Dear Jess,
The most important skill for you is going to be the ability to take an overwhelming task and break it down into things that are accomplishable and evaluatable.
And right now, you think you’re bad at this, because you have struggled so hard at graduate school at doing this for yourself.
Your dissertation was overwhelming, you basically developed a game while writing a dissertation. It sucked.
That trial by fire has made you really good at this breakdown process. And you’re gonna find out soon how good you are.
Lean into it.
You don’t need to wait 5 years for it to pay off.
Good luck.
Kick ass.
Love Jess.