Early Career Advice

Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career

by Kassen Qian and · updated 2mo ago

The Tarzan Method - The Engineering Manager
by James Stanier
theengineeringmanager.com
Amit Cohen added 2mo ago
The Tarzan Method in Career Development
Career & Professional Development
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MargaretC added 2mo ago
The Data Team Playbook: 50+ Resources For High-Performing Data Teams
by SeattleDataGuy
seattledataguy.substack.com
Amit Cohen added 3mo ago
a great collection of resources
When I was at Google, my very first promotion from Eng 1 to Eng 2 got rejected after 2 years in the role. The feedback from the promo committee was “work on more impactful projects”. I was disappointed, but I also learned that “I’ll just do what I’m told and I’ll get promoted” is simply not true. I needed to rethink my approach.

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Amit Cohen added 3mo ago
Impact is so much more important than doing your job right. Based on a LinkedIn post by Irina Stanescu
Learning to be managed · Jose Antunes
joseantunes.tech
Jilber Najem added 4mo ago
Make decisions easy for busy people. You will rise fast in your career if busy people like working with you. Here’s a tip: when you have a problem to solve, come prepared with a suggested next step. If you have a question, phrase it in a way they can answer yes/no. If there are multiple options, lay them out and ask them to pick one. Try to avoid e

from 28 Pieces of Life Advice - David Perell

alex added 4mo ago

How to Be Lucky¶

You make your own luck. There's a great experiment that I can't cite, but it has stuck in my mind since I was a child. They identified people as lucky and unlucky, and asked them to count the number of photographs in a newspaper. The unlucky people took a long time to count the photographs, while the lucky people took a very short ... See more