I just joined, how can I contribute to my team/manager when I know jack sh*t? How often do I ping my boss if they need help w/ anything?
Everyone on my team is being hammered w/ projects & I feel quite bad when I'm just doing self-training & waiting for official training.

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You are the soldier consulting does not deserve. Keep the strength up. You will have many grateful teams in your future.

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You remind me of me in my first year. My drive got squashed real quick. My advice is to focus on finding the people you want to work with you. There’s a lot of partners and directors out there. If you click with them, reach out and ask how you can help. Also recognize when you don’t jive with a particular group and find others to support instead of wasting your time with teams you don’t jive with. Don’t be a whore and lend yourself to everyone. That can wear you out real quick. Focus on what will get you to the next promo

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Thank you, this is helpful!

Ask to help on proposals/BD work?

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