One advice you’d give yourself now after having a few years of work exp
What is that one piece of advice you’d give your younger self or someone who’s starting off now after working for a few years. Mine would be that despite the hunger to prove yourself always take the time off to enjoy your success both personally and with people close to you. Time is something you’ll never get back.
1. Mental health and well being is more important than any amount of money, don’t get burned out
2. Get mentor who can guide you through early phases of your career
3. Devloping good comm skills helps you throughout your career, esp if you see yourself in a leadership role someday
Dont try to prove yourself to anyone, especially some manager. They come and go by the dozen, just hone your interpersonal skills and subject matter. You will save a lot of time and grief if you don't constantly try to impress someone
Droughtbear
Student
2 years ago
1. Stand next to the smartest person in the room. Surround yourself with smart people
2. Always save x% of your salary, x should be double digits. Once you get salary, this should be invested and 100 - x is what you have for expenses. That way, in the long term you’ll be wealthy and you’ll spend wisely.
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DryGoodie55
Stealth
2 years ago
I always say to my ppl to take care of their weight and waist. Have a personal hobby outside work. Have no mobile day in a week.
Never lose your character or what you are to adjust to you job. You'll regret it later that you have become a completely different person.
Might be a very specific advice but.
Don't be scared. You've stepped into the real world, you might be intimidated and scared that you'll break things. It's okay, a lot of people make mistakes all the time, and this is the only way to learn. If you are risk adverse in your job, you will end up in a position where you are senior and end up making basic mistakes which you cannot afford. So don't shy away from risks early on.
treyhey
Stealth
2 years ago
A goldmine in this thread. In my early career currently, but love the comments in here
RichDadsPoorSon
Stealth
2 years ago
That’s kinda the objective so that people who are starting off can get some good advice to help them avoid the harder route and take the smarter one.
Also for people to kinda meet and interact with like minded people . Who knows maybe someone might end up mentoring someone from here.
treyhey
Stealth
2 years ago
Makes sense
guruji
Student
2 years ago
if you are a starter then try not to work for a service based company
and don't try to sign any sort of bond or contract with them
KindCob85
Stealth
2 years ago
Is there any particular Reason?
guruji
Student
2 years ago
well service based companies just do mass hiring and mass firing at times
work culture is often not that good to be honest
and signing a bond is illegal and bad
they just threaten you all the time if you leave they won't give the experience
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paglababa
Stealth
2 years ago
Don't be afraid to ask questions. If you are afraid, seek out answers from other sources.
Always ask yourself 'Why'. Understand the logic.
OmeletteDuFromage
Stealth
2 years ago
Tech is all about upskilling yourself, If you don't your skills would be irrelevant sooner rather than later. Always take out some time to hone yourself especially when you are starting out, these 1-2 hours a day is what makes the difference between you and the hundreds of other "average" candidates.
Invest in relationships, both who are senior to you and juniors to you.
You can love what you do without making it your identity.
In the end you will regret more about not having spent enough time with your loved ones than feel proud about the Hot af low latency, high availability feature that you built that served a billion users per sec.
dukhdardpeeda
Stealth
2 years ago
Health > anything
No question is a stupid question
Never lose confidence in yourself
Stay curious!
OilyShawl86
Student
2 years ago
Try to develop a clear picture of where you want to end up in a few years in terms of skill. Teams, managers, domains, and companies are temporary,. Skills, connections and finances are the only thing that is permanent. Don't get easily impressed by titles. Many senior people are incompetent.
OilyShawl86
Student
2 years ago
There may be some people in your team you absolutely hate. Try to understand their perspective on professional matters even if you dislike them
Also never ever disclose ur ctc to your colleagues however close and kind they might be to u ...they will screw u big time once they know u earn more than them. They will be doomed always ..it's better to always keep things confidential
Nah man one must spread the magic sauce around. Get better open-minded friends!
I know...that's why no friends ..just sticking with my siblings for now. I am not against friendships ..i encourage maintaining close bonds with colleagues but only to an extent,
well it's just my experience... can't say it's the same for everyone
Never bring old college friends who are super competitive with you or have a certain kind of beef with u in ur past. you helping them with a job won't really help them ..instead get, get them hired somewhere else.
Specially friends who are very negative and have a certain level of jealousy
stay miles away from them ..and those who are ambitious ..block them from your linkedin.
Such people never let u grow in peace. Have faced this and wasted my early twenties trying to keep such idiot friends happy.
Be alone and succeed.
Start exploring and experimenting with things in your field early on. This experimenting will lead to mistakes and the lessons you will learn from them are incomparable. You cannot afford to make such experiments or mistakes when you reach a senior position.
NiceMap18
Stealth
2 years ago
Never settle for a low CTC wrt your first job, it'll haunt you for life because everybody judges you on your last CTC
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