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You don’t need job adverts, you don’t need resumes, and you don’t need contract negotiations. What you need is to network... I think I'll specifically avoid th
by mynameishere 19y ago
You don’t need job adverts, you don’t need resumes, and you don’t need contract negotiations. What you need is to network...
I think I'll specifically avoid the shmoozers, thanks.
- nostrademons 19y agoNetworking doesn't necessarily mean schmoozing. It means hanging out with the folks who are in the same field as you and going to the same events they do. Most of the time, they'll have the same interests as you, so these'll be the folks you want to hang out with anyway. Posting on news.YC or programming.reddit counts, for example.
- swombat 19y agoAbsolutely. By networking I (I'm the author) meant putting yourself in situations where you will meet the kind of people you want to be working with and become friends with them. If you go there with a pure agenda of "recruiting a co-founder", people will sniff you out and you won't make any friends. But if you go there to meet people in the community you probably will, incidentally, meet some who might end up being your cofounders. Daniel
- mynameishere 19y agoThere is an implication that I specifically not hire from resumes, etc. If I have to make any categoricals, I will categorically avoid hiring through networks.