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The best way to stand out is to go and have lunch,dinner,breakfast with people who might need your services. I think it's called networking. I could care less
by fleitz 15y ago
The best way to stand out is to go and have lunch,dinner,breakfast with people who might need your services. I think it's called networking.
I could care less about being known as the best programmer in the world, I want to be guy people turn to when they have a problem. By the time people realize they need a developer it's so far down the food chain that most of the value has been extracted by people who go to breakfast lunch and dinner with people. People who network create value, people who code create software.
- dpritchett 15y agoI would love to read a blog post about this.
- tomjen3 15y agoPeople who network don't create value. They extract it. Don't confuse the two. But yes, developers should become better at extracting the value they create.
- mattdeboard 15y agoAbsurd absolutism and a false dichotomy. So absurd, in fact, it borders on being diagnostic of the writer of the sentiment. Networking creates value -- for you. That value comes in the form of relationships with the right people.
- Confusion 15y agoNot just for you: if your networking makes people hire you and you subsequently add value, then the time invested in networking was an integral part of 'adding value'. If you add more value than someone else would have, it's even a net win for society as a whole.
- ootachi 15y agoIn other words, get out of programming and go into sales. I've been saying this for a long time.