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Additional points if you are good looking, sorry but it is the truth. Still, even if you are not, you can still have charisma.
I've seen absolutely awesome people in terms of technical skills get canned because they were twats with 0 social skills. Bridge out of your comfort zone to interact with humans like a regular human fucking being.
You can learn how to code but you can't learn how to talk to someone? cmon, there are youtube videos on this shit. And I know people that are introverted as all fucking hell use it to get an advantage, we are all intelligent fuckers in this field, we are the wizards of the modern world, but yet you mean to tell me that talking to mfkers is hard?
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Being a white man also helps to get paid, at least in most companies. Sad, but true. I know, because I am an old white man. I left corporate culture despite the regular income, and I can confirm what @AleCx04 wrote. Be a white guy, wear a business shirt, tell the people what they want to hear, and let junior devs do most of the work. Still you probably better start as a financial specialist or a lawyer, not as a techie, if you want even more money and power.
There are some rare exceptions at least.
Advice to CEOs and seniors / team leads: don't hire dudes that look like you ("culture fit"), but make an effort to value skill. This will profit both your employees and your own business!
#paymelikeawhiteman #equalpayday -
@AleCx04 "We are all intelligent fuckers"
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I have noticed in close to two decades doing this shit that the neckbeard contingent of engineering teams has dropped right off - and to be honest, I miss it. Rather have someone rolling their eyes at me because I don't play Magic than some "ninja" on an electric skateboard who is happy to do unpaid work in the evenings for a pat on the back.
Otherwise, you're right. The most important skill I've had in all my time on the job is that I'm not bad at making people laugh. Coding skills count for a lot but if you want the 'weird genius' niche you have to be likeable, or at least so oblivious that others can make fun of you quite openly. -
@progresshuh I never said that one does not have to be good at their job, I said to have a personality besides the "code is life" mindset that many people have. Of course one has to be good at what they do.
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@fraktalisman true, it does help, sounds pretty harsh and unfair, but it does help.
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@SoldierOfCode damn, you are right but it is too late to edit that :P
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@MM83 I get you.
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There's two types of people:
Network, talk to people, and get yourself on the spot, document everything and make sure that you take action when others do not.
Kissing ass can take you far, but I ain't about that life, because sooner or later the fucker that promoted you because he liked his pp getting suckd by you will leave or get put in the spot. Or change alleagiances.
Your best bet is to be ANYTHING OTHER THAN A FUCKING NECKBEARD WITH AUTISM and be someone that people likes being around, I know it sounds hardcore, but people around you will ignore the things you don't know if you are a charismatic guy. Dress well, work out or find ways to improve yourself in ways that are noticeable, use human psychology to be fucking likeable.
Work hard, both on yourself and on your craft, study, get better, be social.
Stop being a twat because high chances are that the higher executives of your branch will not give a shit about your knowledge, but how good is to have you around. Join the circle, fuck your opinions about anything else, this is business, and business doesn't care about a lot of things. Don't cut throats, but make yourself a force to be reckoned with.
Source: Upper management, deals with VPs on a daily basis, knows that being a neckbeard will not take you anywhere.
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