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Cutting through wayn3's (unproductive) sarcasm, he has a point. The typical programmer is going to be better served by the network of contacts he/she develops o
by hunterjrj 10y ago
Cutting through wayn3's (unproductive) sarcasm, he has a point. The typical programmer is going to be better served by the network of contacts he/she develops over time than the code they develop. The people you are sitting at the table with may get promoted, leave the company etc., and can open the door to opportunity down the road.
- nostrademons 10y agoThe flip side is that the value of a network of senior people at your current employer is largely tied to your current employer. Senior people move around much less frequently than junior people (that's often how they got to be senior in the first place...), and when they do move, they frequently end up doing something fairly similar to what they were doing before (otherwise they'd lose their seniority). So your network will easily get you a job working on the stuff they find interesting - but if you want to work on the stuff you find interesting, your current employer better be pretty well-aligned with what you want to do.