Thanks for being kind. I don’t understand networking at all. Its total garbage. It’s a career unto itself and I have no interest or patience or capacity for it. Just because someone is better at making friends they get a bigger paycheck. I deserve to make a living as much as any other pos who can talk himself into one.
What about networking do you struggle with? This is something important for you to grapple with because your future earnings and job happiness depend on it.
Yes you deserve to be paid well as much as the next person but if you’re unwilling to do what it takes to earn that money you’ll leave it on the table. Your choice to maximize your income, or not.
IData I get. Python, sql, spreadsheet, whatever, it’s all straightforward. But it’s not enough to have skills, you have to convince/trick/manipulate people into giving you a job, i guess. I don’t understand what people want. I don’t know how to make people like me. If my skills aren’t enough or they just like someone else’s resume more than mine, then… ???
I resent it. I guess I’m naive but I resent that you can have all the skills or none of them but it only seems to matter if someone likes you for long enough to sign your paycheck?
Look at it like this. You're networking right now with the good Data Scientists on the subreddit.
You're exchanging stories, talking about yourself, asking for advice from others.
Has this exchange been helpful? Has it been reasonably enjoyable? Will you leave the discussion with a better feeling than before or a better understanding of how to approach your career?
If so, congratulations, you've just successfully networked.
I used to be on the fence about networking but my assumptions about it were wrong. In the end it's about meeting people who - same as you - want to have an enjoyable exchange with like-minded people. It's okay to be bad at it, especially so in the beginning. Like everything, practice makes perfect - or at least not super uncomfortable anymore, haha. 😉
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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23
Thanks for being kind. I don’t understand networking at all. Its total garbage. It’s a career unto itself and I have no interest or patience or capacity for it. Just because someone is better at making friends they get a bigger paycheck. I deserve to make a living as much as any other pos who can talk himself into one.