Underrated career advice: Choose to work in a place with high talent density early in your career.
You tend to rise or fall to the level of the people around you. When you work with exceptional people, you absorb their standards, pace, frameworks, and instincts almost through osmosis.
High-talent environments compress learning cycles and force you to grow faster than you would on your own. They change your opportunity set and rewire your brain. The compounding effect of a few years in that environment can change the trajectory of your life.
Early in your career, there’s probably nothing more valuable than choosing the room with the highest talent per square foot.
Last year during placements at IIT Bombay I sat through 10 interviews.
Stripe, 75 LPA.
Viven, 35 LPA.
Natwest, 30 LPA.
Browserstack, 24 LPA.
Chronicle, 24 LPA, fully remote.
Five more after.
The first offer I got was Chronicle, and I was the only one they hired among the final 14. I accepted it the same day. Remote, early stage, building the product from zero. The exact job I wanted.
Joined in January, during my last semester. Shipped till the end of June.
Then the funding got cut. 20 people became 4. I was not one of the 4.
That whole list is worth nothing to me today. I am 21, I have built and shipped products solo, I have 6 months of frontend at a real startup, and I do not have a job.
So I am looking. Full stack, remote, early stage, anywhere there is actual building happening.
DM me if you are hiring. A repost helps.
@rohity9771@cortisoul_@matiks_play Really sorry you feel that way, but the redemption of cards is completely random and really sorry your luck hasn't supported you as much!
But, all the best as a lot of time is still left in the campaign!
@insanequanta@matiks_play@cortisoul_ Hey, Arman!
Luckily, we have our own streak widget from the "More" Section on the App.
Just click on the button and you will be able to see it on your profile.
Sharing the picture for your reference and also for anyone else who also was looking for one.
Thanks for asking!