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From my experience (non-technical), it's more about who you know rather than what you do. But, people don't know you unless you do something. It's a vicious c
by peeps502 15y ago
From my experience (non-technical), it's more about who you know rather than what you do. But, people don't know you unless you do something. It's a vicious circle.
- nrp 15y agoThat's not really a vicious circle. People not knowing you shouldn't prevent you from trying to do something. Do something cool and show it to an online community related to whatever you did, or even Hacker News or Reddit if it has general appeal. If it isn't cool enough to impress them, you'll generally at least get some feedback with which you can make your next attempt better. If you keep at it and care enough to improve, people will start to know you.
- andyakb 15y agoIf you are passive, people dont know you unless you do something. If you are active in seeking out interesting people, then you can be somebody who "knows people."
- crntaylor 15y agoMaybe that's true for non-technical people (though I have strong reservations). But for coders and other techy types there's a rock solid metric of how good you are, which is to look at what you've built. Who knew Mark Zuckerberg before facebook? Who knew Patrick Collison before Auctomatic/Stripe?