Building skills through adjacency
Adjacent skills are skills that are close or related to the ones you already have.
The main advantage is that you are not starting from scratch: you can usually use some of the knowledge from your existing skills to acquire adjacent skills. Not only will the process feel easier, but you will reinforce your current knowledge.
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