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I was standing at a gas station in rural New Mexico a few weeks ago when my phone buzzed. It was a LI note from an ex-colleague that I hadn’t seen in 12 years,
by mud_dauber 6y ago
I was standing at a gas station in rural New Mexico a few weeks ago when my phone buzzed. It was a LI note from an ex-colleague that I hadn’t seen in 12 years, wanting to know if I was available. I’m meeting her team in a few days.
Just being a good human being will get your far in life irrespective of tech stacks.
- legerdemain 6y agoI hate to be a sourpuss, but in my experience that usually means that your long-lost former colleague is struggling to fill an unappealing vacancy, and not actually offering a valuable insider opportunity to you in particular, just because you happened to work together more than a decade ago.
- adwi 6y agoFWIW that hasn't been my experience; mine has been closer to gp. Best work advice I ever got: the competent nice guy always gets hired before the genius asshole. People just want to solve a problem as painlessly as possible and go home.
- mud_dauber 6y agoThat's completely understandable - people change over time. In this case it's truly appealing for both technological and non-toxic-work-environment reasons.