Them: Man I wish I could do X, it’s so much more valuable then what I’m doing right now, but I can’t. Me: But could you though?
I’d forgotten this, but in 2023 they came up to thank me because they were doing X, were pleased with the choice, and assigned me some credit for it. I’ve heard other people spontaneously praise project X, without knowing I’d been involved in any way.
It’s also very common for seeing someone at a conference to move them along the path of hiring me. Rarely from 0-> hired, but maybe from 0-> idea, or from “been meaning to”->hired, or something in the middle.
A conversation I had in 2021
Them: Man I wish I could do X, it’s so much more valuable then what I’m doing right now, but I can’t.
Me: But could you though?
I’d forgotten this, but in 2023 they came up to thank me because they were doing X, were pleased with the choice, and assigned me some credit for it. I’ve heard other people spontaneously praise project X, without knowing I’d been involved in any way.
It’s also very common for seeing someone at a conference to move them along the path of hiring me. Rarely from 0-> hired, but maybe from 0-> idea, or from “been meaning to”->hired, or something in the middle.