Share Your Most Valuable Career Advice🚀
What’s the most important career advice you’ve ever received? It could be anything, an advice from your colleague, a lesson you learnt the hard way, or a piece of wisdom that changed your perspective! 🌟🌟
EarlGreyTea
Stealth
a year ago
1. Work hard in your job. Don't complain and waste time. We know everyone is replaceable, but work so damn hard that if at all you decide to resign and switch sometime, it should come as a shell shocker to them.
Build a program/product/team from scratch, own it end to end so much that they'll never find anyone close to you who can work with the same efficiency.
You'll obviously take your learnings and apply them later on in your next job, but
You'll also earn the respect of all your colleagues which might be needed in your future corporate journey.
2. Don't chase money early on in your career unless you actually**need** it. Focus on building relationships, knowledge, learning to code (it helps) and earning respect of your colleagues wherever you go.
3. Don't get into smoking due to peer pressure. AVOID IT.
Very well said! Just curious to know, how much of this are you actually able to follow it? I personally find it very difficult to follow these above principles. It takes hell lot of time and efforts to reach to this level. And also not everyone can do this. 😓
EarlGreyTea
Stealth
a year ago
1. During my first and second jobs, I was lucky enough to work with 2 female colleagues who did exactly what I wrote in point 1. I still am in touch with them. They are doing extremely well in their careers now. I took the learning and went onto to apply them at my 3rd and 4th jobs, and it paid me well.
So you've got to do this if you wish to move fast in your career. Hardwork pays off in the form of an exponential curve.
2. I was guilty of this when I started off my career. I chased money way too much and bitched about my first company, HR, boss etc coz I was getting paid peanuts - 30-35k after tax.
So I never really looked at what I could learn and take from working there as I was busy running after hikes.
In my second company, the situation improved a bit.
It was finally from my third company onwards that I actually started seeing returns on my hard work.
3. Used to smoke in college, but quit in final year. But then got into smoking during my second job out of peer pressure. Gave it up after few months. Been free from smoking for about 6 years now.
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Mine is to be proactive and speak up more. I'm a very different person online, but IRL I hardly speak. Slowly I learned how to communicate. I'm not perfect at it yet, but I'm still trying.
Also, planning your day ahead is always a great way to start work.
This is so underrated tbh. Most of the people I have seen, hesitate to speak even if they want to say something. Communication skills have to be among the top in order to survive and succeed in the corporate world.
Somewhere I realised career isn’t that important as I used to think. Life is much more important. So I just started taking things lightly.
Though I won’t say I have done well(rather below avg)in my career so far so it might not be a good advice for ambitious pro
Happiness is the 🔑. Nothing is more important than it!
And also when you say you haven’t done well in your career, I believe it’s a relative term. Different people have different set expectations. For some other person, it might mean everything. :)
For me it was:
Everything in life will come and go. Jobs, people, money everything is temporary and will come and go. But, your Knowledge is something which is gonna stay with you forever and no one can take that away from you. So, never stop learning and always prioritise it over everything else.
I was moved when I heard these lines. Will probably remember it for the rest of my life. 🙌
Knowledge is a relative term, at least in technology as it changes very fast.
So, can't rely on technical knowledge for longer than a few years.
Knowledge can literally be anything. Why do we have to assume here it is related to only technical knowledge?
If you ever go to a meeting, where you don’t understand something, either leave that meeting or ask. There is a high chance that other folks in the meeting also don’t understand, and you asking would help each one of you to grow.
Often times, managers in your life would tell you that we need to build visibility. No one is more visible than the person who asks the right questions at the right time.
💯 agreed! The larger the audience, the lesser is the chance that people will ask questions in the meetings. And it’s all because of the fear. Really hope one day the situation changes.
A curious mind always triumphs over others! 💫
during covid my college friend used to say, grind codeforces, you're not a saint chase money, skills are acquired at the job, arguably even "un skilled" MBB folks make bank.
When we graduated in 2021, I didn't follow that advice, now he's got a >>>> income, sometime it hits hard, I feel dumb, alas I make belive kismat rahi toh bhaut kuch ukhadegey jindgi baki hai 🥹
Your last line pretty much sums it up. Our whole life is ahead of us. Luck and hard work can take us to places where we can’t even imagine.
Also there comes a point in our lives where money is no longer the motivation. That is when you realise and focus on things which are more important in life.
AITookMyJobToo
Stealth
a year ago
LinkedIn influencers se durr raho
Eco
Stealth
a year ago
1. No Alcohol and No Smoking, don't succumb to social pressure. Once in a while for social gathering is fine, but many loses control.
2. No shortcuts to get rich, don't put so much effort into trading, rather invest heavily in yourself in Upskil in the early part of the career. Once settled at higher pay, then can explore.
3. Don't run after gf/bf because you're single and desperate. Time will reveal
I followed all of the above, I can say I'm satisfied.
1. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, focus on creating value in the situations. Focus on not just pointing out problems, but actually getting to solving them! People don't want those who point out problems, they want people who can get into the shit and actually get things done!!!!
2. People don't leave an org, they leave their managers! (Exceptions apply!)
3. Everywhere you go, there are enough shitty People and politics. You want to grow, be ruthless in showing your work and make do of your shyness, learn to deal with people. Everyone is nuanced in their own way and you need to find nitty gritties of people and grow with the information ahead!
4. You don't become rich by giving your time in exchange for money! So, don't chase salaries thinking that makes you Rich. I am not saying don't chase high salaries, do please if you believe you deserve it.
5. Early 20s are about figuring out what you wanna do in your entire life. Don't focus on money, focus on experiences, finding out and experimenting with your interests and learn a ton!
6. Money doesn't buy satisfaction! If it did, people in grapevine wouldn't complain of unhappiness while earning a ton!
7. Don't be so invested in your career that you miss out on important things in life. Time spent with your friends, loved ones are precious. They make you happy. Nothing compensates for that. Reaching high up in jobs, etc isn't worth ruining such relationships.
Unhinged
Stealth
a year ago
1.Don't wait for things to be assigned to you. Take proactive approach
2. ask more questions, understand the business in depth.
3. Question the managers if we are doing x, what's the reason ? Why not alternative?
4. Work very hard, don't put blame on others, take ownership of everything
Agreed on all the points. But the sad reality is very less people are actually able to follow it, atleast in Software Engineering. Most of them have no curiosity, no clue about the business, just doing whatever work is assigned to them.
CaptainLevi
Stealth
a year ago
I feel good that that I already do all of this.
OnADietCoke
Stealth
a year ago
A careful balance of having essential knowledge of your domain and bullshitting will take you a long way.
Fullstacbaklol
Stealth
a year ago
Take initiatives at job, it’s appreciated. Being loyal works sometimes. I have spent almost 6 years at one company, did not switched even during bull market. Reaping benefits now. Our business unit is profitable , we are getting hikes equiavalent to switching even this year.
Consider yourself lucky in that case. Not everyone gets opportunities like this. :)
CaptainLevi
Stealth
a year ago
How to get 70lpa and above jobs in programming jobs?
I'm a 9 yr exp fullstack engineer (python, js, nodejs, django, sql, nosql, little bit of devops) and I'm currently making between 35-40lpa.
I am interested in furthering my skills in backend and building scalable systems. I probably already know what to do but those that are in positions I desire, please correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.
- develop DSA enough to crack interviews. Test with mocks. Use leetcode to polish
- read system design literature and practice (but how. Can't do it in current company)
- ???
- start applying to FAANG?
As someone who has this level of experience, I would encourage you to take Arpit Bhayani’s course of System Design. Lots of practical experience and so much to learn. You can build systems which he suggests during the course. I believe this might help you and give practical in depth knowledge over superficial knowledge.
before taking any course, please read DDIA book,the course contents are based on this book only
The most important advice from my skip level manager was -
“How to visualise the future-growth
in your career?”
Or
“If you’ve any anxiety/confusion if this is the right career for you”
- Look at your manager(s), if you like the way they are navigating, talk to them and understand the problems they are facing. It can sure shot bring clarity to you.
I made an important pivot in my career using this framework. Till now, I am happy with the pivot, not sure how long I will maintain this stand.
I am sorry but most managers are sh*t and good for nothing. No one actually cares about you and your career. At least this is what I have encountered in my career so far. Now, I just don’t have any hopes left of finding a good manager. Relying on myself or if I get a good colleague who I occasionally look up to for guidance.
That’s highly possible, maybe I was lucky ( or maybe it’s restricted to a particular geography).
However, my advice is to find a mentor in the same company, a person who might be peer(not friend necessarily) to your manager. FAANGs have this practice of appointing mentors, it’s a helpful exercise. If you can’t find in the same company, a mentor outside would add value, atleast s/he can help u finding blind spots early.
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AntonKriel
Stealth
a year ago
1. Never compare yourself with others. Neither from money, nor from capabilities. Everyone is different. Tell yourself what you want, and then go after it. Your path will be easy.
2. Go slow but be steady. That's key to win a race.
3. Know early where you are going. If you are going here and there, you will eventually end up at a place called nowhere. That's what I learnt myself and told myself very clearly.
These life lessons are something which I have been following since my college days. And I can assure it helps a ton. Your life becomes so much sorted. 🙌
Need an advice...people are very rude in my team...team culture is bad. How to deal with it?
Start looking for different opportunities. Not worth staying in such a place. Nothing is more important than your happiness and mental peace!
- Invest aggressively from beginning. Live frugally
- Take care of your health. 3 years into my career I ran into physical issues which took a long time to heal, some still haven't. All due to inactivity
- Chase the money, not the ranks. Less responsibility with more money is rare in later stages of career. Mid SDEs levels are best for this. Your can always shift gears later, but your youth won't come back
- Network. When you eventually get laid off, you'll need people with connections along with your skills
- Sell yourself. Every small achivement should be communicated with team and managers.
- Switching is always easier than internal promos.
- Always keep preparing. Never stop the grind
ThoseFarrow
Stealth
a year ago
Don't make hard conclusions from a limited observation.
THIS.
More than half of the arguments would be solved in our lives if people start following this. I humbly request each and everyone to please follow this. 🙏
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