Question of the week: What's the best career advice you ever received?
Abadesi
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The best career advice I ever received was:
"Don't be afraid to ask for opportunities and put yourself out there. The worst that can happen is that someone says no."
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Rick Turoczy@turoczy
"It's perfectly okay to make it up as you go."
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"You can't get what you don't ask for" is probably the best advice I ever received.
Also, it's up to you to be ready for new opportunities.
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Believe in yourself.
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This came from a close friend when I was feeling very down about my career and opportunities were not materialising. He said a lot of positive things that day, but these 3 words stuck with me.
I've always liked this one....
https://www.quora.com/What-is-th...
similar to @syswarren "Asking won't hurt you." -> I've always been curious and straightforward asking people (even CEOs) for jobs/help.
Also:
"Job titles are useless in your next job, the only thing that counts is your track-record." (speaking of "Head of xyz" as a 1-person-"department")
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Always come with at least one suggested solution for a task given, not with a problem.
1. Find the smartest person in the room and glue yourself to them.
2. When you're the smartest person in the room, find a new room.
3. After some time, make your own room, and fill it full of smart people.
At 25, you’ll be likely be doing something wildly different than 21. The job you have at 30 may not even be invented yet. The best advice I’ve always gotten is to give yourself permission to move away from sunk costs - it’s tough when you’ve invested in learning something or invested time into something to move on to something new - but so many rewards come when you change the vision of who/what you are.
“Never fear being expensive. No financial metric can account for your utmost dedication and all-in skillset.
There is no possible price for real problem-solving worth and contributing value. Know yours profoundly and truthfully.
Negotiate by these terms, not by coins”.
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I don't have it :(
Denario
Personally, best career advice was that if you don't know how to do something, just go out and ask others, read and learn. Everything is doable, never say "no" right away.
We've collected some feedback from our community regarding career choices and I think is worth a read: https://blog.lama-app.com/2018/0...
"You don't have to impress people right when you enter a company, they will likely return only envy and doubts. Give the best of yourself when you're about to quit." I know this piece of advice is quite controversial, and I still question it occasionally. But somehow it works.
"Face all odds bravely in life"
(1)
"If you try to make it perfect, you'll never get to launch."
~Nothing is ever perfect, that's why software keep releasing new versions and gadgets and devices gets replaced all the time.~
(2)
"You should never be afraid to make mistakes, cause its the one thing that's inevitable in the life of an entrepreneur."
~Hopefully, you get to realize this soon enough so you can stop beating yourself too hard for an error.~
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"Do what you can't" - Casey Neistat