Become stronger with the Lanchester strategy
Tags: beginners, writing, career, blog
Published: 2023-03-19 14:11:21

# What is the Lanchester Strategy?

Lanchester Strategy is a theory of strategy for thinking about how to divide the "strong" who is superior in strength and the "weak" who is inferior in strength, and how each can fight the battlefield in an advantageous manner. Based on the premise that "with the same weapon, victory or defeat is determined by the number of troops", it is divided into "strategy for the strong" and "strategy for the weak".

# Work on Lanchester strategy for career strategy in own IT industry

By replacing the "Lanchester Strategy" with own career in the IT industry and using it in your career strategy, I think it will lead to an opportunity to think about what strengths you should develop.

What I want to convey in this post is that it is important to have the perspective of "in order for a developer with a short career to survive, it is not about strengthening one aspect, but multiplying multiple points to become stronger." .

Surface here means “single strength” and point means “multiple strengths”.

I believe that it is important to form a stronger career by multiplying multiple strengths.

This is because a single strength alone can make it difficult to differentiate oneself from others in today's highly competitive society.

In particular, an inexperienced developer like the author cannot compete with a single and strong "specialist" unless they have not only a single strength but also multiple strengths, and they cannot co-create.

By having multiple strengths, you can have a multifaceted perspective and be active in various fields.

In addition, by having experience and knowledge in different fields, you can generate new ideas, so you can enhance your creativity and innovation.

In addition, having multiple strengths makes it easier to change careers in different industries and fields. In order to respond to the changing times, there are times when it is required to be active across multiple fields. At that time, if you have different strengths, you can be active in new fields.

Therefore, having multiple strengths is very important in career development.

# If I replace myself with...
I will tell my story. I work in an IT company and usually work on html, css, and client-side implementation.
I am 26 years old. The university will study regional revitalization, visit a village with a small population due to the super-aging of Japan called a "marginal village", and conduct fieldwork and research on what a third party can do in that village. It was a student life that had nothing to do with the industry.

After that, I entered the IT industry as a mid-career hire, so I am not yet a full-fledged developer.

I have a long way to go before I have enough knowledge and experience to compete with those who have been programming since childhood.

Of course, we will continue to make efforts to strengthen our technical capabilities as one axis.

However, I believe that it is essential to compete not only with one strength, but also with the skills we have cultivated through our experience.

For example, the author can use web production experience, writing skills, and direction experience as strengths.
While competing in the number of skills, increase the proficiency of each skill and switch to the next step.

# In conclusion
I think it is important to utilize the Lanchester strategy for the career strategy of IT engineers.