When I realized my biggest gap wasn't technical — what an outside review showed me
5/19/2026 6 min read self-analysiscareermetacognitiontacit-knowledge +1
Approaching a career change at 27, I asked someone outside my circle to do a gap analysis on me. The most important line in the report wasn't about new skills or certifications. It was about turning the experience I already had into transferable knowledge, and seeing my own thinking habits more clearly. A reflection on the gap mid-career engineers most often miss.