Thomas_Shelby
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! 🌟🌟
13mo ago
EarlGreyTea
Stealth13mo
- 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. - Don't chase money early on in your career unless you actuallyneed it. Focus on building relationships, knowledge, learning to code (it helps) and earning respect of your colleagues wherever you go.
- Don't get into smoking due to peer pressure. AVOID IT.
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
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
Stealth13mo
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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.
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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. -
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.
BladeRunner007
Fintech Startup13mo
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.
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
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.
Surviving
I get this in reviews😌
TepidFanny11
Freelancer13mo
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
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
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. :)
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
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. 🙌
Observer
Entrepreneur13mo
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.
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
Knowledge can literally be anything. Why do we have to assume here it is related to only technical knowledge?
Z
Meesho13mo
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.
Thomas_Shelby
Swiggy13mo
💯 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! 💫
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