What advice would you give to a your kid in the beggining of his/her career that you wish someone gave it to you in the beggining of your career?

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Posted this on another thread… Advice someone did give my early in my career that I didn’t take until too late: even if you are happy in your role, interview at least once a year to know your worth. Also to brush up on your interviewing skills for when it is time to look

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Don’t start “in the mailroom”. Shoot for the highest paying, most challenging job you can get into.

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I would tell them to find innovative ways to make money, and then they can focus on what they really want to do for the rest of their lives so that making money wouldn’t be the primary focus!

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Don’t say, “That’s not my job.” As a Lead, I’ve given tasks to junior team members and every time I heard that, I wanted to scream. If it’s truly out of your scope, escalate and document the issue.

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Lol. I had a 30 minute meeting today with a handful of people higher up than me debating who was going to fix the problem with everyone playing pass the buck. So infuriating!

Your job is not your life but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't give it 110% when you are at work.

And a good boss will make pr break your career. Don't just take the first job offer you've been given because you're desperate to work.

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Start putting money in your 401(k) as soon as you are offered one and contribute the highest amount your employer will match (or more). Do not touch it and keep rolling over from job to job as you move through your career.

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Ask for help even if you don’t need it… it’s more important to build relationships by taking advice and having conversations with your leadership team. People who like to help would go to extreme lengths if they like you enough. What better way to get someone to like you than to feed their ego and ask them for help advice or anything else to start “greasing the skids”

Realistically speaking very few are able to be at the superstar level at work to get noticed and being a star isn’t good enough therefore getting noticed by having others take an interest in you instead is better time spent. When the bosses give you feedback and you’re able to deliver on that (cuz you’re a star) then you will be noticed and your bosses will “champion” for you and try to get others to notice how great of a job and mentor they were to you.

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I wish someone had told me that it's okay to not use your degree / work in the same field as your degree. This mindset of "I spent X amount of money on my degree so I have to use it" and feeling like you have to"decide what you want to be when you grow up" delayed my career change by at least a few years.

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Switch jobs every 3-4 years

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Your 20s are for figuring out what you wanna do. Your 30s make your career path

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It's not what you do, it's about who you know and what they think you do. So... Network as much as you can. Learn personal branding and how to market yourself and play to your unique strengths.

And IT pays $$$ lol. Learn to Code.

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Pay yourself first- in whatever career you choose. I talk to too many people entering their 30’s with zero cash/investments/401k.

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Don't be afraid to ask questions, no matter how silly they sound in your head. This will spare you a lot of misunderstandings.
And always, ALWAYS, double-check!

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