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> talk to people around you, they’re surprisingly willing to be involved in what you’re doing if it’s interesting and not too onerous for them. Counters the general assumption that if you talk to strangers they’ll think you’re crazy. Maybe if you're a young woman (as the author is) approaching someone at a coffee shop, then sure. Reverse the genders and watch the interaction take on a dramatically different character…
I LOLed so hard at "The thing was at first I couldn’t find one start-up I wanted to devote the next year or so of my life to building." Hint: startup is more like 7-10y+ unless you're just playing at it, or it fails. If you go into it expecting it to be a year, it probably will be.
I wonder how to apply this as an engineer. I'm looking around but finding very little that excites me.
I LOLed so hard at "The thing was at first I couldn’t find one start-up I wanted to devote the next year or so of my life to building." Hint: startup is more like 7-10y+ unless you're just playing at it, or it fails. If you go into it expecting it to be a year, it probably will be.
I think it's a fair characterization of some sort of minimum commitment as an employee. Especially if you're new to the industry sticking around for 5+ years is going to be a waste of time, rarely will the company match your market value.
The job was technically sales ...
Yesterday was my last day there as I’m
now moving on to something new — planning
to develop my currently non-existent
technical skills full time.
I will add that a person actually in the industry would be wise to "stick around" their first job or two for at least a year. Failing to do so is a red flag for many companies as bouncing around early in the CV is often interpreted as leaving before being fired.
What cracks me up is this proclamation made by said author[0]: Over the 200 waking hours, I managed to hit the standard needed. It felt like multiple lucky answers and lots of Googling that got me there, but that’s how learning works. I learnt enough Javascript to get accepted onto the course and I spent another 3 months, with 15 others, Googling things together and creating a new app each week. Now I’m being paid to…
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I think it's a fair characterization of some sort of minimum commitment as an employee. Especially if you're new to the industry sticking around for 5+ years is going to be a waste of time, rarely will the company match your market value.
Keep in mind what was written in the article regarding the author's job at the time was: The job was technically sales ... And: Yesterday was my last day there as I’m now moving on to something new — planning to develop my currently non-existent technical skills full time. So categorizing the author as being new "to the industry" at that point in time (2015/07/30) is nonsensical unless peripheral exposure counts. Not…
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I need to work on my chutzpah. I overspecialized in moxie and spunk (the personality trait, that is). Chutzpah's critical though- you're usually not going to get what you want if you never ask for it. You can wait a really long time for people to just give you what you want, especially if you never express an interest by asking for it. It sounds like common sense, but it feels like it took about 20 years too long for…
Moxie and Spunk sounds like a great hipster brandname.
What cracks me up is this proclamation made by said author[0]: Over the 200 waking hours, I managed to hit the standard needed. It felt like multiple lucky answers and lots of Googling that got me there, but that’s how learning works. I learnt enough Javascript to get accepted onto the course and I spent another 3 months, with 15 others, Googling things together and creating a new app each week. Now I’m being paid to…