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Work your ass off to be reliably useful to them. Like, really, _really_ hard. However hard you think you're working to be reliably useful, work ten times harder.
long range career advice Aug 5, 2026 Long range career advice. (Won't help you get a job tomorrow, this is a ~10-20 year thing) You want to run two processes. Your main loop: 1. Knock on doors, many outside your league, and get yourself in a room with the most competent people who will have you. 2. Work your ass off to be reliably useful to them. Like, really, _really_ hard. However hard you think you're working to be reliably useful, work ten times harder. Also, be cheerful. 3. Every once in a while pop your head out and go to step 1. Your background loop: look around for weird…
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