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I'm currently working in Infosys Ltd My
Skills: Java, Spring boot, Angular (Html, CSS, Typescript), Sql: Oracle DB, MySQL, Python
YOE - 2 Years
I got offer from TCS for Java Developer for the CTC 9LPA with Joining bonus of 50K
Can I join TCS or I can still remain in Infosys for better salary package
Please suggest, I'm confused
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I don't equate networking with brown nosing. I just think of it as meeting people professionally, establishing a rapport, and staying in touch. If it's a situation where brown nosing is required it's not really networking and probably won't be too productive.
Same. I avoid atmospheres where I feel like I have to be something I'm not or have to kiss someone's butt in order to be taken seriously. As others have beautifully defined it, it's about finding your tribe and your people because when that happens there's not that feeling of inequity and everyone wins whether that's providing guidance you wish you'd had when you started out or getting guidance from someone who's walked the path you're walking right now.
I am confused by this post a bit. There is totally an element of celebrating other people in networking, why would you want to add people into your professional circle that don’t deserve any kind of praise or recognition?
And when you say you can’t stand it do you mean when you see other people just gush over someone else? That isn’t real networking.
Finally I can definitely say from experience that networking is essential to career growth and if you have had growth there has either been some passive or active networking.
The bottom line is that heads down and doing your work well isn’t remarkable enough in this day and age. People have to know you and your contributions and know that they want to work with you in order for the opportunities to come. And how will they know you if you don’t connect??
I think it’s more of the events rather than the concept itself, I get meeting people in a professional environment can really help but I really don’t like the idea of an event purely for trying to progress your career, just feels a little slimy to me.
I feel the same way. I think it's something of a necessary evil. No one likes doing it, but knowing the right people can be the difference between getting your foot in the door or not.
True it’s just annoying your whole career can be on the back of a chance meeting.
I hate to admit it, but I finally became one of these employees. I noticed my coworker being recognized over and over and over and so I just started mimicking her behavior, and sure enough, I started to get recognition, too. I definitely wouldn't say I enjoy it, but if your company/industry clearly prefers it, then you have 3 options to choose from: Do it, don't do it, leave.
I hate that it can work! Just feels so disingenuous.
I made it through a good bit of my career without much networking. That doesn’t mean I never wonder how much farther I could have gotten if I did more of it, though.
It’s good you can still get far without it but there is always that feeling of what could have happened if you did.
Networking kinda gets a bad rap, when it's forced it can be bad and quite superficial but it can be nice and good for your career to meet like-minded people - I always say you never know what an opportunity can lead to! But also it is exhausting sometimes!
I think the forced stuff is what I don’t like, meeting people naturally in a work environment can be lovely!
Maybe you're just not getting the invites for the right events or not meeting the people who should be part of YOUR tribe or YOUR circle. As others I know in the business have described it, networking is supposed to be that search to find your tribe/your people. I see it as "getting to know you" and figuring out who's a good person to know from a personal and professional standpoint. Someone who cares about the same things you do or has a similar philosophy is going to be so much easier to work with and would likely be someone you WANT to help and give guidance to or open the door for. If someone's got a similar story to yours or have a skill that impresses you and you like + respect them as a person, it won't feel like a chore to direct them to opportunity you hear about that may not fit you but would be great for them.
I've had many "wrong room" problems so in some atmospheres, I feel the same way about networking (I'm looking at you, Law Land). When I went to different spaces that were more connected to me/my values/my interests/what I'd like to do and had people in them around my career level or higher, that felt different and I felt more connection to those people and their stories. If you're truly antisocial to where you wouldn't even connect with other introverts or misanthropic types or people who feel like perpetual outsiders, then entertainment is not your field because you're going to have to feel connection with SOME group even if it's the outsiders.
Yeah mayeb it’s the environment or the people, I hate “events” where rubbing shoulders is the whole deal, in work interactions with coworkers can be great.
Its really helped my career in props, just calling people and asking for advice has helped- I’ve never attended a networking event though!
I think the events are what get under my skin, peer to peer is a lot more fun.