There is another similar school of thought that the only thing that matters in your career are …

… There is another similar school of thought that the only thing that matters in your career are “results and relationships”. It took me way too long to figure all of this out. But once I did, it made my life much easier and it made it much easier to navigate within my company and getting opportunities on the outside. During the last ten or so years as a “developer” without doing a single coding interview because I do know how to sell myself (and deliver)… 1. I’ve gotten three jobs where the new manager/director/CTO hired me as one of their first technical hires to lead major initiatives 2. Got a job at BigTech without any coding interviews even though my job required hands on keyboard coding as part of the job - cloud consulting specializing in app dev (yes full time direct hire with bonuses and RSUs) 3. Left there and had a job within a week as a staff consultant (full time) with another consulting company. I’m not smarter than anyone else, I learned how to network, talk the talk and play the game. …