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How to grow network when you do not have it? Any advices to person who wants to get in to consultancy and do not knows where to start?
by vasili111 5y ago
How to grow network when you do not have it?
Any advices to person who wants to get in to consultancy and do not knows where to start?
- dboreham 5y agoIf you are willing to invest your time, open source projects can be a low barrier to entry route. Show up, work on a project for free, now you have a network. Probably you don't actually have to work for free either because there are some open source projects with funding.
- DarylZero 5y agoNetworking through cash-starved open source projects doesn't seem like a great idea. > Probably you don't actually have to work for free either because there are some open source projects with funding. It's not so easy to get that funding. Even founders of projects can't get adequate funding. A one-off "drive-by" contributor will not typically be compensated at all.
- cm2012 5y agoYour first network is co-workers, so being hired at a big or venture backed company with well connected co-workers is a good start. If you get a job doing consulting at a consulting company, you'll meet new companies all the time in a risk free way. Your second network is physical events - meet-ups, conferences. Note, these should be technical for your field of expertise, not like a business networking meet-up, which suck. Third is your online presence - the open source communities you submit to, twitter connections you've replied intelligently to, etc.