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Mettlespark: turning job ads into a personal career plan. Looking for honest feedback

Kabir Abdulmajeed · 2026-11-04T15:09:17.880-08:00

A few years ago I started managing my career like a project. I scanned job ads for the role I wanted, listed the skills employers kept asking for that I didn’t have, made a plan to learn them, and built projects to show them on my CV. It helped me land roles at two Fortune 500 companies in the US and one in Europe.I’m now building Mettlespark to do that for anyone in tech. You pick a target role and add your CV, or type in your skills. It reads current job ads for that role, shows your gaps ranked by how often employers ask for them, builds a learning plan with materials and projects, then helps with a CV and interview prep for each job you apply to.It’s early and free while in early access: mettlespark.comThree questions I’d value answers to:Which part would you actually use: the gap scan, the learning plan, or the CV and interview prep?How do you decide what to learn in your career? Do you go by job ads, your manager, what peers use, or something else? And how do you tell a passing trend from a skill that will matter in two years?Would you trust a skills gap built from job ads, or does it need something else to be credible?What would stop you from trying it?

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