Early Career Advice
Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career
by Kassen Qian and · updated 2mo ago
Early Career Advice
- 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
- 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
... See morefrom 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 morefrom Advice to Young People, the Lies I Tell Myself¶ by Jason Liu
Alara added 5mo ago
provocative
- Concentrate on finding a big idea that will make an impact on the people you want to influence
andrea added 6mo ago
- When you select a profession, you are choosing the scenes that will compose your life. You should think pretty hard about those scenes. If you start a plumbing company with more than one employee, you will be telling plumbers what to do. You’d better enjoy hanging out with plumbers, and telling them what to do. And when you ask yourself whether you... See more
from Some Advice Gathered from People Smarter than Me by Sasha Chapin
Stuart Evans added 9mo ago
- Across the board, my advice is that it's a numbers game. Putting in the work to have a wide variety of conversations will almost always lead to success , but people just don't really want to do that. The rough numbers that I throw out are: if you want to get [1] good opportunity (job, customer, etc.), you need to have [100] conversations with relev... See more
from You Know Who You Should Talk To? by Kyle Harrison
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
- It’s important to have a strong learning signal — a fast feedback loop between effort expended and success. This way, you’ll know quickly what it takes to succeed, and whether you can be happy doing so. Look for environments where competitors see themselves as playing a game, rather than fighting for survival — this prevents rankings within the hie... See more
from Mimetic by Brian Timar
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
- Maintain a diversity of pursuits — you want to ensure that, no matter how engrossed you become in one, you never forget that the others exist.
from Mimetic by Brian Timar
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
- Make sure your job has clear price signals for success and failure. Be suspicious of roles that compensate you with status or non-financial rewards.
from Mimetic by Brian Timar
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago