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Make yourself useful to the right people at the right time. Pretty quickly you’ll be able to work across many teams on many problems. This is cool because in a
by usernametaken29 6mo ago
Make yourself useful to the right people at the right time. Pretty quickly you’ll be able to work across many teams on many problems. This is cool because in a startup you simply don’t get the same amount of exposure. It’s always the same product.
Instead of looking to fix the systemic issues or looking to do politics, tackle one problem your team has and you’ll do well in no time. Different kind of work but can be rewarding
- hdndjsbbs 6mo agoI have jumped on a few unglamorous tasks to make life better for my team but it's very much "glue work" that doesn't seem to lead to more opportunities.
- PaulHoule 6mo agoI see it as a small co and startup kind of thing. When I was small I had a summer working at a grocery store where they weren't really hiring but they owed me a favor so I got attached 50% to front end and 50% to the store manager and I - painted a metal strip that ran around the building - cleaned the floor - got called up one day to work in the deli and they taught me how to work the meat slicer - got called up one day to work in the bakery, etc. I felt it was a great experience working for startups and I know other people got similar experiences working at little beach stores and the like. I think this has gone out of fashion so one of my pet peeves is that young people working at startups take their job titles too seriously and don't have the attitude that you just do whatever it takes to move the ball forward. In big co's you are really right that doing the work that falls through the cracks is often not valued and can even get you in trouble in the long term.