←back to thread

Sell yourself, sell your work

(www.solipsys.co.uk)
449 points ColinWright | 3 comments | 25 Mar 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
ilrwbwrkhv ◴[25 Mar 25 23:21 UTC] No.43477149[source]▶
I heard from multiple people working at Stripe that selling yourself is a huge reason why they think it's a very bad place to work. You apparently have to make full-on folders to showcase what you have done.
replies(2): >>43477234 #>>43477262 #
1. ryandrake ◴[25 Mar 25 23:34 UTC] No.43477234[source]▶
Ugh, sounds horrible. This is what happens when extroverted bullshitters get to decide the rules around career advancement. Your ability to write self-promotional marketing slop counts for as much as or more than the actual work you were hired to do. I say this as someone who is right now grudgingly writing self-promotional marketing slop instead of doing my job.
replies(1): >>43477427 #
2. Henchman21 ◴[26 Mar 25 00:02 UTC] No.43477427[source]▶
This is an aside, and straight up stolen from a comedian whose name escapes me.

Why is it that we always see articles extolling the virtues of extroversion to introverts? Be more outgoing! Be more obnoxious!

But we never see articles suggesting that extroverts shut the fuck up and let the world be livable for the rest of us.

replies(1): >>43477701 #
3. brewtide ◴[26 Mar 25 00:44 UTC] No.43477701[source]▶
Sounds like George Carlin to me?