9 korrents from this piece
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Their wordsThe person who has decided to bring on one more engineer is not doing it because they love having a geek around the room, they are doing it because adding the geek allows them to complete a project (or projects) which will add revenue or decrease costs.
Their wordsYou really want to be attached to Profit Centers because it will bring you higher wages, more respect, and greater opportunities for everything of value to you.
Their wordsIf you call yourself a programmer, someone is already working on a way to get you fired.
Their wordsIn the real world, picking up a new language takes a few weeks of effort and after 6 to 12 months nobody will ever notice you haven’t been doing that one for your entire career.
Their wordsYou should be a good person to everyone you meet — it is the moral thing to do, and as a sidenote will really help your networking — but do not be under the delusion that everyone is your friend.
Their wordsKey takeaway: you probably are good enough to work at that company you think you’re not good enough for. They hire better mortals, but they still hire mortals.
Their wordsMost jobs are never available publicly, just like most worthwhile candidates are not available publicly
Our reading
Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring.
Their wordsYour major and minor don’t matter. Most decisionmakers in industry couldn’t tell the difference between a major in Computer Science and a major in Mathematics if they tried.
Their wordsBecause you radically overestimate the likelihood that your startup will succeed and radically overestimate the portion of the pie that will be allocated to you if the startup succeeds.