I’m thinking about starting a meetup for this. Like a coders guild, where we talk about how we work and grow in the industry.
Ask HN: Anyone out there trying to help new devs avoid career pitfalls?
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Re: Ask HN: Anyone out there trying to help new devs avoid career pitfalls?
#12Some learnings from circa 6 years in startups, applicable to startups: 1. Only listen to people who have walked the walk. Many people with limited tech exp will try to advise you on how to build products/tell you what to do, don't listen to them unless they've done it successfully and it was they that did it -- not some other team they 'advised' or 'managed'. 2. Write stuff down. Promised a raise at X funding point?…
Good tips David. If I may ask, and I ask only cause I'm curious, how many startups have you worked for in the 6 years?
I guess I'm wondering what the mean time per startup is.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone out there trying to help new devs avoid career pitfalls?
#13Some learnings from circa 6 years in startups, applicable to startups: 1. Only listen to people who have walked the walk. Many people with limited tech exp will try to advise you on how to build products/tell you what to do, don't listen to them unless they've done it successfully and it was they that did it -- not some other team they 'advised' or 'managed'. 2. Write stuff down. Promised a raise at X funding point?…
Good tips David. If I may ask, and I ask only cause I'm curious, how many startups have you worked for in the 6 years? I guess I'm wondering what the mean time per startup is.
I've worked for 4 startups previously almost all very early stage. 1 was aqui-hired. It takes a lot of patience, a company might get totally nixed by black swan events like covid :)