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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by bboozzoo on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:48AM (#30165269)
> Industry sanctioned nepotism doesn't feel like a good look for the SWE industry

Is it nepotism though? Your friends are not your family. Unless I'm missing some fine details of what nepotism means as a non native English speaker.

Besides, if you are a reliable employee, I doubt any reasonable company would miss out on an opportunity to consider a strong referral. Regardless of industry.

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by ipaddr on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:02PM (#30173555)
Your friends, family and people you don't like but do a favour for are all examples of nepotism because they got the job through a non professional relationship.

Referrals are welcome. Filling the managers roles with these type of relationships makes the workers below feel they have no opportunity at those top jobs.

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