Networking is the only staging step on the list, which supports the titular concern about bias. Every other condensing step requires good judgement and luck, which isn’t helpful as generic advice.
Joining a fast growing org early in your career is a bad idea, doing it as an intern is indispensable.
Also, networking is vital, however mostly to develop a filter for BS and BS slingers (money slingers or "rich" people are deceptively good at BS slinging). I had a friend who would go to meetups and befriend everyone, in my experience this is not really productive and will lead to being taken advantage of.
No, being an intern is prior to your career beginning.
If you are a junior engineer in a fast growing org you will work your ass off, being forced to cut corners to ship quickly, then rather than promote you the org will simply hire people above you. And you will find that what you learned was not a solid foundation to move onwards.
then rather than promote you the org will simply hire people above you. And you will find that what you learned was not a solid foundation to move onwards.
Anecdata: junior engineer going through this process right now. Hard to move to a new company due to the specificity of the skills I developed and can't move up as they just bring in new people.
My impression is the exact opposite. As an intern, you want to learn from a company that actually has something to teach, not from one that cuts corners and is way too small, inexperienced and busy to spend time on guidance. But as a junior developer, you can grow with a fast growing company. Not everybody succeeds at that, but if there ever was a good opportunity for it, it's at a fast growing company.
tried going to networking events for years. didn't do anything. the only thing that actually made a difference was to give talks myself and help people (without letting myself be taken advantage of)
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Networking is the only staging step on the list, which supports the titular concern about bias. Every other condensing step requires good judgement and luck, which isn’t helpful as generic advice.
Joining a fast growing org early in your career is a bad idea, doing it as an intern is indispensable.
Also, networking is vital, however mostly to develop a filter for BS and BS slingers (money slingers or "rich" people are deceptively good at BS slinging). I had a friend who would go to meetups and befriend everyone, in my experience this is not really productive and will lead to being taken advantage of.
Isn't being an intern "early in your career"? I don't understand the logic above.
No, being an intern is prior to your career beginning.
If you are a junior engineer in a fast growing org you will work your ass off, being forced to cut corners to ship quickly, then rather than promote you the org will simply hire people above you. And you will find that what you learned was not a solid foundation to move onwards.
Anecdata: junior engineer going through this process right now. Hard to move to a new company due to the specificity of the skills I developed and can't move up as they just bring in new people.
My impression is the exact opposite. As an intern, you want to learn from a company that actually has something to teach, not from one that cuts corners and is way too small, inexperienced and busy to spend time on guidance. But as a junior developer, you can grow with a fast growing company. Not everybody succeeds at that, but if there ever was a good opportunity for it, it's at a fast growing company.
tried going to networking events for years. didn't do anything. the only thing that actually made a difference was to give talks myself and help people (without letting myself be taken advantage of)