Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job

Re:Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job by andy_ppp on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:50AM (#23509337)

I’ve only recently learned this but letting go of your ego and being easy to work with rather than constantly believing you are “right” is going to get you extremely far and you’ll be able to learn how people think and be able to judge if you want to model them (or absolutely not).

So basically if you think your boss knows nothing, got there by luck and you are finding everything they do irritates you; it’s you not them.

We could also talk about not getting too involved in general, work is work and you should have important things you’re interested in outside of what you are doing in exchange for money.

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Re:Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job by IggleSniggle on Saturday June 13, 2020 @11:54AM (#23510297)

I had to learn the opposite lessons:

- sometimes, you are right, and you need to assert your opinion

- your confident boss might not know what they are doing,

- and getting involved with your work makes the work a lot more fun.

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Re:Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job by andy_ppp on Saturday June 13, 2020 @03:50PM (#23512156)

I think the default for me is probably to bluntly say what I think. Maybe what you learned is needing to “assert your opinion” more. I think either way taking your personal ego out of what is said has been an important lesson for me.

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Re:Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job by stepbeek on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:44PM (#23510697)

One of the best experiences of my career was making a friend who always admits to not knowing something. I've never thought less of him for it at the time and the accumulation of knowledge from just asking people is staggering.

Also, it's much nicer to work with someone without an ego. Keeps the whole team happy.

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Re:Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job by oltdaniel on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:55AM (#23509369)

I really need to trust my skills. Sometimes I take a step back although I have the knowledge to solve the problem.

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