The importance of being overlooked

At some point in your career, you will be overlooked. Passed up. Skipped. Dismissed.

Early on, it happens because you're new. Later, it happens because you're different.
And as you grow—outpace your peers, stack up knowledge, practice, range—you’ll start to notice something strange:

The better you get across disciplines, the less people know where to put you.

Jack of all trades. Master of none. Never praised like the “master of one.”

You become a paradox:

  • The person who can do everything
  • But is known for nothing

Many hats. Many layers.
Obsessed with everything. Dangerous with all of it.

And that’s why I know this:

You're not overlooked because you're not good.
You're overlooked because most people can't even see the shit you're good at.

You operate on layers—technical, strategic, creative—that don’t have a name in their vocabulary.
You build invisible infrastructure.
Tools that hum quietly.
Systems that only matter when everything else breaks.

That’s support. That’s backend life.
That’s being the spine of the mission without wearing the cape.


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