SortMySkills is a card-sorting web game designed to help users discover their career passions by rating 50 general skills on a 5-point scale from 'Love using' to 'Hate using'. A key constraint limits users to only five skills in the top category, forcing genuine prioritization. The tool was built by the author and a colleague at IBM after observing career dissatisfaction among peers. The author shares a personal story of using a similar exercise to identify poor skill alignment in a government role and ultimately switching to a data-focused career. The API has since been discontinued.

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What is SortMySkills?How did SortMySkills come about?How do you play SortMySkills?Okay I’ve sorted my skills. What next?