Hi everyone. As someone who’s starting my career remotely, what are some tips/words of advice that would be useful to know? Thank you!

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You’re selling something, whether you’re in a sales specific role or not

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And good slides

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Learn your craft. Put in the time. Remember, this is what feeds you and helps fund your lifestyle. There are countless reasons to grind, there are no reasons to slack.

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So throw away work life balance?

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Mute yourself when urinating.

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Invest time in networking in and outside your company on regular basis. Remote makes it harder to build relationships and networking is important for moving ahead and finding new roles.

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MK1 is 100% right - the way I have adapted to this is (when appropiate) I will ask/arrange a 1 to 1 conversation with someone I would like to get to know. I might have seen this person speak in a meeting or group setting. Reaching out allows you to connect personally outside of the group setting.

How to decide when it is appropriate:
- This is super circumstantial so if you have a coach/mentor figure, bounce your idea off them while you calibrate to the environment
- It also depends a lot on how you approach them

Hope this helps!

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Order a second (or third) screen! Work should be able to provide you one free of charge

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@ibm if this person is new, that may be new info! Can't hurt to mention it; it may not be something advertised at the company :)

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Control ya background! Especially for Zoom call culture places.

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Take notes. I tell this to every single new hire.

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Be disciplined and be respectful to your clients. Remember at the end of the day client pays your salary. Though most of the time you will know more than your client because of your expertise in certain area and that’s why they hire you but they also have a more experience than you in their respective trade so be respectful to their opinions. Be organized - almost all the new hires who are not organized end up setting bad precedent infront of clients . If you are organized it helps you build repo with your client . Last but not the least make sure you learn your craft . Soft skills and all are good but I have seen folks struggling and not providing real value to the client and smart clients will sniff this out . So learn your trade , it is the thing that will open the doors for more opportunities for you. Lastly everyone makes mistake, don’t look down at someone who is new or trying to learn something , we all have travelled that road . Good luck in consulting 👍🏼

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Disconnect at night.

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@OP I just started remotely myself. Not sure what your background is or experience level for that matter, but all I can say is.. be patient.

The learning curve is steeper than normal. What used to be a quick “swing by the cubical” is now a “ping and wait”. That is, you pinging someone the question in Teams and you waiting for the reply.... the reply to schedule time to ask the question. Because everyone has an hour meeting, every time you have a question.

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Never say no

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Aww spoilt my fun! Accenture has to find its kicks in other ways, we can’t all work on ICE contracts

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Early in career- optimize for learning. Try to compound on learning, mid career try to compound on earnings using those learnings

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Thanks Dr Seuss.

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Set boundaries... just cause you are WFH doesn’t mean work life balance doesn’t matter...

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When you are tasked with something new, ask your senior what the time expectation is. “How long should I plan to spend in this task?”

That way, you can proactively reach out for help (or be more detail oriented) half way through a task.

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I’ve learned that after starting a project virtually that you need to be extra communicative with coworkers.

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Learn to take great notes. Learn to reach out when u need help. If ur just starting your career, I would say ur still young put in the time, dont say no.. you can start saying no year 3 or so. Lol

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Also if u dont know or forgot, ask again dont assume anything, it's better to look stupid cause ur asking the same question for a 3rd time then to assume and screw it all up.

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I started remotely back in March but because I have worked from home previously it wasn’t much of a change in my process. Communication is the best advice I can give you

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I wrote an article in this as I recently started remote. Feel free to DM me for it!

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Hang in there !

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Don’t go drunk into meetings 🤪

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