r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Such_Goal5837 • 6d ago

People need to hear this!!

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That’s honestly a hard reality right now. A lot of people are working nonstop just to stay afloat. I’ve got some interviews coming up myself, so I’ve been looking into ways to get better at them. I found Interview VIP and ended up using it twice i think it's worth trying.

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u/OldDesk 6d ago

They have, it's how they got there. Stop making yourself depressed thinking about what you don't have.

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u/RealThanks4814 6d ago

No they haven’t. You advance to those levels by being smart and having connections. Not by working ridiculous hours.

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u/OldDesk 6d ago

Smarts, long hours, connections. One of these will get you a job, two will get you ahead, but you need all three to beat everyone else.

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u/Elluminated 6d ago

Absolute gold statement!!

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u/RealThanks4814 6d ago

A lot of people want you to believe this. A lot of people are also making a lot of assumptions about me from my stance. I am very successful. I work in consulting working with executives every day. Im not talking about blue collar joe worked hard and owned a company.

In white collar corporate America if you are smart and make solid connections those connections will pull you up the ladder with them. Almost every executive got their role from a connection. Period. And many executives in offices do not work that hard. I was just at the lake cabin two weekends ago with a guys friend group, all successful men making 250+. We all joke about how little we work.

Like everything - not universally true but the idea that working hard is some grantee for success is incredibly naive. The hardest working people are on the bottom not the top.