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What is the kindest thing someone's ever done for you during your career?
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We need some love during these difficult times, so let's start a wholesome thread.
What is the kindest thing someone's ever done for you during your career?
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
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Hired me? Haha.
Nah, it's the colleagues willing to stay behind late to help me debug an issue :)
Same I'd be no where without my team mates, past and present
Give me a chance.
Early on when I had not enough experience I strongly believed in a project and the CEO put me in charge of it. She was not disappointed π
I think in general it is a good idea to give people a chance, you won't be able to know what they're capable of until you put them in a situation where they can show you.
Helped me,.. Beeing patienced and insightful. Basically helped me to improve.
In 2012 I spent 3 months teaching myself web development using the Michael Hartl Rails tutorial. I then applied to a tiny startup called Aisle50. They had a job posting for a full time Software Engineer which I was NOWHERE near but I emailed them and asked if they would take on an intern. They told me they would consider it and had me come in for an interview.
During the interview they had me show them the app I built which ended up being way buggier than I hoped but despite that, they agreed to give me a 6 month paid internship with option to hire at the end. After 6 months they hired me and the rest is history.
I can never thank that team enough for taking a chance on me!
Hi Molly,
I am a self-taught dev at the beginning of my first dev job hunt. Your story is incredibly inspiring!
Thanks for sharing,
Mariah
Maybe not the kindest thing, but something nice: When I was applying for my first developer job, I cancelled a technical interview because I had severe anxiety leading up to it. A few days later, I realized that I regretted it and ended up emailing them back. I explained the anxiety - and they understood π₯° Another interview was scheduled and they ultimately hired me π
I've also known many people who used their free time to mentor and support me. Too many to count and I'm very grateful β€οΈ
I think for me I'm grateful for all the people who were willing to take chances on me and take the time to speak with me and mentor me.
I truly believe Jason Lengsdorf got me into the speaking and teaching track (way back in 2016 at IBM). He also believed in my goal to start a mentorship platform, and even offered his help to build it.
Egghead.io took a chance on me and introduced me to the world of online coding tutorials.
There are too many people to be grateful to.
My mentor giving my the hard knocks and tough pill to swallow on upgrading my skills and starting my career as a developer.
Instead of giving up what I have learned in school to be a tech salesman for startups.
A colleague backing me in a review with my boss.
He highlighted what I was responsible for in our daily business and explained him how I gradually grew out of my role as a junior developer.
I believe that appointment resulted in a firm stance within the company and a large salary boost.
Thanks! :)
My current bosses for believing in my potential and for taking a shot at giving me my first ever tech position. My colleagues for always being so thorough and patience while helping me through issues all the while providing me encouragement and guidance.
Having @andreasklinger effusively offer a ton of advice in the early days of DEV in terms of technicalities and team-building has to rank up there pretty well for me.
I can't even say I took him up on it enough, but the times we touched base were very formative.