PwC is a congregation of the best and brightest.

The Industry Skills Premium Is Real. Here’s When You Need It — and When to Start Building It

Weak Ties: How Distant Connections Shape Your Career

The Matthew Effect: Understanding How Success Compounds In Your Career

7 Rules of Power: Advice on How To Advance Your Career – My Takeaways

3 Things To Focus On In Your Career For Maximum Leverage

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