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Sell yourself, sell your work

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449 points ColinWright | 1 comments | 25 Mar 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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bravetraveler ◴[26 Mar 25 01:53 UTC] No.43478043[source]▶
I've generally been best served by NAVY: never again volunteer yourself.

Others will advertise for you... or simply pay attention when you do well. Being reliable is outstanding, a true rarity.

Plenty of folks will want to take advantage. Assuming you weren't actually hired to work alone in a closet, there will be opportunities to shine/get put on speed dial... if you really want that.

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1. bravetraveler ◴[27 Mar 25 01:03 UTC] No.43489358[source]▶
Working Corporate for 20+ years... still waiting on the PIP the 'dead' (hidden) peer comment mentions. Replying to myself since I can't with them. It's been a pretty good run, if I say so myself. Heh.

Based on the fear put into people I'd guess I'm overdue! Well, a break sounds nice. Can we skip to the quarterly layoff... or does this not count? I know those decently. Would love to spare a more fair soul.

If you get a PIP while doing objectively good work for not acknowledging the secret handshake: "move on." Save your efforts for a time and place that's worth it. Being played, IMO.