New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who do you get career advice from?
Ask HN: Who do you get career advice from?
3 by pkdpic | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've been a bit surprised at how little interest in mentorship / advice giving I've encountered since career pivoting into software development. I feel like I'm at a big crossroads where choosing between a straight-forward remote pretty isolated position building practical government LLM tools with ideal work-life balance, and hopping back into startup land with one of the new much sexier ai startups that seem to be going into hiring mode. I'm a dad and spending time with my kid, taking care of myself etc is obviously the top priority, but it's hard to judge if it's a long-term career mistake not to jump ship to a more exciting project with more energized peers that could provide a better professional network etc. Details aside I just realized that even though I feel like I know a lot of people in tech from Recurse Center, conferences, highschool etc no one has shown any particular interest when I've reached out for long-term, big picture career advice. I know no one has a crystal ball or wants to be at fault if things don't work out but it still feels like there should be some place to turn for those annoying kinds of questions. Anyway just wondering where people turn when they're seeking tech career advice. Thanks in advance to any responses.
3 by pkdpic | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've been a bit surprised at how little interest in mentorship / advice giving I've encountered since career pivoting into software development. I feel like I'm at a big crossroads where choosing between a straight-forward remote pretty isolated position building practical government LLM tools with ideal work-life balance, and hopping back into startup land with one of the new much sexier ai startups that seem to be going into hiring mode. I'm a dad and spending time with my kid, taking care of myself etc is obviously the top priority, but it's hard to judge if it's a long-term career mistake not to jump ship to a more exciting project with more energized peers that could provide a better professional network etc. Details aside I just realized that even though I feel like I know a lot of people in tech from Recurse Center, conferences, highschool etc no one has shown any particular interest when I've reached out for long-term, big picture career advice. I know no one has a crystal ball or wants to be at fault if things don't work out but it still feels like there should be some place to turn for those annoying kinds of questions. Anyway just wondering where people turn when they're seeking tech career advice. Thanks in advance to any responses.
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