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We're used to thinking about skills and experience in terms of their market value - how useful they are and how much employers or customers would pay for them. But another, more subtle dimension gets less attention: liquidity.

Just like in financial markets, some human capital is easier to price and trade than others. This is not about the absolute value of your skills or experience, but how easily the market can assess and exchange them.

https://www.everythingisatrolley.com/p/ ... id-careers

Interesting article and concept, especially since it can be applied to any form of capital. For instance, on the dating market, liquidity contributes to the truism that "Blondes have more fun." And in terms of any form of cultural capital, being "articulate" would clearly be a liquidity multiplier. The author of the article didn't directly address educational credentials as proof of skill, but I have found that a B.S. in mathematics pretty much has the same liquidity as that of a LBD (little black dress) as wardrobe component.

Is this the article: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Sdi7gkK ... id-careers ?

I think the original link no longer works.

Yes. https://web.archive.org/web/20240811004 ... id-careers

loutfard wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:23 pm

Yes. https://web.archive.org/web/20240811004 ... id-careers

Many thanks. Interesting - but I'm not sure I've really taken it in.